No, You Can't Study on the Floor. Not Yours.

B&NGoddess · #1 04-20-2007, 05:51 PM

a couple of girls got all pissed off when they were asked to move so the carpet people could set up for the overnight. they were sprawled on the floor with their homework and shit everywhere, blocking traffic and generally being a nuisance. how dare we ask them to move! tell the workers to carpet around us! they demanded to know where else they could go to study. not my concern, chief.

sounds like a job for the

mbulance. seriously, go to a damn library. or your house. i guess i should be thankful they didn't bring pillows and blankets like i've seen some people who are "studying" do.

Dips · #2 04-20-2007, 06:38 PM

An alarming number of people have trouble telling the difference between "mine" and "not mine."

I had neighbors (since moved) who thought I was a bitch because I objected to the them parking in my driveway ("well, you weren't using it") and having picnics on my lawn ("my grass is too tall and you just mowed yours").

And every time I made them move, they would ask that same question your SCs did, "Where am I supposed to park/have my picnic?"

Why do they think we have to figure that out for them?

CrazedClerk · #3 04-20-2007, 06:55 PM

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Quoth Dips

I had neighbors (since moved) who thought I was a bitch because I objected to the them parking in my driveway ("well, you weren't using it") and having picnics on my lawn ("my grass is too tall and you just mowed yours").

Picnics on YOUR lawn?

Oohhh man that would've set me off big time. I would've threatened shove the blanket someplace really painful.

WSDuckie · #4 04-20-2007, 07:20 PM

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Quoth Dips

Why do they think we have to figure that out for them?

But, but, but, Dips, aren't you GOD???? (-;

Talon · #5 04-20-2007, 07:34 PM

Oooh Dips you know what you should have done for the uninvited picnic: hide a sprinkler system under the lawn grass and turn it on once the squatters show

And as far as "waah where should I park my car?" Answer: "I believe there's plenty of space at the local impound lot."

In the should-be-immortal words of Toby Mcguire, "I missed the part where that's my problem."

Kilamon · #6 04-20-2007, 07:59 PM

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Quoth Dips

I had neighbors (since moved) who thought I was a bitch because I objected to the them parking in my driveway ("well, you weren't using it") and having picnics on my lawn ("my grass is too tall and you just mowed yours").

I'm pretty sure that's trespassing. In fact, I recently watched my own SC neighbours leave and while they weren't having picnics on my lawn, they were annoying enough (broke 2 sprinklers by driving their hummer on the lawn while making an illegal u-turn). Personally, Dips, I would have let them stay there and called the cops and said that some vagrants were trespassing and you were going to press charges.

Dips · #7 04-20-2007, 08:10 PM

Not to worry. The first time it happened we were too stunned to say anything.

The second time we asked them to move and got the above excuse and the whiny demand to find an alternative. But they moved.

The third time Mr. Dips was overcome with a sudden urge to mow the lawn. He carefully aimed the thrower and fired it up. They moved.

The fourth time...there wasn't a fourth time.

Back to the OP. Maybe firing up the rug shampooer would "help" the kids sprawled on your floor move elsewhere.

Spiffy McMoron · #8 04-20-2007, 08:17 PM

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Quoth CrazedClerk

Picnics on YOUR lawn?

And parking on her driveway.

I think that the legal terminology for that case would be "possesion is 9/10th of the law"

As for the problem that B&NGoddess had, might I recommend carpeting over them? Think of them as a speed bumb for people running in the store.

Daphne · #9 04-20-2007, 08:27 PM

I get so annoyed when patrons decide to sit on the floor in the middle of the stacks. It is so rude.

protege · #10 04-20-2007, 08:36 PM

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Quoth bannedanna

If someone parks in your driveway, give them one warning.

Where I live, if there's an event at the school less than a block away, it's common for idiots to park all the way around the circle...even in front of driveways. Most people, if they park there, they're careful not to block any driveways. I have no problem with them--parking at the school sucks. However, for the ones that aren't careful, they deserve what they get. Sorry, but if I can't get out, the cops *will* be called, and the car *will* be towed. Not only will they have to walk home, but they'll get hit with massive towing and impound fees.