A place filled with the loud clattering of heavy handed typing,
A place filled with the shrill sound of beeping barcode readers,
A place filled with the shrieking of undisciplined children, and clueless parents,
A place filled with staff, and patrons alike, speaking with each other in blatantly unhushed voices, about last night's soap operas.
A place infuriatingly topped off by the intrusive bleeps, buzzes, and melodies of mobile phones and gadgets,
Can you guess where I was today?
A busy office, or school, or shopping centre? No.
A noisy Starbucks, or McDonalds? No.
Honestly, you'll never guess.
I was in the library.
I haven't been in a library for some years now, and have never been in York library, until today.
Now, please correct me if I stand mistaken, but as I remember it, libraries are places where people go to read, and study. A place where, as a child, if I were so much as to cough loudly, I would have disapproving glares shot at me, and more than a few 'Shushes'.
What happened to our libraries? Is it perhaps just York library that is noisier, and more distracting, than any other library in the Country?
Well, I couldn't concentrate, so what did I do?
I spent the afternoon in a Costa coffee shop, enjoying peace,quiet, good coffee, and reading my nice book!
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