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Originally Posted by BookCat
meera: there is an inherent contradiction in this situation:
"a person who reads in public places and hates being spoken to,".
This person likes reading. They also dislike human interaction while reading. Conclusion: find a private place to read. Question: why is this person reading in public places? The question could become the crux of the story, the situation and reasons leading to why this character reads in public when they hate human interaction while reading. But the simple answer is: find somewhere else, somewhere private to read.
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What if you have no choice about your location? When I am waiting at the airport? Even in the first class lounge, you don't get privacy. Doctor's office (why do they always make an appointment and then not see you until at least 20 minutes after the time of the appointment?). There are quite a few other times where I am required to be in a public area. One friend of mine has it even worse since she goes from the Westcoast Express (train) to Skytrain and then bus as part of her daily commute so a minimum of 30 minutes most days sitting (if lucky, if not standing) and waiting plus the time spent on each transit choice.
For those occasions when someone does insist on talking to me, I will admit to doing monologues which are pretty much guaranteed to have the average listener rolling in the aisle on the way to the exit. What, you don't want to hear more about MPLS compared to Frame Relay or ATM? You don't care about the joy of setting the DIP switches on ARCnet cards? You've never thought about the effect that quantum computing is likely to have on encryption? What about zero bit insertion and constellation choices in high speed modems over POTS? How could you not want to learn more about these topics?