Flashing In The Stacks
Filed under: Book Slut, Eros - August 15, 2007 @ 7:28 am
I guess I’m not the only one who gets aroused around books.
There was a funny article published recently on a local news channel website about how St. Louis libraries are infested with perverts. My mom told me about how forty years ago she caught some guy looking up her skirt when she worked at a library. Some things never change (well I doubt anyone would be too interested to look up my mom’s skirt these days.)
Men are passing teenagers lewd notes, flashing patrons in line, jacking off at computers…
An excerpt from the article:
In June 2006 at the main St. Louis County Library branch on South Lindbergh, it was about 3 p.m. when a library worker made this report: “…man at the Internet masturbating ….”
Webster Groves Police Chief Dale Curtis, the head of the St. Louis County Police Chiefs’ Association, said that if the suspect is doing something like that in the library there’s a “good chance” he’s doing it someplace else.
Ya think?! And hello, why is this article, dated July 2007, trying to suggest this is a recent shocking problem when it has to dig back more than a year for examples of indecency? Another funny bit:
Durnell said that even though libraries are full of great literature, you can’t let your guard down. He said a library is a public place and no different than a mall. He also said if you take you kids to the library, keep an eye on them, be careful and don’t leave them unattended for long.
For long?! C’mon, how long does it take to flash someone? I’m almost as annoyed with the people who compiled and supplied information for this article as I am for the men behaving like animals. A library isn’t a petting zoo, geez. Too bad these Gropey Guses can’t keep their dirty thoughts in their head like I do.
August 15th, 2007 at 8:32 am
Amen to that, sister. Libraries are public buildings - we do what we can to keep the ‘inappropriate behavior’ to a minimum. Same as we would in a park or a Dunky’s… just as much as concerned citizens as anything else. Librarians aren’t babysitters OR cops!
August 15th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
wow, tbk, i had no idea your mom was telling you stories 40 years ago…is there something you’re not telling me?
an old roommate of mine got flashed in the fifth floor stacks of one of our university libraries. typical man in a trenchcoat incident.
August 16th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
moonbeam,
1. I fixed my poorly constructed sentence.
2. Yes, I’m older than you, which entitles me to spank you silly when I see you tomorrow! I shall wear a trenchcoat as I administer your punishment.
3. I’m not sure why you should be punished for playfully pointing out my bad grammar, but it’s my blog and my rules.
August 18th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
Honestly, I don’t see why adults consider being flashed so traumatising. What’s so upsetting about seeing some pathetic guy’s penis? I think it’s funny. I love being flashed - I like to see a wide range of penises and if me laughing at his cock makes some guy unbearably happy, then, well, that’s not terribly fear-inducing!