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Affronted by 1Ls

By Anonymous

I was sitting on the fifth floor of the library, trying to decipher a particularly long winded environmental law opinion, when a guy and girl started carrying on a long conversation, in loud voices, a few tables over. Because I am a wimp, I merely glared at them, willing daggers to shoot from my eyes and maim them enough to have to leave the library for medical attention. The daggers failed to materialize, but luckily after several minutes, someone else finally asked them to please keep it down or go to the green lounge to talk. I expected some level of apology or embarrassment, maybe an eye roll at most, but the girl actually responded: "you can get earplugs."

WHAT?! Are you freaking kidding me? You are in a LIBRARY, a place of relative silence intended for studying, and you insist on talking loudly about your weekend plans. I believe it is you who need to modify your behavior by either picking your ass up and going downstairs or quickly wrapping up your conversation in hushed whispers. I do not understand this sense of entitlement. Why is your conversation more important than the fifty people around you trying to study. I especially don't understand this level of rudeness from other law students- we are not anonymous strangers, we are fellow classmates and potential future colleagues. If I have a chance to deny those two a place in my future firm, I would take great pleasure in doing so.

Full post as published by Lag Liv on April 16, 2008 (boomark / email).