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user-inactivated  ·  3018 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What Rustles Your Jimmies?

I was reading a book at the library yesterday, and apparently I was displaying an invitation to interrupt me, so an older man came up to me and asked for help posting a picture to fb. Nbd! I try to help but his phone is being unresponsive, so he starts up a conversation asking what I do and how I like his country. Now, I don't mind talking about these things, but we're in a library! People are shushing us before I even start answering. So he pulls me over to another spot where we (mostly him) talk for a bit, and get another onslaught of (deserved) shushing. I should've politely told him I'd like to continue reading, but I felt compelled to talk to him because he was kind and I would've been embarrassed. We talk for awhile longer outside the library, and it was fine. But now I'm embarrassed to go back into the library for fear of being known as a loud person at the library because an old dude interrupted my reading. #rustledjimmies





lil  ·  3018 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Get your rustled jimmy back into that library asap. It was a one-off. If anyone remembers you, they will remember that you were the helpful person. If you want to help loud people, practice saying this, "This isn't the best place to have this conversation. Meet me in the rotunda/annex/donutshop/bus shelter in 10 minutes and I'll be happy to help you."