Late-fee moratorium saves one British reader $10,000

Libraries around the world have put moratoriums on late fees during the coronavirus pandemic.

And one patron in particular has greatly benefited from this graciousness. 

NPR reports that someone returned two books checked out in 1972 to a British library (presumably the same one that lent the books out), with an apologetic note signed simply “Andy.”

That would’ve been a $10,000 fee, were the library attempting to collect overdue charges ...

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