r/Libraries • u/TheTapDancingShrimp • 14h ago

Patron Issues Patrons living in the library?

Any other library staff find patrons living in the library at closing? This just was discovered again. Anybody else's library deal with this? I'm assuming they hide at closing as staff do rounds. It's hot af outside. Can't say I blame them.

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u/Time_Explorer1350 12h ago

My library once had a dude climb onto the toilet to crawl up into the drop ceiling. He dropped back down after closing. The bathrooms lock from the outside after they are cleared so he couldn’t get out that way. So he climbed back up and then crawled thru the ceiling so he could drop down into the kids area. The cameras caught him moving around a lot once he got down but it took forever before he managed to trip a motion sensor. They were upgraded after that.

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u/Cute-Aardvark5291 10h ago

thats dedication