The library staff, especially the security guards ...

The library staff, especially the security guards who are supposed to maintain order, are increasingly ambivalent toward the troublemakers who frequent the downtown branch. While they're pretty spontaneous at waking up the dozers who nap there, they do absolutely nothing about the ones who act up at the 2nd floor west end.

Another problem you're bound to encounter is the all-too-frequent table hogs who won't let anyone else sit at the same table. No one is allowed to hog up a whole table, whether they need extra space for their reading materials or they're waiting for someone else to show up. Nevertheless, the library staff will make a quick assessment of the problem and decide that the one who's bigger is in the right and order the smaller person to leave immediately or they'll call the police.

Finally, the library's preferred visitors seem to be man-hating feminists. I'm not kidding! They'll stop at nothing to get you kicked out if they decide they don't like you. My suggestion: the Knight Memorial Library on the UO campus. Much quieter, more seating and they have free guest Wi-Fi that's much faster and more reliable than the public library.