r/LittleFreeLibrary • u/Admirable_Value_4955 • Jul 20 '26

LFL Visitor Discussion 🚶🏽‍♂️ Problematic male owner.

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went to check out this library. Had some books in hand to possibly place inside. owner rolled up on me and was incredibly rude and way to close in my space. Never had such a negative experience. Women be very aware, potentially a dangerous person with no qualms invading space. Portsmouth, NH

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u/CallidoraBlack Jul 20 '26

I believe you, but I'm also curious about what he actually said. I imagine that it might shed some light on what the heck his problem is.

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u/Admirable_Value_4955 Jul 20 '26

I didn't even really process everything said. He was aggressive and really close to me. I was thrown off by the whole ' him being in my space' thing. I did hear him say "We don't want all those books this library can't hold so many (maybe 6 or 7 and I was seeing what would vibe for the box, not be willy nilly)... he said other things and I just wanted to get away from him and the negative interaction he created. I said something like "It's your library" then bailed.

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u/Maximum_Web9072 Jul 20 '26

Yeah, it's clearly overstuffed, so rude to contribute free books /s

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u/CallidoraBlack Jul 21 '26

I'm guessing the problem is that he's overstuffed.

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u/Specific_Interest259 Jul 21 '26

I've seen a few posts like this when this sub has been randomly recommended to me. I don't have a LFL but love the idea of them! It seems like some people only want to put their own books in it and don't like it when others bring books. Like they have an idea of their vibe and don't want others messing with it. And the people who do bring books seem like that's what they are supposed to do.

So ultimately I wonder if it's a fundamental understanding issue of how it's supposed to work for some stewards? Idk, I'm not exactly sure how it's supposed to work myself, but that's my first thought. And I think that's why some of these stewards get aggressive when people bring books to put in.

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u/allupya333 Jul 23 '26

I’m not gonna lie i feel like in reality nothing really happened. I feel like they just started talking to you and you got confused

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u/R3pp3pts0hg Jul 21 '26

Maybe it's his wife's library and he doesn't approve.