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

[Casey Callendrello]

Rob is both highly ADHD and a troll. Watch out for that. He wandered over to the dirty shop where I was working and asked me if I wanted to sign a his petition banning female drivers.

Keep that in mind if you happen to have dealings with him: don't feed the troll. 

He is also working on an excellent project to convert an eeepc into a tablet. Ask him about it, it's very cool.

--Casey

On Aug 31, 2011, at 9:43 AM, rachel lyra hospodar <rachelyra at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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