Does this sound like a Seinfeld episode, or what?

I sure think it does!

And you’ll see what I mean when you dive into this story from Reddit!

Check out how this student decided to get clever when they owed their university money.

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I gaslit my college library out of late fees by returning my own books.

“Back in college (early 2000s) one semester I took out several books for a big research project.

This was back when Internet research was not admissible, and you needed to properly cite all your sources. School & life got away from me, and I forgot about them for a while.

That was until the end of the semester when I got a late library dues bill in the mail. I think the fees were 25 cents per book per day – if not more – and I had at least 10 books over a month late!

Now what…?

I didn’t have any money, and if you had outstanding library dues, you could not get your grades/transcript for the semester.

Instead of sheepishly returning the books and paying the fines, I put the books in my backpack, smuggled them into the library, and returned them all to their correct places on the shelves.

This was genius!

I then called the library the next day and questioned the validity of the letter regarding my overdue books.

The librarian left me on hold for a few minutes and returned to the phone apologizing to me that it seemed the books had in fact been returned!

Library dues were erased and they didn’t hold back my transcript!

Here’s what folks had to say on Reddit.

This person shared a story.

This individual spoke up.

Another TikTokker weighed in.

And this reader chimed in.

Now, this was a GENIUS move!

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