Dear Hattie, When you register for a library card, you accept a certain level of responsibility

Typical language found on a library card application

But Hattie will have none of it.  And uses a single incident to support her case,

Here's a news report on the incident to which she refers.

Overdue and under arrest! Woman gets JAIL TIME for library books. (FOXNews6, 5/19/2014)

And those 21 overdue, clearly labeled library items must have somehow found their way underneath a couch or some other hiding place.  Oost says she never received anything from the library about the overdue materials. But the library director says that's not likely.