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Originally Posted by Shauk
and thats why the libraries who have this kind of rule DO put up signs.
I'm talking about the ones that dont.
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I always thought it was an unspoken rule, like the way most toilets don't have signs that say "Please urinate in the urinal or the toilet bowl", or the way pavements don't always have signs saying "don't drop your litter here".
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and really isn't this an argument over which person should be inconvenienced? The person who is oversensitive and cannot focus with the slightest normal level of distraction vs the self righteous motormouth with a cell phone?
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I guess you think that people exercising at a gym who insist a smoke-free environment to be oversensitive too, or that the people who insist that their restaurant not smell like shit are oversensitive and can't eat without the slightest distraction?
Gyms are smoke-free so people can exercise healthily and in comfort (as it was designed to be used). Restaurants don't smell like shit so people can enjoy their food. And libraries are quiet so people can study in peace.
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I don't see the need to accommodate the mentally weak willed in the absense of rules that protect them. If there are signs, or even an "ambiance" that conveys silence, I honor it, however, NOT EVERY LIBRARY has the same vibe to it.
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Mentally weak willed? Dude, seriously... are you trolling or something?
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In the OP, if there was a sign posted, then yeah, the woman with the cell phone was a bippy twat and deserved the scolding.
If not, then the OP made somewhat of an over assertion against the "offender"
it's all circumstance
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If the OP got annoyed enough with the offender, it's likely that everyone else in the library was being quiet. So it is likely to be one of those libraries where quiet is implicitly expected.