This is something that I should not be ranting about; it involves a senior citizen, and we should respect them. But I am annoyed at this particular senior’s behaviour. <\/p>\n
I was working in the public library, with headphones on. This old lady walks up to me, and I turn slightly to face them. I could see them in my peripheral vision. I continue to work, but suddenly, she starts talking to me. I reluctantly take off my headphones and listen. She is speaking in Mandarin, a language I do not speak. In addition, she is showing me her iPad. It must be a question about how to use a function on the iPad.<\/p>\n
Immediately, I say to her “Sorry, I don’t speak Chinese”. A few library patrons look towards me. The old lady closes the iPad and continues walking. I put my headphones back on and continue working.<\/p>\n
At least I apologised that I couldn’t answer her question.<\/p>\n But this also raises questions about when is it okay to ask library visitors random questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is something that I should not be ranting about; it involves a senior citizen, and we should respect them. But I am annoyed at this particular senior’s behaviour. I was working in the public library, with headphones on. This old lady walks up to me, and I turn slightly to face them. I could […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"status","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-status","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-status"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/set3.bh0.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/set3.bh0.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/set3.bh0.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/set3.bh0.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/set3.bh0.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/set3.bh0.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/set3.bh0.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/set3.bh0.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/set3.bh0.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWhat is with old people walking up to ME, and ME in particular, and then start talking to me assuming I speak whatever language they speak? Also, don’t they get the hint that I’m wearing headphones? Surely this is a good enough DO NOT DISTURB sign!
\n<\/rant><\/p>\n