# Hooker in public library quietly passes notes to Johns. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 16, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooker-in-public-library-quietly-passes-notes-to-johns/690941 "2014-06-16T22:33:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooker-in-public-library-quietly-passes-notes-to-johns/690941/1 "2014-06-16T22:33:08Z")
She was passing handwritten notes and being very respectful of the library’s no noise rule. 🆒 I guess it was BJ’s in the bathroom? Article doesn’t say. I can’t imagine why she choose that location for her business transactions. She’s a pretty girl. I hope she gets her life straightened out. The road she’s on now isn’t leading to a good place. > **[New Hampshire woman busted for prostitution at Massachusetts library](https://www.nydailynews.com/2014/06/16/new-hampshire-woman-busted-for-prostitution-at-massachusetts-library/)** > > She gave a lot of bang for the book. A New Hampshire woman has been busted selling sex at a suburban Massachusetts library, police said. Brittany Macintyre, 20, was allegedly caught offering her se… > [@](#): > > She gave a lot of bang for the book. > > A New Hampshire woman has been busted selling sex at a suburban Massachusetts library, police said. > > Brittany Macintyre, 20, was allegedly caught offering her services at the quiet public lending house in Tewksbury on Tuesday. > > Cops said they went undercover after a receiving a tip-off about her sleazy deeds. > > An officer said that, within moments of entering the building, he was approached by the suspected hooker. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooker-in-public-library-quietly-passes-notes-to-johns/690941/2 "2014-06-16T22:38:46Z")
I’ve heard that some public libraries are big cruising spots for gay men. Haven’t heard of that going on here, although one library’s restrooms are locked because so many homeless people were misusing them in various ways. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooker-in-public-library-quietly-passes-notes-to-johns/690941/3 "2014-06-16T22:58:12Z")
After the Zumba instructor in Maine, and now this, New England sex workers are sure getting creative. Does the standard method of not-so-subtle advertisements in personals and for “escorts” just not fly up there, or what? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooker-in-public-library-quietly-passes-notes-to-johns/690941/4 "2014-06-16T23:03:24Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > She’s a pretty girl. They always are, after they take off their glasses and shake their hair out of its bun. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooker-in-public-library-quietly-passes-notes-to-johns/690941/5 "2014-06-16T23:06:27Z")
In related news: _Library attendance breaks all time record_ - story at 11:00. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooker-in-public-library-quietly-passes-notes-to-johns/690941/6 "2014-06-16T23:14:30Z")
More photos here. She looks healthier in these. Probably from a year or so ago. I have a hunch her drug use is already taking a toll. this article says she was asking $60. [http://www.everyjoe.com/2014/06/13/crime/brittany-macintyre-photos-nashua-new-hampshire-arrested/#1](http://www.everyjoe.com/2014/06/13/crime/brittany-macintyre-photos-nashua-new-hampshire-arrested/#1) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooker-in-public-library-quietly-passes-notes-to-johns/690941/7 "2014-06-16T23:21:55Z")
$60!! that’s about a years’ worth of library fines for me. Creates some interesting economic choices. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooker-in-public-library-quietly-passes-notes-to-johns/690941/8 "2014-06-16T23:28:29Z")
Wonder how they caught her…? “Dewey Decimal system…?” “…ok, but its $20 extra…” ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooker-in-public-library-quietly-passes-notes-to-johns/690941/9 "2014-06-17T00:13:20Z")
she read ‘start your own business for dummies’ ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooker-in-public-library-quietly-passes-notes-to-johns/690941/10 "2014-06-17T00:18:28Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > After the Zumba instructor in Maine, and now this, New England sex workers are sure getting creative. Does the standard method of not-so-subtle advertisements in personals and for “escorts” just not fly up there, or what? I think it’s a sales tactic. There’s a large market of guys out there that can say no to this sort of thing because they always keep it at arms length. But if the opportunity presents itself right there in your face, for some, it’s a little harder to say no. Just a theory. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooker-in-public-library-quietly-passes-notes-to-johns/690941/11 "2014-06-17T00:28:00Z")
> [@NYDailyNews Article](#): > > It’s not, however, the first prostitution incident to hit the venue. WTF. Isn’t there a strip club called The Library? It’s called that to let guys get away with, “Hey honey, I’m going to the library.” > [@Shakes](#): > > I think it’s a sales tactic. There’s a large market of guys out there that can say no to this sort of thing because they always keep it at arms length. But if the opportunity presents itself right there in your face, for some, it’s a little harder to say no. > > Just a theory. Mine is easily at arms length, but it’s more fun if it’s someone else arm. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![chicagowhitesox1173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@chicagowhitesox1173](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chicagowhitesox1173)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooker-in-public-library-quietly-passes-notes-to-johns/690941/12 "2014-06-17T01:20:47Z")
