Spring Break

Much to my surprise, this has been a quiet Spring Break for the library. Often times we're inundated with adolescents who have nowhere else to go & they decide that the library is the perfect place to run amok. But that's not the case this year, fortunately.

But there are the adults....

The majority are fine. Weird, odd, annoying but nothing out of the ordinary. But then there are those who make the hairs on the back of your neck stand straight up.

Which was the case yesterday.

The couple were straight out of central casting for Law & Order: SVU: he was a good 30 years older than his "date" (who we all first thought was his daughter--oh, my goodness, surely she wasn't!) & we first noticed them because they had "re-arranged" the furniture to accomodate their two laptops & allowed them to sit side-by-side on the floor as they worked. As I walked down one aisle of books I saw that they had apparently left without bothering to put the furniture back & went over to take care of it. Which is when I discovered that they had not left but were in fact hidden by the overstuffed chairs so I did not see them reclining until I was upon them and heard their loud, smacking, kissing noises. The perv said in a perfect Eddie Haskell tone, "oops, caught us" & I'm quite sure my disgust showed in every pore of my body (in fact, I felt like I needed to disinfect my eyes for having witnessed the sight). Unable to come up with a really stinging retort, I merely said that we usually had to deal with much younger types engaging in such behavior, moved the chairs back to their regular position, & walked away.

They left soon after, with smarmy comments to me, & I really wanted to ask her if she was so desperate that she settled for him. It's not like he's a catch, what with one ex-wife (possibly two although Andy thought he was still married. Well, it will be two soon enough). Or perhaps it's a sting operation to catch middle-aged pervs! (I really watch too many episodes of L&O)

But it's a spin that's less likely to turn my stomach. So I'll live in my little fantasy world where justice reigns supreme. At least until they return.