I've spent way too much time in libraries. Even with a large well lit desk and a comfortable chair in my 'den' at home, I've found a quiet carrel in a library is the most effective place to learn and study. I'm fortunate enough to have attended a large enough university that there were half a dozen decent libraries with clearly posted 'quiet' and 'silent' floors. I haven't been to a Public library for years, but I don't think I've ever been to a library that didn't have some sort of signage requiring quiet.
As much as I've tried to have my headphones on, sometimes I just couldn't focus with any distraction (Calc IV and Differential Equations II come to mind, years later. Reviewing a bid document last month too). If I can hear you with my ear
plugs in, then we have a problem. I've shhhed. I've asked nicely. I've said 'hey, this is a library- shut the fuck up'.
Mileage varied, but I have very low tolerance of cell phone users. Put it on vibrate, then leave it sitting on a hard surface? You're a moron. You think you can chat in the library? You're a moron. Because it is a 'public space'? Yeah, you know.
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Yeah, I'm of the same generation, too.
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That makes three.