Annoying people in the library!!!

rebecca1988

Things that annoys you when trying to study in the library?

sniffling!!! blow your nose............:D

or guys legs shaking!!!

LUPE

There's some chap who always sits in the same area as me. I've developed an irrational hatred towards him.

He does absolutely no work, all he does is watch **** online on his laptop. He also walks weird, wears crap clothes and has an annoying haircut. Yesterday he drank about 4 of those free bottles of Mountain Dew, which is horrible. He also gets the same bag of sweets every day. I hate him.

It's actually pretty rational now thinking about it.

TheVoodoo

I have a hatred for the same fellah.



Perfectly rational.

thom119

i'm a leg shaker, i can't help it though!! sorry

something that gets me is dell lap top chargers that are too short and you basically have to hurdle over a couple of them to get to your seat

smk89

People on their high horse annoy me.
When you sit down next to them they tut, when you move they sigh and you just know full well they think their better than you.
Sorry for invading your chamber of solace that is a public library.

That and people who have 5+ facebook chat windows open. How do you expect to get work done?

errlloyd

I'm a leg shaker, sorry. Then again shouldn't disturb you while I study in my local library. (I recently discovered there are libraries outside UCD too.)

unknown13

People that have a long and loud enough for you to hear it conversation near you.

HavingCrack

People who put their laptop and books down on a seat and then wander off for 3 hours meaning no one else can use it. It's just selfish and lazy. Last week I just moved their stuff to the other side of the desk, they didn't know what to say when they came back .

dr gonzo

HavingCrack wrote: »

People who put their laptop and books down on a seat and then wander off for 3 hours meaning no one else can use it. It's just selfish and lazy. Last week I just moved their stuff to the other side of the desk, they didn't know what to say when they came back .

I've been doing this unintentionally a bit lately i.e i dont put my stuff down to stop people i just happen to get caught up with other stuff and end up being away from my stuff for a while but the funny thing is i know how much of a d1ck move it is if done intentionally so i practically feel like apologising to the complete strangers around me when i slink back in.

Its a classic but genuinely i dont get people having full blown discussions, whatever about a quick question but if you need to have a conversation that in-depth then go outside for a coffee.

mrsbrightside

It really annoys me when people have headphones that blare whatever they're watching on youtube. Some guy was listening to Rubberbandits on repeat the other day, didn't mix too well with my economics I have to say!

MacieC

mrsbrightside wrote: »

It really annoys me when people have headphones that blare whatever they're watching on youtube. Some guy was listening to Rubberbandits on repeat the other day, didn't mix too well with my economics I have to say!

That's what I was gonna say. If you wanna listen to music or watch movies or even chat on FB, then go home ! Some people are forced to study at home because the library is over crowded with a bunch of people who spend their library time being on FB or watching movies. That's quite unfair towards those who really want to work. And that's a waste of valuable space !
But I do believe that staying in the library all day even if it's to watch movies, makes their conscience feel better like " I was at the library all day ".

Oh. And what I hate the most is when a bunch of girls sit together in those 3-tables area and start talking about their parties or whatever. Gosh. Go outside if you wanna talk !

vampire of kilmainham

smk89 wrote: »

People on their high horse annoy me.
When you sit down next to them they tut, when you move they sigh and you just know full well they think their better than you.
Sorry for invading your chamber of solace that is a public library.

That and people who have 5+ facebook chat windows open. How do you expect to get work done?

i just ask them what their fcuking problem is and give them a string of abuse till they move away dam ass holes parasites on this earth they are :eek:

nivag7

Definitely music blaring from earphones is the most annoying closely followed by people breathing extremely loud/heavily.

Oh and lads playing football underneath the windows at the back of the library!!

monkey90

people SMASHING the keys on their laptop.. like what did it ever do to you?!

