Uh oh. Maybe I better return those overdue library books sooner, rather than later:
Borrowers who fail to return Queens Library books can be reported to a collection agency and to a credit bureau, with a damaged credit rating as a result — a tactic that so shocked one Far Rockaway rabbi that he filed a lawsuit. The collection policy also has pulled libraries — places where generations of children have learned moral lessons about returning what they borrow — into the debate on just how much punishment is appropriate for failing to return a library book.
Via Shaken & Stirred. Luckily, my library hasn’t sent anybody ’round to break my kneecaps just yet.