[Noisebridge-discuss] Rob sleeping at Noisebridge - Zero tolerance for sleep time in the space

[rachel lyra hospodar]

I interacted previously with a tall white guy named rob who seems to fit
your description.

I was over by the fire escape and noticed one of the shelving units had been
moved to accommodate our newest server rack - moved in such a way that it
was now leaning drunkenly and coming apart. That quiet bike riding guy was
back there and I asked if he knew who moved it. It was rob! Rob was in the
space! I asked him to show me rob, then I asked rob to come look at the
shelf with me. He came over but started looking out the window and ignoring
me. I got his attention again and showed him the shelf. He didn't seem to
care, although he implicated quiet bike riding guy's involvement in moving
it. I showed them both an example shelf that wasn't coming apart.

Quiet bike riding guy started fixing it (after suggesting I be nicer). It is
certainly fixed now.

That's my story about rob. I wasn't the most polite person to him, I suspect
you weren't either rubin, but overall my impression of him was that he
didn't give a shit what I had to say anyway.

Generally I am open to throwing in my in-person voice to helping people feel
the weight of the community's opinion, but after this experience I have no
hope for rob to listen to me.

R.

mediumreality.com
On Aug 28, 2011 6:55 PM, "Rubin Abdi" <rubin at starset.net> wrote:
> Some time mid week I was by Noisebridge and noticed a guy sleeping in a
> chair in front of the electronics bench computer. I politely woke him
> up, told him that we've had a problem with people sleeping in the space
> and would appreciate it if he didn't sleep here and went home if sleep
> was what he needed, so that others in the space wouldn't actually yell
> yell at him. He said sure and continued working on the machine there,
> and I left for home.
>
> Today this person was again at the electronics bench computer. After
> about an hour of hanging out here Andy and I observed him asleep again.
> We woke him up, asked him his name (Rob) and to please not sleep in the
> space as that's not we're about. Andy then asked him to leave with him
> (as he was on his way out), Rob said that he had some work to do on that
> machine and do something to some books in the library. We said ok and
> asked him to not sleep there anymore and to please go home after he's
> done with his work, which is to restore that computer to running Linux
> again because someone else named Rob(?) formatted it.
>
> Andy and I then proceeded to have a debate about building a web page
> like you're some teen linux bunk from 1994 versus using Wordpress in
> front of the bike racks. During this time Rob fell back asleep. I bid
> Andy a fare well.
>
> Went to wake up Rob again. He was asleep to the point where he was
> drooling on himself. I said, "Hey look we just asked you to please not
> sleep here, asked you before when I caught you sleeping here a few days
> ago, and now to please go home and get a good night's rest, and you're
> asleep again, it's time for you to go home now" and that turned into a
> very one way conversation. He told me he doesn't remember me asking him
> any such things, and I wasn't excellent for waking him up again, talking
> to him when he said he had work to do. I responded that being caught
> sleeping in the space three times is a very unexcellent thing and again
> it was time for him to go home. He said that what would be excellent for
> me was to stop talking to him and go get him a cup of coffee so he could
> finish his work. Told him that he can leave that machine alone and not
> finish his work and leave, if anyone complained as such for him not
> finishing his work he can place the blame entirely on me and I will talk
> to them (Mike Kan for instances).
>
> Anyhow, more of that went on, to the point where I finally said he had 5
> minutes to get done with whatever Russian Ubuntu install he had going
> for that machine and then needed to leave. 10 minutes later he was still
> giving me lip. I was fairly stern with him leaving, he said I should go
> yell at the other people sleeping in the space on the couches not being
> helpful like he was. I told him sleeping in front of a computer others
> wanted to use and fix really wasn't helpful, and that I have a zero
> tolerance policy for anyone sleeping here in the space. He stood up and
> said that I should join the Good Police.
>
> He collected his things (two bags), made a phone call through the red
> payphone, and left.
>
> I think it would be great if he could participate in the space more
> awake and less asleep as I really appreciate people coming in here and
> fixing computers and helping with the library. If you see him doing so
> please thank him for being an awesome person. If you see him sleeping in
> the space again please ask him to either actively participate awake or
> to go home and sleep as it seems like he really really needs it. Might
> be smart to also respond back to this thread. Rob is a tall white guy
> with no facial hair.
>
> Rob, if you're seeing this thread, please do awesome stuff in the space,
> but please don't sleep here! It's wayyy ruder than someone asking you to
> not sleep here three times or leaving an Ubuntu install uncompleted!
>
> --
> Rubin Abdi
> rubin at starset.net
>
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