Davidius

Going to have to go with people who feck off for a few hours and leave their **** there.

aidoh

^ This.
Back in January I heard some girl making all these mad sex noises to herself. It went on for ages and loads of people were going for a gawk to see what was happening. It was like those shampoo ads. I think she just loved studying THAT much. That wasn't annoying tough, just weird/gas. Anyone else around for this? It was up on the science floor.

kkdela6

about 2 or 3 weeks ago i was studying away and some young one came to the seat beside me, one of the only remaining plugs, left her laptop and books there and shagged off. this was around 2 o clock. when i left at 5 she still hadn't come back so i left her a little abusive note i hope she got it x x

tony007

aidoh wrote: »

^ This.
Back in January I heard some girl making all these mad sex noises to herself. It went on for ages and loads of people were going for a gawk to see what was happening. It was like those shampoo ads. I think she just loved studying THAT much. That wasn't annoying tough, just weird/gas. Anyone else around for this? It was up on the science floor.

I was about for that ya. But I think she made a mistake when uploading something on the computer or something like that, and that was why she was moaning. Still weird though

**Timbuk2**

Coughing is something that's really starting to get on my nerves. Obviously a slight bit of coughing is ok, but some people just sound diseased and should really get out of the library crowded with people :eek:

Pandoras Twist

mrsbrightside wrote: »

It really annoys me when people have headphones that blare whatever they're watching on youtube. Some guy was listening to Rubberbandits on repeat the other day, didn't mix too well with my economics I have to say!

This does my nut in. Same applies to people on busses, there's absolutely no need to have your earphones that loud, if anything you're doing damage. I always take my earphones out for a second to see can noise be heard from them.

A girl I was sitting beside decided to start blaring rhianna the other day and then took her earphones out and somehow came to the conclusion that they wern't making enough noise to warrant turning down and stuck them back in and kept going.

Oh the filthies that were thrown.

On the coughing front, while it can be annoying at least its not intentional.

P_1

Close call between those 'people' who leave their stuff unattended at their desks for hours and the airheads who have full blown conversations

WeeBushy

Pandoras Twist wrote: »

This does my nut in. Same applies to people on busses, there's absolutely no need to have your earphones that loud, if anything you're doing damage. I always take my earphones out for a second to see can noise be heard from them.

A girl I was sitting beside decided to start blaring rhianna the other day and then took her earphones out and somehow came to the conclusion that they wern't making enough noise to warrant turning down and stuck them back in and kept going.

Oh the filthies that were thrown.

On the coughing front, while it can be annoying at least its not intentional.

I've told people on several occasions to turn down their music because I can hear it, and they all didn't realise how loud it was. Poor quality headphones are often bad at keeping in the sound. Although your individual just sounds obnoxious.

Still don't understand how anyone can concentrate on their studies listening to Rhianna, however

loalae

It's really annoying when you sit in the electronic device-free zone and the dumb bint beside you doesn't stop texting. I was so cross yesterday over that.

And she was a sniffler! Just blow your f**king nose!

I'm bringing tissues with me tomorrow.

WeeBushy

When people are giving out about people leaving their stuff in a places for ages, are they only talking about places with sockets? Because in the area that I sit there is always at least free place or two no matter the time of year. Although there are are no sockets. Today it's particularly quiet though I guess its a Sunday.

Also, if people are doing stuff that are so annoying, why don't you just tell them to stop? Granted it would be a bit much to tell someone to stop sniffling (not picking on you loalae, just using it as an example ) but if someone is chatting away, has their music on too loud or whatever I will always tell them firmly but politely to stop becasue they are distracting and annoying me. Haven't had anyone continue afterwards so far, and few times the people didn't realise how disruptive they were. I'd never just sit there and let myself be distracted if someone was breaking the rules of the library.

Pandoras Twist

People who leave those printer cards in the machines so there's about 5 minutes of Beep...beep...beep...beep before they take them out or someone else does

GobBass

aidoh wrote: »

^ This.
Back in January I heard some girl making all these mad sex noises to herself. It went on for ages and loads of people were going for a gawk to see what was happening. It was like those shampoo ads. I think she just loved studying THAT much. That wasn't annoying tough, just weird/gas. Anyone else around for this? It was up on the science floor.

