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So currently I'm working for New York University's satellite campus in Paris. While most of the students are upperclassmen here for the semester, there is a group of about 30 freshmen in a special liberal studies program who were also here last semester. 99% of them are immature, uncooperative brats. I work in the library (which, gosh, needs to be quiet! egad! how unreasonable!), and 9 times out of 10, whenever someone is talking way too loudly, or talking on their cellphone, or going into the clearly designated "Staff Only" area, it's a freshmen. Because they were here last semester too, they think they own the place. Wrongo.
Today I witnessed just about the rudest thing I've seen. Every week we have an event in our student lounge where NYU students and Parisian university students can get together and discuss a current political topic that changes each week. We start the event, close the doors, and put out cookies and coffee. The 7 of us have a nice, quiet, orderly, and intellectual discussion. Halfway through the event (about 30 minutes later), BOOM.
The doors slam open and a herd of about 15 students (all freshmen) come bounding into the room, chatting loudly. They go: "Oh! Look! Cookies!" and proceed to help themselves to cookies and coffee. I say: "Excuse me, there is an event going on here." They say "Oh. Okay." And instead of joining the group, continue talking amongst themselves.
So I get really angry and pretty much tell them off: "You know, it's INCREDIBLY rude to come barging into an event, not participate, and then just eat our food." I get a collective dear-in-headlights-look (What? We were doing something wrong? look). Then one freshmen girl mutters: "Well I'm staying, so bite me."
So needless to say we never got back to our conversation and the event was pretty much hijacked.
Today I witnessed just about the rudest thing I've seen. Every week we have an event in our student lounge where NYU students and Parisian university students can get together and discuss a current political topic that changes each week. We start the event, close the doors, and put out cookies and coffee. The 7 of us have a nice, quiet, orderly, and intellectual discussion. Halfway through the event (about 30 minutes later), BOOM.
The doors slam open and a herd of about 15 students (all freshmen) come bounding into the room, chatting loudly. They go: "Oh! Look! Cookies!" and proceed to help themselves to cookies and coffee. I say: "Excuse me, there is an event going on here." They say "Oh. Okay." And instead of joining the group, continue talking amongst themselves.
So I get really angry and pretty much tell them off: "You know, it's INCREDIBLY rude to come barging into an event, not participate, and then just eat our food." I get a collective dear-in-headlights-look (What? We were doing something wrong? look). Then one freshmen girl mutters: "Well I'm staying, so bite me."
So needless to say we never got back to our conversation and the event was pretty much hijacked.
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