The library near me used to always have hookers. I think it’s because they go there as a place to hang out due to being homeless. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooker-in-public-library-quietly-passes-notes-to-johns/690941/13 "2014-06-17T02:12:30Z")
My guess is that she used to go there to use public Internet - for many people, the library is still the default choice when you have no access at home. If you’re using Craig’s to solicit business from the library, it makes some sense to just cut out the computers and go for the guys who are already there. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooker-in-public-library-quietly-passes-notes-to-johns/690941/14 "2014-06-17T02:14:41Z")
Personally, i think the fact that the notes were handwritten adds a touch of class to the situation. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooker-in-public-library-quietly-passes-notes-to-johns/690941/15 "2014-06-17T02:30:58Z")
Found this local news story from three years ago. The cops are quite familiar with Brittany MacIntyre. [http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/932863-196/diaper-bag-latest-weapon-used-in-nashua.html](http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/932863-196/diaper-bag-latest-weapon-used-in-nashua.html) > [@](#): > > That same night, two women attracted a much smaller crowd when they stole money and items from an unlocked parked car and one of them assaulted the vehicle’s owner, police said. But in this case, the woman allegedly added a new weapon for street combat: a diaper bag loaded with the stolen merchandise. Brittany MacIntyre, 17, swung the bag but missed the car owner, police said. > > MacIntyre, along with 22-year-old Rebekah Spencer, broke into a car parked on Ridge Street around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, police Lt. Jeffrey Bukunt said. Someone spotted the two ransacking the car and notified the owner, Bukunt said. > > When the owner went outside and approached the women, Spencer threatened her and MacIntyre swung the diaper bag full of stolen goods, he said. > > The duo had gotten the diaper bag from the car and filled it with a GPS system, money, a wallet and compact discs, Bukunt said. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooker-in-public-library-quietly-passes-notes-to-johns/690941/16 "2014-06-17T05:41:29Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > WTF. > Isn’t there a strip club called The Library? It’s called that to let guys get away with, “Hey honey, I’m going to the library.” There used to be a bar just off The University of Alabama campus called The Library. “Yes Mom, I was at The Library last weekend.” ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooker-in-public-library-quietly-passes-notes-to-johns/690941/17 "2014-06-17T05:51:29Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > There used to be a bar just off The University of Alabama campus called The Library. > “Yes Mom, I was at The Library last weekend.” Years ago there used to be a bar called “Rehab” in my neck of the woods. “Yes judge, I’ve been going to rehab on a regular basis.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooker-in-public-library-quietly-passes-notes-to-johns/690941/18 "2014-06-17T06:39:07Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > There used to be a bar just off The University of Alabama campus called The Library. > “Yes Mom, I was at The Library last weekend.” “Yes dear, I saw you, and that man you were with is your real father.” ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooker-in-public-library-quietly-passes-notes-to-johns/690941/19 "2014-06-17T11:20:26Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I’ve heard that some public libraries are big cruising spots for gay men. Haven’t heard of that going on here, although one library’s restrooms are locked because so many homeless people were misusing them in various ways. I’ve heard tales that one of the reason the restrooms on some floors of my university library are locked is because they had become hookup spots. But then, those are also the floors that have little to no public access - all the floors that have books/service desks have open restrooms, so I don’t know how accurate that story actually is. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooker-in-public-library-quietly-passes-notes-to-johns/690941/20 "2014-06-17T13:18:39Z")
On a holiday in Las Vegas, I was using a lift at the Luxor Hotel (on the Strip ;)) when an stunning young lady got in. She immediately asked if I wanted ‘to go to a party’. As I’m a retired fat bloke with glasses, I concluded that it wasn’t my body that attracted her, but my wallet. I reluctantly declined (since prostitution is illegal in Vegas itself.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooker-in-public-library-quietly-passes-notes-to-johns/690941.md?page=2)