The temptation is too strong.


I'll have what she's having.

Glad I got that out of my system.

FiendishFriend

People who flashmob!!!

Tea-a-Maria

I didn't think it was possible to screw up a flash mob that much..UCD today has taught me differently!

delta_bravo

What actually happened?

WhiteRussian

The state of the area outside the library; how was it decided that the cleaners should have the weekend off? Absolute tip; coffee cups and sweet wrappers everywhere. The ramp down to 911 looks like a gutter who would see in Bombay. Filthy.

And the queues for the library today were sensational; apparently outside the building at 9am this morning. Hopefully it dies down when I head in after dinner

Dermot2468

The queue in at 9.15 this morning was over to the research center!

Dermot2468

delta_bravo wrote: »

What actually happened?

Flash mob organised on facebook, people come to to see flash mob but no-one actually does anything. Que lots of people standing around, was a strange sight.

kev9100

People who leave their stuff for ages when its really busy are awful. I did it myself earlier for half an hour, but being gone for over an hour is just not on imho.

spagboll

many free seats in there now?

gamgsam

WhiteRussian wrote: »

The state of the area outside the library; how was it decided that the cleaners should have the weekend off? Absolute tip; coffee cups and sweet wrappers everywhere. The ramp down to 911 looks like a gutter who would see in Bombay. Filthy.

Don't blame the cleaners for that! You'd think the bright individuals who attend UCD would have the common sense not to behave like children.

Offside

gamgsam wrote: »

Don't blame the cleaners for that! You'd think the bright individuals who attend UCD would have the common sense not to behave like children.

All the bins are full as they haven't been emptied so there's no immediate place to put rubbish. A lot of people are trying to stuff their rubbish in or leave it beside the bin and the wind is sending it all flying.
I know you can say bring your rubbish away and dispose of it elsewhere and that is fair enough but get off your high horse saying that people are behaving like children.
The place is a disgrace. Saw some library staff out earlier taking photos of how bad it has gotten.

WhiteRussian

gamgsam wrote: »

Don't blame the cleaners for that! You'd think the bright individuals who attend UCD would have the common sense not to behave like children.

Obviously you weren't even there because every single bin was overflowing. What exactly can people do since you cannot bring a coffee cup into the library. There was no option but to leave rubbish next to the bins but then the wind blew it over. I wasn't blaming the cleaners I was blaming the bright individuals who wrote the roster for the weekend

**Timbuk2**

I've never seen the library as packed as today. At 9.10am the queue was out the door by the lake all the way back to the door of the Tierney building!

There were hardly any free 'normal' desks, never mind desks with plugs (at around 11am onwards). How come it wasn't nearly this busy at Christmas?

Offside

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

I've never seen the library as packed as today. At 9.10am the queue was out the door by the lake all the way back to the door of the Tierney building!

There were hardly any free 'normal' desks, never mind desks with plugs (at around 11am onwards). How come it wasn't nearly this busy at Christmas?

Combination of all other libraries being closed and exams starting tomorrow, couldnt believe there weren't even any normal desks left how many study spaces does the JJ library have?

WeeBushy

Offside wrote: »

Combination of all other libraries being closed and exams starting tomorrow, couldnt believe there weren't even any normal desks left how many study spaces does the JJ library have?

I think I remember being told/hearing somewhere that it has a capacity of something like 2,000 study spaces.

EDIT: Including all the libraries there are ~3,000 reading and study spaces.

http://www.ucd.ie/ucdtoday/1007_october_07/UCD%20Today%20Oct%2007%206-7.pdf

Also, according to that link, it is open longer than any other university library in Ireland (96.5 hours/week during term time), so one can't really complain about the opening hours.

