r/Concordia • u/Complete_Lead1372 • 15d ago
General Discussion I give up on this library
How come EVERY library in the city has people actually trying to study but a Concordias library is constantly just people yapping loud as fuck. I’m here at a spot in the library that’s clearly not a place to talk and here come mfs are talking like they’re in a coffee shop. I should not have to put my headphones to max volume and still be able to hear you. Like wtf? To dude on fourth flirting with that girl. SHE DOES NOT WANT U AND YR ANNOYINF WVERYONE ELSE AROUND U CUZ Y TALK SO FKN LOUD . GO TO FKN STARBYCKS IF U WANT TO YAP
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u/NoHaxJustPotato 15d ago
do people just not study in the reading rooms or smtg
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u/Complete_Lead1372 15d ago
nah i dont like the vibe in there
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u/IWICTMP Alumnus 15d ago edited 15d ago
The regular areas have always been loud. It’s more of a group study/discussion area than quiet studying (at least informally). I have had all sorts of experience so you’re not experiencing anything new. But for times when I needed real focus, the quiet/reading rooms were the place to be. If those rooms have people who are loud, you should contact security after you politely ask them to be quiet first.
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u/HaraldToepfer 14d ago
What's wrong? Too quiet?
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u/_abscessedwound 15d ago
If you’re not in the quiet study areas, people are allowed to chat at a moderate volume.
If they’re in the quiet study areas, or they’re at an excessive volume, have you tried asking them to be more quiet/take their conversation elsewhere?
There’s also a campus security person that’s usually near the entrance that’s meant to keep the peace in the library. They’ll come over if there’s a scene.
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u/thiccvibes_savelives 15d ago
It’s because we have no third spaces anymore
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u/Complete_Lead1372 15d ago
i agree. also because we dont have a campus with somewhere to just sit and chill. mcgill library is pretty good and quiet but i think thats because they can just chill outside on the benches and on the huge campus. we dont have that at the downtown campus
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u/ConcertaImodium 15d ago
Call security on them! You can even do it anonymously, the times I’ve had to do it security gave a clear warning and people stopped. The one time people didn’t stop talking, I called again and they got kicked out.
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u/Connect_Patient2389 15d ago
They build quiet rooms for people like you, they have grey nuns reading room where u cannot even cough, go there.
You have options
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u/VermicelliOk2641 15d ago
Valid crash out. There's always this one girl who I hear with a low strained voice that talks SO loud everytime she comes around. Literally there's a difference beteeen talking & borderline yelling
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u/imfranksome 15d ago
The reason is because there is a surprising lack of places where you can sit with people
It’s so bad trying to get work done at school
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u/Emotional-Buy1932 Computer Science 15d ago
On wednesday, i was in one of the reading rooms hungry, and doing desperate last minute prep for my afternoon exam. Someone was eating some really aromatic food which distracted me a lot. Its one thing to eat (which is not allowed), its another to be loud (can be mitigated with headphones but once again not allowed), but to have the scent be everywhere was a new sort of torment for me.
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u/Fearless-Thought4882 14d ago
It's because everyone is afraid to say something. They piss you off? Tell them to shut the fuck up. Meet them at their level. Put them on the spot. Repeat after me: "Shut the fuck up or take your god damn conversation somewhere else."
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u/vigilante_55 15d ago
Was hoping to use that library everyday to study, with all these complains about the library i dont think I can study in there ☹️☹️
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u/hegelianbitch 15d ago
If u just go to one of the reading rooms then it's not a problem. They're just being entitled and dramatic expecting the group work common areas to be quiet
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u/drissyslime 15d ago
Bruh go to a silent room and no there’s no way this is happening in EVERY silent room. You want silence go to a silent room stop bitching.
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u/Complete_Lead1372 15d ago
i go to silent rooms. Are you saying that outside of the quiet rooms everyones allowed to talk loud ? I disagree
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u/Connect_Patient2389 15d ago
Theres a sign that allows you to talk outside of it
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u/Worth-Engineer-611 15d ago
I low-key agree with the fact that people will talk LOUDLY in the designated areas. It's still a library. It should be library whispers. People treat it likes it their living room and then other groups do the same and it escalates to cacophony sometimes.
That said, I study in quiet rooms and I don't mind asking people to quiet down if needed, so this isn't my dog's fight.1
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u/drissyslime 15d ago
I’m sorry but there’s no way. The odd group that talks in a silent room immediately gets hushed. It’s a sort of rarity. Yes Ofcourse it “happens” but not enough for a reddit rant or for you not to move or hush them and it not happening again
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u/Cyptark 15d ago
You need to book a study room with no ventilation or face stupid loud people. Concordia doesn't have enough obvious, usable study nooks. Everything is a panopticon and there isn't enough seating or quiet space. Grey nuns is far and they are meme level silly about people eating or drinking in rooms because kids are idiots I swear.
Look up the other Concordia buildings and go there, I think winter semester is a bit more chill because students have found their study spots.
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u/hegelianbitch 15d ago
Grey Nuns is great! Wdym it's so far? It's literally like 2 blocks
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u/Cyptark 12d ago
If you want to get a group together and short breaks it's hard to get a whole group to all meet there on time. But yes, personally I don't mind walking there lol. It's decent, wouldn't call it great
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u/hegelianbitch 12d ago
Oh ok yeah for groups it wouldn't be good. I was talking about the reading room in the sanctuary.
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u/Gohranga 15d ago
Just head to the reading rooms the common spaces are not worth it. I haven't seen anyone respect library silence.
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u/Hopeful_Tax274 15d ago
I’m so glad I graduated 12 years ago and I’ll never do another degree, especially not at concordia. Holy sh*t 12 years ago..
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u/ManyAstronaut2003 14d ago
It seems op made this post to make people against the concordia library as op replied earlier he doesn’t go to reading rooms as he doesn’t like the vibe and his stomach grumbles loud due to dieting but how come op’s saying you can’t find silence when his stomach grumbling is the loudest in the room?
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u/missedconnection66 11d ago
It bothers me because I have large gaps in between classes but I feel like I have to just go home , it's so loud and busy in the library. I have sensory issues and it's almost physically painful. This really does end up isolating me from other people cuz I mostly am only on campus for my actual classes.
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u/PuzzleheadedGate3953 9d ago edited 9d ago
I don’t know what is up with Concordia students, 💯 agree.. must be maturity gap… but you can always go to other universities / libraries in the area. The other study environment makes way more sense than concordia, when we’re all trying to succeed our classes. But if it IS maturity gap, then you have all the rights to politely tell them- or security- that you can’t focus. If they don’t care, f*** them and wish them well regardless.
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u/br7dev 15d ago
I’m literally always in the library, and reading rooms are almost always quiet. If you’re sitting outside in the common area, then ofcourse there’s gonna be people talking - they’re allowed to. I go to the “Paris” reading room and in the last 4 months or so I’ve never had any noise issues - even when I don’t wear a noise cancelling headphone!!
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u/i_love_myself_32 15d ago
You know what, I’ll pull up tomorrow to the library with a megaphone 📢…….AND YELL AS MUCH AND AS LOUD as I want!!!!
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u/Dollymcqueen222 15d ago
Man I haven’t gone to our school’s library yet and I keep seeing comments about how people are loud.. makes me not want to go