Unfortunately, this isn’t a reference to the popular Harry Potter fan video.

But if you’re a regular at the library’s third floor, it may be a question you’ve asked from time to time.

Because whilst it’s a silent study floor, there’s sometimes some very mysterious goings on up there, breaking the silence like a hammer shattering glass…

For instance, some *very* hardcore rebels, determined to live life on the edge, seem to think that if you bump into your brother from another mother, it suddenly becomes acceptable to have a massive chin wag with them and ‘oooh,’ ‘aaahhh,’ on every occasion. This is most definitely not the case.

You might also get hungry and fancy a snack. This is technically fine, if what you’re eating is normal (like a sarnie, or chocolate,) but eating a tin of fish or similar might not win you any popularity awards. It’s a clever way to empty the area, but not at all socially acceptable.

If you’re a regular at the library, you might also encounter hoovering every now and then. Now, hoovering needs to be done (ooh, clean,) but in the middle of the day? When people are working? Hmm…

Student James Hayward gets annoyed when “they open the windows in the ceiling without pre-warning and it makes a big racket.”

We’re not sure who ‘they’ are…the cats parents perhaps?

Anyway, they might give you a pretty view of the starry sky, but in mid-December at 6pm when it’s really rather cold, opening all the windows is not acceptable. This is unless you’re turning the place into a re-enactment of a nativity play (or the arctic.)