EDIT 2: There are ~1,600 spaces in the JJ library

http://www.ucdsu.ie/site/view/255/

DID YOU KNOW?
UCD's James Joyce Library holds over 1.3 million books and at any one time there are approximately 1600 people in the library. There are 3,000 study spaces available in the library, including 200+ laptop enabled spaces.

Tayto2000

WhiteRussian wrote: »

There was no option but to leave rubbish next to the bins but then the wind blew it over.

If this statement is a snapshot of the mentality of third level students in Ireland, we're probably all doomed.

WhiteRussian

Tayto2000 wrote: »

If this statement is a snapshot of the mentality of third level students in Ireland, we're probably all doomed.

Pathetic response. You were missing the smug ":rolleyes:" with your post.

You obviously were not there too because EVERY single bin down the main concourse was full from Quinn to the library and around the lake. The buildings were all closed too. So there was no where to put the coffee cups, because, as I have said, you cannot get into the library with a coffee cup in your hand. Like I said, there were no cleaners in on Sunday and Monday when the library was the busiest it has been in all my years here. It is the fault of those who make the roster for the UCD services staff that they did not put people down to work that day.

bnt

I had to go in to the Library yesterday because I had to print something, and it was the only place with accessible printers. Couldn't print from my laptop because it couldn't get an IP address (thank you, DHCP admins), so I had to queue for a UCD computer. So people are queueing for computers to do things they can't do anywhere else at UCD, because everything else is closed; yet I can clearly see idiots chatting on Facebook and watching YouTube videos, or just reading presentations on screen. Plus about 5 of them had no-one at them - logged on with documents open on screen and bags on the seats. I queued for 20 minutes just so I could spend 5 minutes printing some documents.

Those Library computers are a severely-limited resource, so if you give a crap about your fellow students, do what you absolutely have to do then log off. They are not there for you to hog all day. If you can see people queuing, you have no business farting around on Facebook. If you leave it unattended. someone's going to get fed up with queueing, log you off, and you might lose your work - but you'll be in no position to complain. And if you're dumb enough to leave a Facebook window open ... very bad idea.

**Timbuk2**

Is it busy today? I'm not sure if I should go down - I don't want to go and find there's no seats and have to go back. Not a seat with a plug, just 'normal' desks.

stop

WhiteRussian wrote: »

Pathetic response. You were missing the smug ":rolleyes:" with your post.

You obviously were not there too because EVERY single bin down the main concourse was full from Quinn to the library and around the lake. The buildings were all closed too. So there was no where to put the coffee cups, because, as I have said, you cannot get into the library with a coffee cup in your hand. Like I said, there were no cleaners in on Sunday and Monday when the library was the busiest it has been in all my years here. It is the fault of those who make the roster for the UCD services staff that they did not put people down to work that day.

I noticed the bins at the science end of the library were not full yesterday evening, people have a problem walking to another bin as their time is too precious. They leave it next to a full bin to make themselves feel better, and ignore the fact that the wind will obviously blow it all over the place. There are massive skips between the library and arts, but people are just too selfish to walk for an extra few seconds, prefering instead to dump the rubbish on the ground, shrug their shoulders and say 'it's not my fault, ucd should have taken care if it'

That said,I agree the cleaners should have been in, emptying the bins around the lake/library on sat sun and mon mornings.

courty08

If you're too lazy to get out of bed a go into the library at 9 don't be giving out about people leaving their stuff in spaces. Why should someone who gets up early in the morning especially to get a space with a plug not be allowed leave their stuff if they have other business for a few hours? I don't want to take my stuff for 2 hours and run the risk of coming back and not getting a plug if I get up early to get it. If you're in the library before 9.30 you will get a plug if you're not, tough, get up earlier next time

**Timbuk2**

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

Is it busy today? I'm not sure if I should go down - I don't want to go and find there's no seats and have to go back. Not a seat with a plug, just 'normal' desks.

I'm there now and there's loads of free spaces, normal ones anyway, don't think there are many free spaces with plugs at this time

Tayto2000

WhiteRussian wrote: »

Pathetic response. You were missing the smug ":rolleyes:" with your post.

