Library

Today is the day I usually work from home all day long, but it's also the day my landlord decided to overhaul the electrical system in my apartment building, so I had to leave to get any work done. I'm in the Mechanic's Institute Library, a private library to which I pay a membership fee, trying to work, but the people-watching is distracting.

Most of the members here are 80 years old or older. Half the people walk with canes, a few with walkers, and in general the place looks more like the day room in a rest home instead of a research environment. I just watched one guy shuffle to the bathroom and back- it took him almost half an hour to accomplish the task.

The last couple of times I've been in, though, I've noticed some younger people doing work. Unfortunately, they look like your average corporate douchebags rather than
hot young intellectuals. They make a point of having lots of folders and slim laptops and scratching their balls a lot. I think I like the old people better.