That's why you can't bring food or drinks into the library, you hamster felcher!!!!

Way back when I was but a wee lad, libraries were places of quiet. As in the entire library. The children’s section might get a teeny tiny bit noisy, but that was only when it was story-time.

Then one day, there was a new room in the library. It had a sign on the door that read: Quiet Room.

The library *was * getting noisier, but just a notch or two above background noise, nothing that can’t be coped with.

Flash forward to 2003. Walking into the library is no different then walking into a crowded restaurant.

Background noise? Only if I put in earplugs.

But I can still deal with it and if I need to I can go into the Quiet Room.

But you, my ferret felcher, you are a Cunt Swabble.

It is posted in no less then 15 places including the entrance doors that Food and drinks are prohibited in the library. Thank you for your consideration.

I was actually astonished that you could be so insanely stupid as to say, “Well, if food and drinks are prohibited then why is there a water fountain?

Ummm, let’s see, because people might get thirsty, but it is situated in a place that is away from the library materials to prevent them getting wet, or to prevent what you caused to have happen.

But I forgot, you are a member of Gen Y, so you have no fucking clue what it means to be considerate towards others. you are self-centered, self absorbed, spoiled, selfish, have a huge unearned sense of entitlement and could use a good spanking, with a hard paddle on your bare ass.

'Course if that happened you would probably sue.

Since you have no sense of consideration and apparently are able to turn your ability to read on and off when it suits you, you brought in a Zeppelin Sized Big Gulp which you topped off from a 2 Liter bottle of Dr. Pepper that you had in your backpack.

Of course you didn’t have a lid on the Big Gulp.

Oh no, can’t be done.:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Then you put the Big Gulp on top of the computer monitor.

Not the wisest thing to do, but you couldn’t be bothered to put it down in a less precarious place, you were busy doing important things, like simultaneously bleating at someone on your cell phone while apparently instant messaging **the exact same person ** on the computer.

And I’ll just make brief mention of how rude you were to the librarian when she took all of 3 minutes to bring you the First Edition copies of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.

God forbid you be kept waiting for 5 minutes.
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Interesting that despite your anger at the librarian’s percieved slowness in bringing the books to you, once you had them you showed absolutely no interest in the books, instead slinging them carelessly onto the table, then opening them both and putting them on the edge of the keyboard.

Then it happened.

Whoever you were talking to must have really pushed your button. You actually started screaming at them and waving your arm wildly.

Which was a very bad mistake.

Very bad.

'Cause your arm hit the monitor which caused your Big Gulp to slip and spill its contents not just on the keyboard, but into the back of the monitor, causing that to short out.

Which was bad enough, but somehow, some of the Dr. Pepper managed to get into the sever for the library, which caused it to short out, which flipped a circuit breaker, cutting off all power in the library.

But you weren’t done just yet.

A good bit of Dr. Pepper also splashed all over the copies of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.

Trust me, paper that is over 100 years old doesn’t react well to Dr. Pepper.

Of course, to cap it all off, what did you say when confronted with the evidence of your wrongdoing?

The classic Gen Y response: “It’s not my fauly man, Quit hasslin’ me.” And of course you said it with the proper whiny “Woe is me I’m so put upon. Everybody picks on me” tone of voice and as an added bonus you said it with a sneer.

I believe your bill will total somewhere around $7800.

Oh, and if you do sue, rest assured I will be more than happy to testify against you.

Brine shrimp felcher.

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:eek: There are no words for this. I wouldn’t even dream of ever taking food or drinks into a library at any time, let alone if I was going to be handling rare books. I feel bad enough on the rare occasions I manage to do any damage to mass-produced paperbacks that I could replace for $10.

As for the bill, sadly odds are that anyone that self-centered is just going to wind up having mommy and daddy pay for it.

Now that is a hilarious simulpoost! I hit submit too soon and lost what I was saying, and you basically finished my thought. Damn I love this place!

::heart failure:: I work in a library. We actually have relaxed our policies recently to allow bottle of soda or cups of coffee as long as they have lids. I’m not happy about that… But… oh my god. If anyone did that in my library… Pain. Swift and serious pain. There are not words to express what a piece of shit this person is.

Please, please tell me that was just a hypothetical example of what COULD happen. Please?

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Fuck. Even I’m not that stupid.

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I’m picturing slow motion, a classical piece of music, and a slowed down cry of NOOOOOOOOO!

It’s actually quite funny, the way I’m picturing it.

: D&R :

Rare books and a Dr Pepper on the monitor? Good lord, that’s got to be worth some kind of award. I’m a slob, but even I don’t try to balance drinks on monitors. That alone is stupid enough to deserve a good kick in the rear. But he damaged first edition Mark Twain books?! What did he even need them for at the computer?

Just completely blindsided by the stupidity here…

Why the FUCK was such an ignorant fucktard given FIRST EDITIONS? Those things should be fucking cherished, held behind UV-proof glass with armed guards. Well, maybe not that, but they sure as fuck shouldn’t be handed out to any dipshit with an open big gulp.

I don’t know if that was intentional, but it was extremely appropriate.

My sympathies.

Sadly, no it actually happened.

Why didn’t the librarian who brought her the books say anything about the big gulp sitting on the monitor? Just curious and agree she’s a dipshit.

:eek: yes, but this is the first time in I don’t know how long I’ve laughed at a Pit Thread.

Hee. Zeppelin Sized Big Gulp.

$7800? I’d put the hamster felcher to hard labor in your ink stamp mines.

OMG… That is so terrible!

In our libraries we are allowed to carry drinks, as long as there is a cap on them and they stay away from the computers and certain areas (such as where they keep old documents and books, those ones are kept in seperate rooms and watched over like hawks by the librarians)

I’ve been known to take a drink with me into the library but I am always extremely careful where I put it. But then I feel bad just for breaking the spines of new paperbacks the library has gotten in!

They should ban that (guy? girl?) from the library until they can prove they can take care of books reasonably well! (As I realize not everyone will bring them back in perfect condition with spines unbroken and pages not dogeared. That does happen, even to use careful types.)

Wow… I just have no words. Almost makes me want to claim Generation Z. It’s times like these that I hope karmic retribution is swift.

That bit made the entire story worthwhile.

Of course, I wonder why the librarian didn’t have his ass kicked out of the library when she saw that he had the Big Gulp.

I guess great minds think alike Binarydrone. :wink:

Now that I’ve had a bit more time to think, I still agree that the person with the Big Gulp is a moron of the highest order, but add me to the list of people who want to know why the hell did the librarian give him the books in the first place? I thought most libraries had a separate room for rare books with very stringent rules for what goes on in there.

If food and drink are not allowed in the library, why was this twerp not immediately ejected from the premises before he could destroy the place?

Better yet, noise-cancelling headphones.

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