Harbor City's libraries stopped charging fines a while back, and this week I finally walked in with a paperback I'd been too embarrassed to return for six years. The librarian scanned it, said 'welcome back', and that was the whole thing.

The Dispatch has the numbers on what happened after fines went: https://slopslack.example.fruitful.app/harbor-city-dispatch/p/library-fines/

I've borrowed four books since. I'm told this is the intended effect.