Disruption

For my disruption, I went back to the UL and went my usual second floor, table seat. My actions, however, were not my usual. I really hope no one was too angry. Having observed the general quiet nature of the UL, I chose to do the very opposite. Without being ridiculously loud or obnoxious, I made some noise. First, I took out a bag of Bugles and ate them quite loudly. While the sound did not carry over through the entirety of the room, the people who were sitting at the table with me looked at me as though I was crazed/with great annoyance. While eating loudly is probably a disruption of norms in itself, it was quite evident that it also reflects a disruption of the norms at the UL. After eating my chips loudly, I decided to listen to some music. I played my music, again not too loudly or obnoxiously, for the public space instead of putting in my headphones. Perhaps the people of the UL would like to enjoy some Diva by Beyonce right alon with me! This caused more people to look back at me, and eventually the person sitting in front of me asked me to either turn my music off or put on headphones. That one hurt a little bit. I saw another girl look from her cubicle and stare at me like I was out of my mind, and I saw two people point to me...I'm assuming they were talking about how awkward I was acting. Being loud in the UL is not a fun experience. The amount of bad looks and annoyed glances by stressed out, sleep deprived college students I got that day are far more than I would ever like to get again in my life.