I stole $10 from my collage in 2002, and have paid the price ever since.

I had a math problem in the morning class. I was so poor that I could not pay for the school’s parking. If I parked in the nearest lot, I was regularly fined for 10.00. I only had a single $10 for lunch on my way to work, and I was regularly running out of money. <br><br>One day, I parked in the lot next to a restaurant that I thought the University did not own. I was wrong. I got hit with a fine. I tried to call to pay the fine. They wanted to charge me 15.00 with a service fee. I argued that I did not have enough money to pay the fine. They would say that I was running out of time and that they would not send me my transcript if I did not pay. I argued again that I was a broke college student, and did not have the ability to pay the fine. They insisted. <br><br>I graduated in 2005. I had thousands of dollars of fines. I had to pay them to receive my diploma, which I did. <br><br>Fast-forward 18 years. <br><br>I recently had a brilliant idea for a startup. I decided to apply for a patent. I fished through my papers, and realized that I could not find my transcript. I had to send it to an attorney to prove my education. <br><br>I called the collage, and they sent me my transcript in the mail. It only cost 5.00 to get it emailed to me. <br><br>It feels good to pay back the fine. It really feels irresponsible to not pay it. I still think they should have worked with me in 2002.