A bit too quiet in the library this summer. Are there summer classes in session? I guess no one needs to study or do research in the summer months.
No, I am left with some local flavor that frequent our doors. Why, do you ask, do they come here? Well, we don't have a solely public library this side of the Portage Lift Bridge that divides Houghton from Hancock and the rest of the Keweenaw. Yes, we do have a few school/public places, but their hours suck, put plainly, and most people don't feel comfortable going into a school to use a public library. I know this, I worked in one, but don't get me started on THAT nightmare! That will be another blog.
Our locals are an interesting group, they come in day-after-day, all summer (sometimes year) long and sit at the computers. There are one or two "porn-surfers" in the mix, who use the computers in the back of the library, AND sit there ALL DAY LONG!! I mean, who can look at that stuff for 8 hours straight? But god love 'em, cos apparently no one else does, or else they wouldn't be surfing for satisfaction in a private, Christian university's library, now would they.
Why they sit in here at all is beyond my level of comprehension. I mean, yes, I have to sit in front of a computer for 8 hours, but I'm working. If I had the leisure time they have, I wouldn't be inside looking at (whatever) for a full day; I'd be out enjoying life. Seriously, there is more to life than porn or social networking, or is there??
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