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For God’s sake, be quiet
By Will 2 years ago, at the end of January Leave a comment on this post
I never thought I’d say this, but anyway. I left work an hour or so ago and retreated to a cafe near where I live. On the way back, a call I was expecting to receive came through so I ran to the library to sort it and some other stuff out. Here I am, with a stupid time-limit - ticking away, reminding me I’m only allowed here for another 30 minutes and 29, 28, 27, 26 seconds…
and it’s a bloody free-for-all.
There’s a Slovak arguing with someone two PCs down; an impossibly large, elderly woman is asking anyone who can be bothered to listen “How do I print my floppy?”; and meanwhile, the woman next to me has clearly signed up to the “I Can Speak Louder Than You” competition. And by the way, she LOVED the concert last night.
Now, since moving to London I’ve realised the great benefits libraries offer, especially to the impoverished like me (or any twenty-year-old working in London!). And yes, the last time I set foot in one I was an irritable, impressionable little scumbag who delighted at winding up librarians. Not now. I’m older, embittered, SO PLEASE SHUT UP AND LET ME WORK!
Tags: library, london, quiet, scumbag, shut-up, slovak |
5 Responses to “For God’s sake, be quiet”
January 31st, 2006 at 4.25 pm
January 31st, 2006 at 6.38 pm
Clearly you are not spending enough time at work. You should use your boss’s PC to run the site and not a local library. Failing that, try to watch UK Gold again …
January 31st, 2006 at 11.00 pm
Will,
Sorry, I am not sure if this is the right place to post this, but the Pavilion Clock is not working. It is currently 6:00 PM here in New York City, but it is showing as 4:00 PM ..
February 1st, 2006 at 12.27 am
Jess, you massively over-reacted. Sorry, but, to be blunt, get over yourself.
I never seen cheerleaders at a cricket match though; what that says to me is that South African authorities are still keen to attract crowds to the domestic game (i’m assuming it was a Twenty20 slogfest or some such), which I’m pleased to see. Good to see that there’s some ambition still to keep domestic cricket viable.
As to the library, well yes, that is an annoying way of accessing the Internet.
February 1st, 2006 at 11.06 am
For gods sake would someone get the man a laptop!!! ;)
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