Angry People



A person leaving the library just reminded me of this…

Earlier last week a woman came up to me, very upset, because someone had been logged on to the computer that she wanted to use since 6:30(am) (It was around 9am when she complained I believe). I gave her a questioning look, for a few reasons. Mainly because the computers automatically log off after 10 minutes of inactivity, but also because she was so upset about it, and there were tons of open computers.

I asked her which computer she was trying to get on, and she pointed to the one on the end – which is permanently logged in to the library catalog so people can search for books without having to wait to login to a computer. I explained that to her, which did not make her happy, and then told her that she could use the open computer right next to it.

… Is there a reason why some people feel the need to complain and get angry about something that really isn't a problem? Even if someone had been logged into a computer for almost 3 hours without using it, is there any way that such a reaction can be justified? ESPECIALLY when, standing talking to her, I could see at least 10 computers with no one logged in, INCLUDING the one directly next to the one she was complaining about?



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3 Comments »

  1. unlikelymoose said,

    that one computer is her very special friend.

    December 21, 2008 @ 2:03 pm


  2. spudart said,

    The computer is actually a secret time-warp wormhole. You just altered the history of the universe by not letting this woman go back in time and fend off the evil lightzongers of galaxy züberrabia.

    December 22, 2008 @ 4:24 pm


  3. sparx said,

    Perhaps that's because I'm sympathetic to the lightzongers' cause.

    December 22, 2008 @ 4:27 pm


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