Well, I never expected my mini-rant to breed such a fascinating thread. It's been so interesting reading all your posts.
Meercat, I'd ask why cell phones are allowed the sacrilege of ruining all that blessed library silence - except that I worked as an assistant librarian for ten years and know that one has long since been abandoned.
And that was before cell phones were invented.
If it were me though, I'd be sorely tempted to leave the room and let them stand there for at least ten minutes after they finished their call before I came back to attend to them. Or, as Lynn says, yell 'Next!'. Perhaps that would buck their ideas up. Or at the very least point up to them how mannerless they're being.
LabRat
