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| Me, judging you in the library. |
Fellow Students. We have a problem. I’m
fairly certain that most of you are human beings and not animals. I’m giving
you the benefit of the doubt here because your behaviour in the library is
starting to suggest otherwise. I know it’s not really ALL your fault. You can’t
help it that your university is building retail space instead of casual study spaces where you’d be free to Face Time your friends and hold poker
tournaments.
But some of it is your fault. Because
you’re supposed to be grown ups, or at least grown up-ish. So let’s talk about
some of the stupid, inconsiderate shit you do in the library and remedy it,
shall we?
1. The library is a place to study. Not
play poker. Not make bath bombs. Not hold Netflix marathons. Not loudly Face
Timing your best friend. Studying. If you want to hang out in the library to do
anything else, you need to seriously reconsider. This campus is packed. Some of
us are frantically searching around for study space and you are taking up a
2-person comfy chair spot TO FACE TIME YOUR FRIEND ABOUT YOUR DRUNK WEEKEND.
You are seriously lucky that no one has murdered you – yet.
2. Be polite about sharing space. Did I
mention this campus is packed? Sharing tables and books and resources is par
for the course around here, but don’t be a douchebag about it. Don’t just sit
yo ass down at that table with only one person. Ask if you can join them. They
won’t say no, but they will glare daggers at you and secretly plot your demise if
you just sit down without saying anything. Especially if you are mouthbreathing
like a water buffalo. Be considerate. Don’t put your shit on the chair next to
you, don’t put your feet on the seat, don’t talk loudly in the quiet section.
Turn your goddamn phone off.
3. Group work rooms are for group work.
They operative word being WORK. Group work rooms are not for making bath bombs
or hosting Netflix viewing parties. These rooms are also not soundproof so
screaming like a hyena is not recommended. And if you insist on screaming like
hyenas, then at least close the fucking door.
4. Return your shit on time. It might be
the age of the internet, but sometimes a body needs to take real books out from
the library. Most of the time, you’re taking it out last minute to write that
paper that’s due in a couple of days (actually, tomorrow). You know what blows?
Finding a sweet book on your paper topic and then finding out that someone has
it checked out and it’s 2 weeks late.
Please do us all a favor and stop doing this shit. Be a good human. If you aren’t, know that your fellow classmates
are judging you HARD and writing passive aggressive blog posts about you – I’m
looking at you Face Time girl (it’s been over 30 minutes, you’re wasting
bandwidth).
Do you have a library beef I haven’t
covered? Feel free to jump in in the comments.
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