I Am At The Library. And I Am In Hell

[Fierce Critter]

My internet connection at home is down. When this happens, I generally come to the library in Wyandotte to use their public access computers.

And EVERY FREAKING TIME I come here, there is some kind of nutcase on the computer next to me. And today is no exception.

Today's nutjob is a woman who probably weighs about 325-350 lbs. (this is necessary information for something I'll be mentioning later). And, like ALL of the nutjobs I encounter here, she is a talker.

"There's no way I'm ordering this for him."

"I'm not paying this much!"

"He can order it himself!"

Sigh.

And these computers are frozen molasses slooooooooooooooooooooooooow. It's hard to believe they are on high-speed. But you expect it, and deal with it.

Uh-unh. Not Ms. Nutjob.

"I can't believe this!"

"Come ON!"

"JUST CLOSE ALREADY!"

Sigh.

And at one point, she starts complaining that the "guy who sits in the middle there isn't there! Where is he?" And she hefts herself out of her chair, lumbers over to the front desk, complaining all the way, and drags one of the librarians over complaining the whole time about the guy not being at the middle area, and she can't keep getting up and going after people to help her, blah blah blah. And she sits back down, and is going on and on about how she's out of breath and her legs are killing her. And the poor librarian is trying to help her when all that's happening is the woman isn't able to go through her mail quickly because of the slow connections.

The poor librarian finally gets away while the nutjob keeps going on and on to herself about how the library is supposed to make reasonable accomodations for people with disabilities...

COME THE FUCK ON.

Sigh.

EVERY time I come here. It's a nice library otherwise. But the computers are ALWAYS filled by people who are headcases in some way. There was one guy who insisted on striking up a conversation with me, and I swear to God he was looking for a Klingon/English dictionary or something. He was all of a sudden my best friend, and wouldn't leave me alone. Jon didn't believe me - until we were both here together and my Best Friend started striking up a conversation with BOTH of us out of the blue. The look on Jon's face was priceless.

Well, my session is up in 5. I'm outta here. And praying my connection gets back up at home. Soon.

[Brenda Starrr]

Nice to know that I'm not the only one who is this special.....

[creatureofthenyte]

I hope your internet is back on soon also.

In the meantime, perhaps you should bring an ipod and a can of mace with you to the library, and even though I said that in hopes that I could make you laugh, unfortunately I was being semi-serious.

[Fierce Critter]

Huzzah! I'm back online!!!

I had stayed around the library for a while after I signed off. She kept on the entire time. A new guy was sitting next to her and he looked absolutely miserable.

[Fierce Critter]

My home connection is down again.

And again, I am in hell.

HELP ME

[EAF (1)]

lol...I know what your talking about...believe me I do...I am a librarian XD But thankfuly most of our computers fill up by middle school kids playing Runescape...but we do have our fair share of nutjobs and jerks.

[Head Wreck]

library computers in my experience (and same with community hall class PC's) slow as feck due to only beeng fixed wheen theres smoke coming outy of them

[TygerLili]

I always use either library computers, or the computer at work. I don't know that I've ever had to sit next to a bonafide nut-job, but I always get the woman whose five out-of-control children are tearing the place apart while she sits there pretending not to notice, then acts all offended when the librarians ask her to quiet them down.

[FarrIL]

My school's library let's us access Myspace and DGN and other web-forums and the like. So does the entire server, PC and MAC alike.

However, in the Library, we are NOT allowed to have our cell phones on. If a person's phone goes off, one of the attendants will call out "Turn off you cell phone!"

I'm waiting the day mine goes off and someone tells me to turn it off and I'll say "No, I'd rather not. This is actually an important phone call, and I'm also not willing to give up my computer."

[Fierce Critter]

I can understand the cell phone restriction. Most people I've encountered have a tendency to lose volume control ability when they're on a cell phone.