On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:17:22 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:

> Do you live in prison or soemthing? I can't imagine McDonalds having
> less distractions unless you share bedroom with 4 other people. You
> need put your foot down, stop being a passive pussy, and tell those
> assholes to shut the **** up.
>
I don't know or care about other Mcdonald's, but this one is almost empty
after probably about 9:00, about a good half the time I am there, I am
the only one in the entire building, except for the cleanup crew that is
working in the kitchen. I don't think I have ever seen more than perhaps
2 tables occupied, and much of the time they are doing the same thing I
am, working quietly at their laptop computer. There might be kids playing
out in the play area, but I don't think so.

Also not all distractions are "noise", at home there is online anime (the
connection at the McD's is not fast enough for that), online games (very
hard to play without a mouse, which I do not bring with me), games I have
installed on my computer (I do not have any but the default windows games
on my laptop, and those are not much of a temptation) a TV in the next
room, my sewing machine in the next room, etc., none of which make noise
until they are switched on.

I suppose anywhere there is an internet connection, there are always
distractions such as usatoday online, but graphically intense sites such
as usatoday load painfully slowly (at least in comparison to the almost
instant loading that I am used to for such pages).

If you choose to go back to school, you will presumably deal with those
distractions in the way that is best suited for you, or you might have
this iron will to be able to resist them. The way that is best suited
for me is to get the hell away from them.

Believe that or don't believe it as you see fit.

Brian Christiansen