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the only thing i'm worried about is the consequences of my decision not to be a witness because this is my home library, and i have a long relationship with the people who work there. it's going to feel very awkward seeing them knowing now that they may hate me for not standing up for them. there's a small part of me that says to just be a witness to show solidarity. when the librarian asked me to be a witness, i didn't say i wouldn't be a witness; i asked librarian if i could have time to think about it.
I've been in plenty of Stinkopolis-type libraries that are overrun by vagrants, stinkies,
homeless-zombies and bums.....not a pretty scene. I support rules being enforced, thank you very much.
Yes, if asked, I would be a witness in this situation.
A 'witness' is just exactly that .... a person who will say exactly to the best of their knowledge what they "witnessed". It's not taking a side - it's telling what you saw or heard or both.
You didn't do the man any favors by declining to tell what you saw -- now it becomes a matter of "he said, she said".
I would always agree to be a witness to an event - if you think that somebody is being treated unfairly, then your "witness" of the event should help to clear up matters.
This is pretty much what I was going to say. "Oh, you want me to be a witness? Sure!" That doesn't mean I'll be THEIR witness when it comes time to take the stand, if I have to take the stand. And if I'm being questioned, and I have to fill out a form, writing what I saw, I would put it all in there. ALL. of it.
I agree that you didn't do the guy any favors by not being a witness. You were there, you could have had his back. As someone else mentioned, a shove by an elderly man...give me a break. If that guard got hurt to the point he's going to whine and slobber about it, by a shove from elderly person, then he shouldn't be a guard. A guard is not a cop.
honesty, i don't think he knew about the no drinking policy. he had a foreign accent, so i'm guessing he thought it was okay maybe because from where he's from it's okay to drink in libraries. but you are right about his aggresiveness with librarian, it was pretty ugly.
you think drinking booze in libraries in other countries is legal? shoving the guard around and getting in the face of the librarian in other countries is ok? i have lived in other countries. I dont think so.
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