Its after 4pm on a Thursday, 8.25.11. This is the busiest time of day. Its usually more dead in the morning between 10 and 2 because kids are in school. This is when the regulars sneak in and sometimes stay the whole day or just leave when they want to. Now everyone is here the kids studying for test or the people playing on computers.
Regulars:
1. The older guy as always was here cleaning his computer. I call him the biggest germ freak because he literally comes in and cleans the whole desk where the computer sits with a cleaning wipe. Then he proceeds to clean the keyboard. And he does so again before he leaves. But he cleans the whole area several times while sitting there. I dont know why he does this so often as he has been the only one sitting there so I'm guessing he's worried about others having his germs. Which explains his final clean up before he leaves. He has a cooler where he keeps his bottle of diet dr pepper. He keeps wet wipes of towels and wipes his face several times even though not once have I seen him sweat. And the wipes he uses to clean the desk and the computers smell. I can always tell both when he sits down or leaves because it smells long as I am either at the set of desks he is at or behind (or in front of). He comes in very regularly.
2. This goes out to the other older guy who has a temper and does not like kids/teens. He prefers to sit with adults and likes to chat with his neighbor. My biggest question before I go into todays rants is why doesnt he just bring headphones like the rest of us who hate noise around them? Is it that hard? Truly I know its not. So the he has made friends with said guy about germ freak. He seems to think he is in the library of yesterday where everyone is quiet. In fact he would do well to go to the downtown library where there are a few that work there and give mean looks to anyone who makes a peep of noise. He would not like they limit you to 2hrs total online time while this library is free for all you can stay the whole day and never have to leave. So the other day he told these two boys by me to pipe down. I am always in my headphones so I only heard the end of it but they got up quickly and left because he freaked them out. I dont think they are being that loud. Everyone around us makes sounds (hence why I wear headphones) and noise and talk its normal! He gave my sister a dirty look the same day when she was barely talking to me quietly. We know how to be quiet! Duh! But today just as I was writing he I guess told these two girls next to him to be quiet and since they wouldnt he got upset packed up and moved to another computer. They were laughing and had no idea what to do with him leaving like that. The lady by them looked shocked at what just happened. Well he's now with another older guy and doing stuff and chatting with him like they are the best of friends. He makes me nervous cause though he does not work here he acts like he does and has every right to tell people to be quiet.
3. There is a guy I think he is either homeless or just likes to ride his bike and tote his stuff with him. He is here every day and I mean it. He comes in when they open with his bags several of them, plastic ones with food from Frys. And his little dvd player. I dont know if he has a home based business as he has money. I see him riding around when not here. He goes online all day with his headphones and leaves when the library closes. Funny is how I know he watches me as much as I watch him as he watches me come and go from place to place and finds me when I am sitting down. I dont know what he is always doing on his dvd player but he always has it plugged in as it is now. His bags off to the side. And when the library closed he is off. I dont know if he ever checks stuff out from the library or just uses the net. I am unsure.
4. My last for today is the twins. They have friends sometimes but usually its just them. They come in here wearing glasses, brown hair and not the same clothes. They walk or ride bikes. They come in the afternoons but in the summer I saw them here earlier. I see them nearly every day. They play video games, and eat and drink and are loud sometimes. Usually I somehow end up by them as they just seem to end up by me.
Here are my pictures for the day. Heres the computer area from here:
And heres my current view across the computers next to me:
Till next time everyone! Be aware I'm an aspiring writer who is watching you :)
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