Posted on 03/24/2016 12:37:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A man in North Carolina was arrested for failing to return a 2002 VHS rental movie.
James Meyers told WSOC-TV that he was driving his daughter to school earlier this week when he was pulled over for a broken tail light.
When the officer ran his license, the officer found Meyers had a warrant for his arrest for failure to return rental property, a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $200.
The officer said, I dont know how to tell you this but theres a warrant out for your arrest from 2002. Apparently you rented the movie Freddy Got Fingered and never returned it. I thought he was joking, said Meyers.
According to WSOC-TV, the officer let Meyers take his daughter to school and go to work, but made him promise to turn himself into the police department later that day.
At the end of the day, Meyers went to the police department and was arrested.
For the first time, I got put in handcuffs, said Meyers.
The star of the movie Meyers forgot to return, Tom Green, heard about his situation and reached out to him.
The comedian told the Daily News that he would be willing to help Meyers out as long as it didnt cost an outrageous sum.
If its 200 bucks of course Ill pay it for him, just for the principle of the thing, Green said.
Meyers told WSOC-TV that he vaguely remembers renting the VHS movie from the store that has since closed.
Meyers court date is set for April 27.
You have to watch “Freddy Got Fingered”.
If/when they bring back the DRAFT, she already has a reserved spot on The Group "W" Bench.
How is that possible?
Typically a library will stamp discarded books, especially at their own sales.
Oh goodie! Another quote from.... Who the hell knows? There is no attribution or even a name. Gaaaack I hate it when FReepers do that.
As in many of Kafka's nightmares, you have an uncaring bureaucracy following the minutia but, with the 'able assistance' of the computers, being blind to the real issue.
You can read it here. Perhaps the 'perp' here should be happy he didn't rent one of the several movie versions of "Kidnapped"!
“One of my daughters was arrested for library fines in Copperas Cove, Texas. She spent five days in jail to cover the fines. To this day she still has the book.”
That is truly bizarre. Was the book worth it?
Read the thread for context. Look at the post I am responding to. Google a portion of if. Or do nothing. I don’t care. I don’t have time for hand holding. Lol.
Worth at least $.50 in thrift store.
Stamp on cover.....
No. It was a yoga/workout book and she rarely ever looked at it. But she said she’s keeping it because she “paid” for it.
LOL - my first thought, too.
“No. It was a yoga/workout book and she rarely ever looked at it. But she said shes keeping it because she paid for it.”
Was giving it back not an option?
In my library system, IIRC, they only fine you up to the cost/value of the book, which you still have to pay. I don’t know what it takes to get the cops involved around here.
It was no real secret back in the VHS movie rental days that most of their money came from late fees.
Well before NetFlix, I wanted to create an Online movie rental business.
We would ship them out and collect the late fees.
I missed the boat by focusing to much on the wrong revenue stream.
Yeah, leave it up to the reader to figure out why you posted something. Makes sense.
But, seeing as how you're a fan of Seinfeld it's not surprising you'd come up with such banal reason for being lazy.
Oh get over yourself. The poster I responded to referenced Seinfeld. The quote itself mentioned Seinfeld. It was a pretty easy task to figure it out. Nearly every message board or comment section has these types of pop culture references. Jeez, here I am breakin’ your balls a little and right away you’re gettin’ fresh.
Be kind, rewind, even if 14 years later.
DANG!
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