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So tonight I had a fun experience at my library job in a digital media lab.
A couple was using one of the studio computers and a personal laptop. I went to cover the desk when my coworker R went to lunch.
We don't have a ton of rules but we do require that people use the space as intended. If you use a computer you have to be taking advantage of the digital media software.
I noticed that they were just watching videos on facebook it was super loud and super obvious.
I recognized the guy because he comes in all the time for help from R and this guy steals tons of software but has no idea how to use it and is awful at mixing.
I walk up and ask them what they are working on.
Usually they tell me there project and I offer help and maybe suggest some resources.
They didn't even try to pretend and when I told them that if they weren't going to use the computers properly they would have to go to the open computer lab.
I walked away and ten mins later I check to see what they are doing. Still Facebook Yeah no not happening. At least the teenagers pretend to be doing something when I catch them.
So I get up and ask them to leave and go to our open computer lab.
They argue
I refuse to back down and they ignore me.
Fine I call security and they finally get them to leave.
As they are going out the door she asks to talk to a manager and I offer to write down my manager J's number for her.
She looks at me and says I am talking to him not you. Fine whatever.
R comes back from lunch and they come in again with one of our elderly patrons wanting to know what happened.
So I explained the policy and that they had refused and I had to call security.
The female of the couple kept telling me how rude I was. I just refused to back down.
R kind of looked at the guy and said I have told you the rules before you know better.
When I came back in later one of the security guys pulled me aside and told me to write up what happened because they were pulling the race card. Wonderful... So we will see what happens when I tell my boss about this in the morning.
A couple was using one of the studio computers and a personal laptop. I went to cover the desk when my coworker R went to lunch.
We don't have a ton of rules but we do require that people use the space as intended. If you use a computer you have to be taking advantage of the digital media software.
I noticed that they were just watching videos on facebook it was super loud and super obvious.
I recognized the guy because he comes in all the time for help from R and this guy steals tons of software but has no idea how to use it and is awful at mixing.
I walk up and ask them what they are working on.
Usually they tell me there project and I offer help and maybe suggest some resources.
They didn't even try to pretend and when I told them that if they weren't going to use the computers properly they would have to go to the open computer lab.
I walked away and ten mins later I check to see what they are doing. Still Facebook Yeah no not happening. At least the teenagers pretend to be doing something when I catch them.
So I get up and ask them to leave and go to our open computer lab.
They argue
I refuse to back down and they ignore me.
Fine I call security and they finally get them to leave.
As they are going out the door she asks to talk to a manager and I offer to write down my manager J's number for her.
She looks at me and says I am talking to him not you. Fine whatever.
R comes back from lunch and they come in again with one of our elderly patrons wanting to know what happened.
So I explained the policy and that they had refused and I had to call security.
The female of the couple kept telling me how rude I was. I just refused to back down.
R kind of looked at the guy and said I have told you the rules before you know better.
When I came back in later one of the security guys pulled me aside and told me to write up what happened because they were pulling the race card. Wonderful... So we will see what happens when I tell my boss about this in the morning.
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