You obviously were not there too because EVERY single bin down the main concourse was full from Quinn to the library and around the lake. The buildings were all closed too. So there was no where to put the coffee cups, because, as I have said, you cannot get into the library with a coffee cup in your hand. Like I said, there were no cleaners in on Sunday and Monday when the library was the busiest it has been in all my years here. It is the fault of those who make the roster for the UCD services staff that they did not put people down to work that day.

What's pathetic is throwing your rubbish on the ground and watching it blow away while pretending to yourself that there's nothing else you could have done. You don't seem very familiar with the Library yourself for someone who was supposed to be studying in it - were you just there for the flash mob? You can't get past the swipe barriers with a coffee cup, but there's nothing stopping you bringing it into the building where the social space is. Even with the bins there overflowing at least it wouldn't have been blown away into the lake. And that's to say nothing of the big skips around the back.

My comment wasn't directed towards you specifically really, I just find it depressing that, judging by the amount of swirling litter, so many people obviously think the same way. I agree that the bins should have been emptied, but that doesn't mean there wasn't an alternative to dumping it on the ground.

spudington16

courty08 wrote: »

If you're too lazy to get out of bed a go into the library at 9 don't be giving out about people leaving their stuff in spaces. Why should someone who gets up early in the morning especially to get a space with a plug not be allowed leave their stuff if they have other business for a few hours? I don't want to take my stuff for 2 hours and run the risk of coming back and not getting a plug if I get up early to get it. If you're in the library before 9.30 you will get a plug if you're not, tough, get up earlier next time

Getting in early gives you the right to obtain a desk to USE it; not to abandon it. If you go in at 09:00 or earlier to use a computer desk that's fine. If you have "other business" to do elsewhere. don't prevent other people with actual study to do from using these valuable resources while you're gone.

There should really be some kind of clamp-down on this. Maybe computer desks which have been "claimed" but are unattended for a certain length of time should incur a fine or have stuff cleared from them. It's unacceptable at the best of times, but it's just pure selfishness at the end of the year.

bnt

spudington16 wrote: »

There should really be some kind of clamp-down on this. Maybe computer desks which have been "claimed" but are unattended for a certain length of time should incur a fine or have stuff cleared from them. It's unacceptable at the best of times, but it's just pure selfishness at the end of the year.

In the Health Sciences Library, where about half the desks have power sockets, there are signs up saying they'll move your stuff if you leave it unattended for more than 30 minutes. But you can ask the desk to give you a slip saying you've OK'd it with them.

There was plenty of space in Health Sciences today, and very quiet: it's you folks who have to study in the JJ Library for whatever reason (books etc.) who have my sympathy. I'll study anywhere but there when I have a choice, and only went in on Monday because everything else was closed.
If I need a computer, there are plenty there and at Newstead, for example. If you don't know where those places are, find out! You're at university now, you can't wait for lecturers to tell you these things: explore!

WhiteRussian

stop wrote: »

I noticed the bins at the science end of the library were not full yesterday evening, people have a problem walking to another bin as their time is too precious. They leave it next to a full bin to make themselves feel better, and ignore the fact that the wind will obviously blow it all over the place. There are massive skips between the library and arts, but people are just too selfish to walk for an extra few seconds, prefering instead to dump the rubbish on the ground, shrug their shoulders and say 'it's not my fault, ucd should have taken care if it'

That said,I agree the cleaners should have been in, emptying the bins around the lake/library on sat sun and mon mornings.

Usually I would pick up a bit of rubbish (that wasn't my own) off the ground and bin it. But I cannot spend all day looking for a bin considering I checked around 10 bins all along the main concourse and around the lake (where I was). And at that point the rubbish was everywhere so it wasn't going to make much more of a difference. If anything it was better to dump it so the message would have gotten through that having one building open the day before exams begin results in mass concentration, to the point of severe overcrowding, of people in a small area.