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romantico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:19 PM Original message |
Awkward Position I found myself in today at the Library w/a young teen |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wow, yeah, stay away, stay very far away |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. run, don't walk, away from that kid. |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. Tell her in no uncertain terms to FO, and tell the library staff of the concerns you have about her. |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. You need to talk to the librarians, if you go back. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. jesus you are in a situation |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Do you think he should warn the librarians? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 09:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
60. i'm afraid i agree with #7 |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. Stay far away |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. That's fucked up but I wouldn't report it. |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. No, you are not making a big deal over this. |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. No you are not |
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Montauk6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. I dunno, Book Lover, direct confrontation may be a Pandora's Box. |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. Make sure you're not in the library anymore after 2pm.. is what would be |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. boy oh boy... are you digging yourself a hole |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Absolutely |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. Why should the OP stay away from the library? |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I think he should avoid the library because one of the librarians |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. ok, that's a good point. still, an explanation to the staff would go a long way |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I agree. He should definitely say something to the librarians |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. It's called the Sex Predators list - damn hard to get off of it |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Is this what puritanical America has wrought? |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. This is what the epidemic of real sexual abuse has wrought: |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 08:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
57. Being accused of it is just as bad as doing it - in the public's eyes. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Salon had a great story about a family caught up with CPS |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. I remember an incident from my cop reporter days |
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Montauk6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
40. Unfortunately, rights are one thing; but this is damage control. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. definitely explain the situation to the librarians |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
17. Talk to the librarian...and then call CPS. |
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romantico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I don't think she is a manipulator |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Oh yes she is! |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. the hell she's not |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
53. she's just a kid |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
55. Right now that kid does not know who he is. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. No you're not |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
22. Have a talk with the librarians and tell them your situation and discomfort |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
23. "The joke is over" |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
28. No, you are not overreacting |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. Yes |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
49. my daugher has a classmate that behaves inappropriately and |
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skypilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
29. I'm curious. |
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romantico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. I was wondering this myself |
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skypilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. She sounds really creepy. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 02:29 AM Response to Reply #42 |
70. Take a friend along if you go back there. |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
30. I think you should talk to the staff... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
31. When I was in my teens |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. if i was a betting man, i'd say you're right on the money. |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
32. Whether you go back or not, tell the librarians. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
35. that story gives me the chills. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I would definately talk to the librarian, even if not returning |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. the possibilities for trouble are chilling. |
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carlydenise (170 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
39. there is something wrong...wrong....wrong with that young lady.. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
44. You've been had. Stay AWAY from that library. |
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SacredCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
45. That's just wierd.... |
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Cheney Killed Bambi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
46. If she doesn't know your name |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
50. stay away, she is manipulating you. |
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aquaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 04:28 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. I am a clinical social worker... |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #51 |
74. I second that opinion! nt |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
52. I'm a reference provider in a major library (the person you would approach first |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
54. The safest thing is to stay away from that library and the kid. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
56. Tell the police what you've told us. She can be trespassed from using the library--and should be, |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 08:14 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. And that will help his case should he be accused of a crime later. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 11:38 AM Response to Reply #58 |
72. Exactly. He needs to be proactive on this; failure could be a disaster. nt |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
59. Get away fast |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
61. You need to tell the librarians - for the girl's sake too |
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Metta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
62. You let it go too far. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 10:53 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. That's like telling a date rape victim because they went on a date... |
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Metta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 04:13 PM Response to Reply #63 |
80. Nah. |
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Democrats_win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
64. Librarians need to make sure these teens are under constant supervision. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
65. Christ on his cross, you were REALLY stupid. Sorry to be so harsh, but damn, |
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benny05 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
66. Looks are deceiving, eh? |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
67. Wow... I must be really naive. |
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astral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 02:08 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. I feel like Otherlander |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 02:12 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. No, you aren't naive. You're very perceptive. |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 12:53 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. Thanks. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
71. It's too bad you can't inform her parents of her behavior. |
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Giant Robot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
75. Stay away that simple |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
76. Unless you fancy a spot on the Megan's Law Database, DO NOT GO BACK TO THAT LIBRARY |
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Giant Robot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 03:05 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. I agree |
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YDogg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 04:18 PM Response to Reply #76 |
82. Best advice I've read about this situation. |
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smitty (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
78. Keep away from the library, keep away from the girl. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
79. Tell the librarians AND talk to the counselors at the school |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
81. You better find a new library, bud |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
83. Try a two-pronged approach...... |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-02-06 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
84. Do not inform the librarians and do not inform any one else...count yourself lucky that you got out |
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