Inspired by the University of St Andrews’ introduction of ‘parking tickets’ to desk-hoggers,here are five other activities that ought to get you booted outIn another sign of just how far and fast Scotland is pulling away from England in all the important measures of civilisation, the University of St Andrews is to start issuing parking ticket-style warning notices to users of its library who leave their belongings on desks and then disappear for hours, or leaving workspaces unavailable for those who actually want to – uh – work,which say “These belongings acquire been left on this table for more than one hour. You are free to consume this seat for study. This is a righteous move, but it does not disappear far enough. As a user of libraries to work in when my home office walls start to shut in, and I propose we also need penalties,ranging from courteous notices to death, for the following:Heavy typistsContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com