Too late to edit, but apparently my speculation was incorrect.
Still, if people are actually LIVING in the building, one would think there’s a difference between them choosing to study/nap there “after hours” and people from outside the building coming in.
In any case, it’s irrelevant to the central question of whether calling the police because a fellow resident was napping/working there is reasonable. It isn’t. Especially if you have previously called the cops on other grad students legitimately in the building who also happen to be black.
She clearly needs help. Whether she should be allowed to remain on campus is something TBD.
BTW, one page says the summer hours include a 4:30 closing. It also state that the entire building will be closed all summer for renovations. Hmmm.
Let me first say that calling the cops on someone who is napping is crazy. But can someone explain why anyone would choose to sleep in public in a building where you have your own room and you know, a bed. As someone who doesnt sleep outside a bed I can’t even fathom the mindset. But apparently it’s quite a common thing. What is the appeal exactly?
^There’s a psychological difference between getting into your bed, where you typically go for the whole night, and taking a “cat nap” on the couch, where you expect to get back up in a short while.
If you need to work all night, and you work better in the common room than in your sleeping space, then it makes sense to me to take naps in the common room. If you get into your bed for that nap, you are definitely not getting up again. I can also see how someone who intended to just take 40 winks might wind up sleeping into the wee hours.
“If you need to work all night, and you work better in the common room than in your sleeping space, then it makes sense to me to take naps in the common room. If you get into your bed for that nap, you are definitely not getting up again. I can also see how someone who intended to just take 40 winks might wind up sleeping into the wee hours.”
Well I will never understand it. But I know I’m a minority… napping in public certainly cuts across all race /age/gender lines. The one advantage I have by never ever sleeping outside a bed is there’s no chance I’ll fall asleep at the wheel. Lol.
Not clear which common room she was in. None of the article, or even the student that called the police, said that she wasn’t supposed to be in the room, only that she wasn’t supposed to be sleeping.
i have never been much of a napper, but my DH could easily fall asleep while we were studying. I could see him laying down on a couch for a power nap.
“@maya54 You’ve never fallen asleep or napped on a plane, train, in hammock, on a beach?”
Never. Ever. My mother likes to say I haven’t fallen asleep outside a bed since I was six months old. I’m staring to think I may be the only person on the planet this is true of.
I also have never used an alarm clock. Always knowing what time it is ( even when asleep) is like my superpower.
@maya54 laughing about your superpower - if I wake up in the middle of the night I always test myself to guess the time and 90% of the time I’m within 10 minutes of the correct time and I too have thought of that as, while maybe not a superpower, an interesting ability lol.
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