They’re telling you to leave it to staff instead of appointing yourself the Library Police.
Birdywoman4 on
Probably had a Karen who was making scenes in the library.
GirdleOfDoom on
More of this
staatsclaas on
Rule 10: Snitches get stitches.
alebotson on
I love that.
tender_tabby_touch on
Brilliant. Now no one’s wrong because no one can say anything
nyITguy on
The Karen clause.
krazzykid2006 on
Librarian – Sir, you can’t smoke crack in here, or wipe your ass with the books.
Me – Excuse me! Are you scolding or berating me? I won’t put up with this!
Me – gets librarian fired.
ExternalTangents on
Scolding someone for violating rule 10 and then ending up in an unbreakable infinite loop of scolding each other for violating rule 10
radioactive_sharpei on
It’s the librarians job to shush people. They take classes on it in college and everything.
mcon96 on
I love the phrasing of “perceived” violations. Like you know someone was just making up rules and yelling at other people to follow them.
Travelgrrl on
I worked in a downtown library for 10 years, and although we had plenty of other disruptive behaviors, I never had an incident when a patron chastised another patron and it led to a beef of any sort. This was in the Midwest; where is your library, OP?
My own style of remonstrating was the first incident, very sweetly tell the patron that (eating, drinking alcohol, playing a movie without headphones, vaping, causing hijinks with their friends, etc) was not allowed. The second time in the same day that they did it, I told them that if they see me coming again, to start packing their bags to leave, because 3 strikes and you’re out for the day. If I had to kick someone out after all that, I would be kind and say “We’ll be happy to see you tomorrow! Fresh slate!” and usually they would leave. If they didn’t the very patient security guard would ask them to leave, and if they didn’t comply with that, the cops made them leave.
We had a large homeless population that frequented our library, and I tried to make them feel as welcome as people with fixed addresses and library cards, because libraries are for everyone.
RockNRollNBluesNJazz on
We need this rule everywhere.
flaptaincappers on
TackyPoints on
I didn’t know burning burnt toast still tasted bad.
nkondratyk93 on
self-policing rules are peak library energy
not-a-dislike-button on
Stupid rule. Librarians often tolerate unacceptable behavior. Most libraries are just day use homeless shelters these days regardless and make it unusable for the general public sadly.
elfy4eva on
No Shushing!
eddyb66 on
Anti Karen rule. Not your job…..
BrandHeck on
Snitches get stitches. Librarians don’t play.
Born-Work2089 on
This basically tells ‘Karens’ to STFU or STFO.
_Schrodingers_Gat_ on
Paradox of tolerance, librarian style.
striykker on
Yeah there is or are stories behind that one.
themexicangamer on
check mate
Linked713 on
Who would have known making a scene in a quiet place about rules is as disruptive and even worse in case of escalation when you have zero authority.
MatthewQ999 on
Guys, because for some reason people need context for this, these rules are for patrons only. This rule does not mean that library staff can’t ask patrons to stop doing something that violates the rules. I didn’t think that was necessary, but I was wrong.
DarthWoo on
*This* sub could certainly use a rule like that. IYKYK
mogley1992 on
The librarian has mastered 17 martial arts… in theory.
She’s got this, don’t put yourself in danger.
heyitscory on
If they can handle 9 for me, I can handle 10 for them.
atomicCape on
I love that rule. Hostile self-appointed hall monitors ruin a lot of public spaces. They also tend to be bigots who think they’re morally superior to everyone else.
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Of course, that would be a violation of Rule 9.
They’re telling you to leave it to staff instead of appointing yourself the Library Police.
Probably had a Karen who was making scenes in the library.
More of this
Rule 10: Snitches get stitches.
I love that.
Brilliant. Now no one’s wrong because no one can say anything
The Karen clause.
Librarian – Sir, you can’t smoke crack in here, or wipe your ass with the books.
Me – Excuse me! Are you scolding or berating me? I won’t put up with this!
Me – gets librarian fired.
Scolding someone for violating rule 10 and then ending up in an unbreakable infinite loop of scolding each other for violating rule 10
It’s the librarians job to shush people. They take classes on it in college and everything.
I love the phrasing of “perceived” violations. Like you know someone was just making up rules and yelling at other people to follow them.
I worked in a downtown library for 10 years, and although we had plenty of other disruptive behaviors, I never had an incident when a patron chastised another patron and it led to a beef of any sort. This was in the Midwest; where is your library, OP?
My own style of remonstrating was the first incident, very sweetly tell the patron that (eating, drinking alcohol, playing a movie without headphones, vaping, causing hijinks with their friends, etc) was not allowed. The second time in the same day that they did it, I told them that if they see me coming again, to start packing their bags to leave, because 3 strikes and you’re out for the day. If I had to kick someone out after all that, I would be kind and say “We’ll be happy to see you tomorrow! Fresh slate!” and usually they would leave. If they didn’t the very patient security guard would ask them to leave, and if they didn’t comply with that, the cops made them leave.
We had a large homeless population that frequented our library, and I tried to make them feel as welcome as people with fixed addresses and library cards, because libraries are for everyone.
We need this rule everywhere.
I didn’t know burning burnt toast still tasted bad.
self-policing rules are peak library energy
Stupid rule. Librarians often tolerate unacceptable behavior. Most libraries are just day use homeless shelters these days regardless and make it unusable for the general public sadly.
No Shushing!
Anti Karen rule. Not your job…..
Snitches get stitches. Librarians don’t play.
This basically tells ‘Karens’ to STFU or STFO.
Paradox of tolerance, librarian style.
Yeah there is or are stories behind that one.
check mate
Who would have known making a scene in a quiet place about rules is as disruptive and even worse in case of escalation when you have zero authority.
Guys, because for some reason people need context for this, these rules are for patrons only. This rule does not mean that library staff can’t ask patrons to stop doing something that violates the rules. I didn’t think that was necessary, but I was wrong.
*This* sub could certainly use a rule like that. IYKYK
The librarian has mastered 17 martial arts… in theory.
She’s got this, don’t put yourself in danger.
If they can handle 9 for me, I can handle 10 for them.
I love that rule. Hostile self-appointed hall monitors ruin a lot of public spaces. They also tend to be bigots who think they’re morally superior to everyone else.
SHUSH!