Accept it and:
A) Make a fun of it.
B) Just forget about it and find yourself a different place.
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Just use those books for something other then reading. XD
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- Bring a bag of shit in before the library closes and leave it under the table.. When she beats you in there the next morning, it will be you smiling :)
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I can help you, bring me one of her hair and a young goat.
pls make no questions
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I swear that was the smile on her face too. I wish I could bitch slap her.
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I wish I knew how not to be a pushover, which I could help.
Drink to forget what annoys you.
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You could create a photoshopped picture of a dirty hobo sitting on that chair (with a post-it attached to it stating "He was there first") and leave it on the table. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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Come earlier, put "Reservation" sign on the table and wait...
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library opens at 10 ._. I was here at 9:50 waiting.
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Hmmm. So she's a cheeky one. Next time, just slap her before entering the library, and kick her in the shins so she limps.
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- Bribe the librarian (not compulsory)
- Stay overnight in the library
Not sure if that works in your library but it works here. The librarians here don't give a fxxk as long as I don't stand on the doors
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take a bag of dogpoo and serendipitously drop it under her chair as you pass by
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OR JUST GET THERE FIRST FOR ONCE!
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I was there first, I was in the process of taking off my 50 pound bag when she just sort of shows up and takes the spot.
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sit in the chair. drop your bag in the chair or on the desk. CLAIM YOUR TERRITORY
note that humans don't take kindly to marking your territory with urine
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Sit down before taking off your bag. It might not be comfortable at first, but you'll get your spot. Or, you know, just sit somewhere else or say something to her. If this would happen to me, I would probably need to try to control my anger and just say to her that I was there first. If that doesn't work, well, I don't think full rage mode would help... :p
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That might be the calmest thing ever to fight for, a spot in a library to read books.
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She's doing it with some purpose.. Start a conversation about this ("How can you be always faster than me?" or similar) and then ask her out ;)
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It's not worth fighting or getting frustrated over. Most things people get worked up about or fight over aren't. Get a new spot and get rid of the aggravation.
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I agree with this - probably not worth getting upset over.
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"Sorry I hate to be rude, but apparently you don't."
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Sit in the chair or put your stuff in the chair, even if she already put her stuff on the table. If she complains, just smile and say nothing. She will have to move or sit in your lap (which might be fun :P). She is having fun on your expenses and, unless you are having fun too, you should not keep tolerating it.
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Don't tables have more than one chair?
- Share the table
- Strike a conversation
- Ask her out for coffee
- Sex her
- Murder her in her sleep
- Profit.
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I like that! Problem solved and you had fun doing this (well, at least at point 5)
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If you're there right as the library opens, run/speed walk towards the location as fast as you can without getting scolded and scatter your books all over the table. Yeah you might look a bit dumb but you'll have a few extra seconds to claim the territory haha. If she still comes over and tries to move them or something just say sorry, it's taken I have to study or something.
I hate confrontation as well, sorry some people take advantage. :(
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Try this if you are a fast person
Step 1: By all means make yourself one step ahead from her sitting onto the chair, the more rushy the better
Step 2: Smile back to her sincerely
Sometimes all a girl want is just a kind smile.
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That gif... I was listening to Darude - Sandstorm when I saw it, and they just fit together so well!
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I'm concerned how a lot of the responses are hit on her or to literally hit her =-/
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Hmmm. You link to a .gif from a video where a guy punches a woman in the head so hard she falls off her chair.
source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p2NK622d1o
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Just random gif from Google search.
Mate, are you alright? :D
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How small is the table? Couldn't you just grab another chair and sit at the opposite side? Or, you could find a different spot. Fighting over such a thing would be silly.
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Hit on her, if she calls you out on it play dumb and pretend you don't know what she's talking about, continue hitting on her. Make it as awkward as possible, always stay as polite as possible :D I'm joking though, I'd probably just ignore her and find a different table.
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I'm not Canadian but I do have Canadian tendencies. :)
At my old job we had a huge parking lot, large enough for 1000 cars, but we had probably less than 30 cars that actually parked there. Every day everybody would fight to get the spots nearest to the front entrance. I decided to park at the farthest possible spot at the very back of the parking lot (which, coincidentally, was also the only place with any shade in the summer time). I used my GPS to measure my walk to the office and by parking there I would walk approximately 50 miles a year extra compared to everyone else. So it was a multiple win: shade, exercise, and lack of stress about "stealing" spots.
Until one day I got to work and somebody was parked in "my" spot. Hundreds of empty spots around, and I park in that one spot every day and there they are. Are you fucking kidding me? :P
So, naturally, I slashed their tires, broke the windows, pissed on the driver's seat and left a passive-aggressive note on the windshield before setting the car on fire. j/k Actually I just parked 3 spaces away from them and went on with my life.
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XD I know it's just annoying, like I was there first for once and I was super happy and it just sort of ticked me off a bit. I know it's silly but like not a positive way to start your day. I got there early, I had brought my lunch and everything and I was ready to spend all day in the library. Now I'm stuck in a crappy spot with noisy teenagers who seem to enjoy talking loudly and flirting terribly in front of me. Which is just as irritating as it sounds. Whatever Ill just blast my music, and invest in better sound cancelling headphones.
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Yeah. You're there to study, the last thing you need is more stress and anxiety added to it!
It's a shame there are loud people in your library. My local library is relatively tiny but I've never heard anyone make a sound there. Even when checking out books people whisper with the librarian at the front desk. There is an area with computers and desks but everyone sits there in silence and does their own thing.
My wife works from home most of the time and had been going to the library for a quiet place to get stuff done, but the lack of cellular signal and lack of power outlets were a big annoyance. She also complained about people "camping out" at the good spots all day long. She has actually started going to restaurants/cafes and found it more comfortable than the library, and they have power outlets at each table... plus there are free drink refills. :P
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The unfortunate curse of being Canadian, I'm joking mostly. But I honestly do think my general politeness screws me over, I went to the library, in fact still at the library and there was this woman who came in after me and there is this sweet study spot in the library it's perfect, and today I made it there first. She came there second but because she came from a different angle she smiled at me and put her stuff down on the table before I could. It was rude and I didn't say anything because making a scene in a library over a chair is stupid. But it still irritated me enough to bitch about it here. I walked away like an adult, but still tomorrow it'll be the same thing and the day after and the day after. She's beaten me every single time I've come to the library even when I'm there first. I'm carrying like 50 pounds of textbooks. So any suggestions on how to handle it without making a scene? I think it was her laughter today that really pissed me off.
Update:
In the end I never got my spot back, and I'm okay with that. Why? Because that entire area is infested with ants. So when I saw her today I smiled real big, and when the doors opened she rushed to get that spot while I walked to the clean ant free area. She might be perfectly okay with ants crawling up on your hands while you're working, but I'm not. Plus all I had to do was bring an extra hoodie for when it gets cold.
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