Free the library of obnoxiousness

Once every week, I am required to go to the library and do some study time, as per the requirements of the Back on Track program. Let me repeat that: I am required to go to the library. The library is supposed to be the one place on campus that I can go so I can get some peace and quiet while I’m doing my homework. Unfortunately, thanks to the rudeness of some people, I can’t enjoy that peace and quiet. Instead, I’m forced to listen to a bunch of degenerates talk about the trending hashtags on Twitter and how many likes they have on their Facebook posts. In addition, they use their phones to get on Vine and watch little children shout obscenities. I am usually a pretty laid back guy, but this crap has to stop.

I could not care less about how many likes and shares a person’s post gets on Facebook. Social media is one of the most degenerative things that society has come up with. It distracts people away from getting things done and is just a nuisance in general. The last place I need to hear about social media is in a library. I go to the library to do my homework. So do many other students. It is not a spot for college kids to get together and be a giant pain in the gut.

And get this. I did try to resolve the problem once. I walked up to the desk to complain, but was told that the main floor of the library was a place to be loud. I’m not holding this against the people who work there; they are forced to deal with it more than I am, but the fact still remains that the building is a LIBRARY. Libraries are meant to be quiet. If people want to be loud and obnoxious, there is a Student Center for that. Go do it there. Don’t ruin my peace and quiet just because you can’t shut up.

I’m not the only person who feels this way either. My tutor has been getting frequently riled up about it. I personally feel kind of bad for him; first he’s forced to sit and watch me do homework, and next he has to listen to people being loud while listening to stupid YouTube videos. Hell, the poor guy even has headphones and they don’t block out the noise. How he has not thrown a desk at them yet I will never know.

The library is a place to study, not to mess around. If you want to mess around, please do it somewhere else and on your own time. I shouldn’t be forced to have to deal with this, and neither should the other people in the library. How would you feel if I camped outside of your room and blared YouTube videos on repeat for hours on end? I would end up punching someone. Unfortunately, I’d probably get sued for that in this day and age.