To have caused a fuss in library ??!

[TheRealCarrieBradshaw]

I had to pop to the local library this morning to print some important docs out, as we don't have a printer. They have 6 computers, and then about 12 in their computer training room, although there was a class going on so those ones could not be used.

The 6 were all taken up; some guy looked like he was searching a job site (good on him), some other guy was reading large documents, not sure about 2 others, but then there was a girl (about 24ish) and a lad (probably a little older) sat just scrolling through Facebook, and blatantly daydreaming! There was a queue for the computers and I know some locals who do visit every day to carry out job searches etc.

Anyway, I couldn't help myself, and asked the guy on the desk why it was right for people to have to wait for a computer, for productive purposes, while people are sat wasting their lives on Social Networking, when maybe they should be taking a leaf out of the other guys' book and searching the job sites?

It really gets my back up as I'm a huge believer that you need to work hard in life. I had a chat with the lady on the other desk and she was in total agreement with me that the use of SN sites should be banned from these computers - I have written my complaint to the Council

So you are a tattooed, red-haired ex-dancer. Haven't you had enough negative judgements thrown at you to put you off doing it to others?

"Please read the thread - the reason I am currently not working (and hating it!) is circumstantial"

And the young man using the computer may be unemployed through circumstance.

Although, he may not be unemployed at all because you don't actually KNOW, do you?

He could be CEO of McMoneyBags Ltd and his home laptop has broken down so he's gone to update his business Facebook from the library. He might listening in on you and thinking 'where did this woman's life go so wrong, that she can't buy a £30 printer?" :(

UncleT - The 'whole world' hey?! Where the heck are your stats coming from?!!

DawnDonna!

Marmalade - Yes, you're right, MIGHT, but from what I could see, highly unlikely

Next time, you could get up early and be the first customer. Everyone knows the feckless unwashed lie in their slovenly beds for hours after dawn.

That's not a stat. Back to school for you I think, unless you'd rather not go for fear of people judging you a crusty layabout....

SilverApples - Bring it on! Oh no, you guys don't make judgements, I forgot

[leans back munching popcorn]

This thread is great entertainment, please keep going OP tell us more about what a great pilar of the community you think you are

'From what I could see' What was it that you could see that made it so unlikely?

Bring what on?

Of course everyone makes judgements, it's just that some people do it far more blatantly, selfishly and uncontrollably than others.

UncleT - Statistic - interpretation of data - You are referring that Mumsnet is gathered up of 'the whole world' ?!

Hmmm...

Uncle - Yeah, exactly - so don't all claim to be so non-judgemental then!

Marmalade - Please feel free to come take care of my brain damaged hub, and childmind my children along with the school / nursery runs and yes, I'd be back in work at the drop of a hat!

Data? Hardly. Ever heard of a bit of poetic licence, exaggeration for the sake of emphasis? It so blatantly wasn't a presentation of data. It's known as hyperbole.

Ok, genuine question now.

You are currently, due to circumstances, unemployed. Long term unemployed by the sounds of it, although that could be wrong, you could be going back to work next week or whatever. But anyway. Do you not think that people who see you at different times, in this village, in the library using their resources because you cannot afford your own, might then, by your own reasoning be entitled to think "what a lazy fucker. She is clearly unemployed, always in the village, using the free facilities in the library, why doesn't she get off her arse and get a job?"

I can't believe that there's been 9 pages of people telling the OP that's she's unreasonable but she's still arguing that she's not.

Still waiting to find out what it was that alerted you to the fact that they were unemployed?

I don't think anyone said they never judge, did they? It's just that you're making extreme judgements. Quite a difference.

Right.

So it's fine for you to be out of work because of your circumstances but not anyone else? Aaaahhhh, I see!

So you don't even know that this man was unemployed and if he is, you don't know the reasons for it. Or could you pontificate on his fecklessness just by his appearance, too?

:)

Only just dropped in, but I am feeling like a "lazy" person, because I don;t go out primed to the nines and tend to just wash my hair, throw some clothes on and go - due to the time pressure of working and having kids.

What does "unemployed" look like then?

I had a day off last week, I went to tesco in tracky bottoms and a hoody. I do, in fact have a job though. I wonder if I confused everyone?

Let me answer that in advance for you marm - yes.