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Originally Posted by JinnKai
Not a library or a public bus, though.
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Londoners spend an inordinate amount of time on public transport. I've spent over two hours a working day on public transport for most of the year I've been in London. At the end of a long working day, I really don't want to hear some inconsiderate loudmouth blabbering into a phone.
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Originally Posted by JinnKai
Because I've never bought into the "library is a quiet sanctuary" crap that most people believe. I don't need dead silence to read a fucking book. I think I expect that if I'm AROUND other people, there will be noise. If you want absolute silence, check the damn book out and go home.
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Firstly, most libraries have limits on how many books you can check out, and secondly many libraries have some books which can't be checked out. A library is not just a place to check out books, it's a resource to be used there and then... if you're doing research from several books for a short period of time, it makes more sense to do so at the library. That's what it's FOR. If someone wants to talk on the phone, there's no reason they can't leave the library and do so.
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What's so special about books that make them any different from a store, a restaraunt, etc., somehow demanding special rules about noise?
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As jewels443 said, focus. I don't know about you, but when I read, I'm usually thinking (and often studying). It's hard to concentrate continuously for any length of time when there are distractions around when you. Ok, perhaps not you, but it's hard for ME... and I'm guessing most other people out there.