Free Wifi Adventures
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010I had some internet problems yesterday so last night, I was forced to seek out alternative sources of internet. My phone has terrible data coverage where I am right now, so the only option I had was to find a place that has free wifi. In comes the public library.
The library was already closed at this point, so I chose to do what any normal person would do: sit in their car with a laptop in the parking lot and use their wifi! There was already another van of two people who seemed to already be doing the same, so I guess I was in good company. Once it got dark though, I felt super creepy for sitting in a car at night in an empty parking lot. Every single twig crunch I heard caused me to look around for the person who could be approaching my car (I was getting paranoid for some reason too).
About 2 hours into my internetting, a car pulls in and parks right next to me. I avoided looking over for as long as I could, as to not be any extra creepy. But then I saw the glow of a laptop screen in their vehicle. Does everyone seriously do this at night? Is going to the parking lot of a place with free wifi just a common thing that I, for some reason, never knew about? Maybe the people in this small town (read: population 6k) are just different than other people =)
In related news, I have internets now where I’m staying and will not have to do the above again!
-Justin