If you dress up in any way that makes it look like you are doing something that you should be doing, you can walk into places and walk out with a lot of stuff – such as huge TVs – without anyone stopping you.

I’m at a public library and heard a droning monotone voice that you sometimes also hear from what looks like guys from Africa in a trance or high on something.

This was a white guy in a blue shirt with a logo.

There was a second one.

When I heard some clanging, I wondered if they were taking off with some of the chairs. (Crazier things have happened.)

No, they were actually returning to its regular position. Patrons sometimes move chairs around.