Floor sweeping is what Hervy my partner calls it. What it sounds like is something the janitors would do, but us it feels cooler than it actually is. We go in opposite directions from the elevators and walk briskly through the stacks checking for human life- yeah I like saying that instead of what Hervy chuckles and says "warm bodies." What that means is all kinds of peeps end up in the stacks and it is our illustrious job to pick them up and sweep them off the floor and escort them to the elevators and off the floor. It's like herding cattle, you run off the masses and then hunt for strays, rope them in and funnel them down the stairways.
The most common stack denizen at 11pm at night is the "Chinese kid," he usually is not Chinese but could be any one of a number of races from the Asian continent. What identifies him, to us. Is he is usually asleep in a couch or cubicle and looks like he has been there all day. Notice I said he and not her. They are always boys although there are occasionally girls in tow. The Chinese guys (yeah we have no idea except they look oriental and could be anything) are always the same 50 or so regulars that litter the six floors of the University stacks. You find them in corners and nooks, just about anyplace where there is enough space for them to put their heads down.
Hervy says that as far as he knows the Chinese Kids basically live in the stacks and only leave to go back to the dorm to shower, or go to class.
The next common denizen is the couples. they pretend to be study partners but we know what they are. At first I wanted to catch them in the act but let me tell you it gets messy and smelly. Sex and heavy petting sounds good in the abstract but when you have to extract them from one another and sort out hastily discarded clothing, condoms and sweaty bodies it gets marginally disgusting. But when you catch the smell generated by these activities that is when you are glad to let them know you are coming and not the other way around...
The most common stack denizen at 11pm at night is the "Chinese kid," he usually is not Chinese but could be any one of a number of races from the Asian continent. What identifies him, to us. Is he is usually asleep in a couch or cubicle and looks like he has been there all day. Notice I said he and not her. They are always boys although there are occasionally girls in tow. The Chinese guys (yeah we have no idea except they look oriental and could be anything) are always the same 50 or so regulars that litter the six floors of the University stacks. You find them in corners and nooks, just about anyplace where there is enough space for them to put their heads down.
Hervy says that as far as he knows the Chinese Kids basically live in the stacks and only leave to go back to the dorm to shower, or go to class.
The next common denizen is the couples. they pretend to be study partners but we know what they are. At first I wanted to catch them in the act but let me tell you it gets messy and smelly. Sex and heavy petting sounds good in the abstract but when you have to extract them from one another and sort out hastily discarded clothing, condoms and sweaty bodies it gets marginally disgusting. But when you catch the smell generated by these activities that is when you are glad to let them know you are coming and not the other way around...
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