[Noisebridge-discuss] Unwelcome person at noisebridge

[Robert Fletcher]

Whether or not he was actually dangerous Bobby definitely made us feel that
he could be an accidental threat to himself and potentially others.  He was
poking into circuit boxes and climbing on the desk near the server room,
insisting that he wanted to take down the wifi broadcaster because it was
giving him a headache.  He was getting ready to climb up on the flimsy
wooden shelf on top of the desk before he got distracted or someone talked
him down.

All said, he's an exceptional case, and I don't think this in any way
discredits our open door policy.  It's not as if we have loonies popping in
every day that we have to deal with, though it would probably be a good idea
to come up with some simple instructions for the rare cases.

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Alex Handy <alexhandy at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have to say, I've dealt with crazy people wandering into businesses, and
> some of them even working at said businesses. I've never encountered someone
> so disconnected with reality as "Dr. Bobby."
>
> I agree, Noisebrirgde's open door policy is important to maintain, but this
> guy needs to go. He needs help and we cannot give it to him. He does nothing
> productive at Noisebridge. He spends his time looking at 5 books for a
> minute, talking to himself, then he wheels around and spews whatever words
> enter his head at whatever or whoever is nearby.
>
> Slightly crazy is one thing, but this man is in need of serious medical
> attention. He showed up in an undone hospital gown, for christ-sake.
>
> When someone else more boarderlne shows up, we can debate this again, but
> Dr. Bobby is a problem right now. The way he was acting, I don't think it's
> OK to let him visit Noisebridge at all. He's completely irrational, and his
> lack of a filter between his brain and his mouth causes him to say
> insulting, hurtful things to Noisebridgers, my wife included. And he
> obviously doesn't know he's doing this, so it's even worse for all invovled.
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