security at toronto reference library: www.federalsecurityagency.ca
one afternoon a person in the library thinks to take a break from reading. he turns a chair toward the west windows as he has done before and sitting facing the sun closes his eyes for a while to meditate on something other than what he was reading.
maybe five or ten minutes later a security guard interrupts his meditation tapping him on the left shoulder and asks if he is alright, the person in the chair says yeahs I'm fine and goes back to his meditation break but the guard dosnt leave and this time says the person in the chair will have to leave if he doesn't stop sitting there with his eyes closed they have an argument and the person in the chair goes to make a complaint at the security desk where he is given a form he can write his feedback on.
leaving the library he goes to a nearby cafe to compose his complaint, and while he's writing it out he recalls how around or about a month before this incident an event somewhat similar to the one in the library played out here in the cafe, sitting in the same chair by the window in the sun, the following incident happened.
he was sitting in the same chair by the door and facing the window enjoying the sun and had finished his coffee. the sun was already descending to the west though it was not below the skyline of the buildings across the street.
he leaned forward to put the empty cup in the garbage bin the staff placed by the door next to the chair across from where he was sitting and the door swung open and almost hit him in left shoulder. someone presumably the person who threw the door open runs into the cafe and to the back of the cafe.
not bothering to check who almost hit him in the side of the shoulder he slumps back into the chair and looks out the window. across the street opposite the cafe door he can see a man with a grin on his face who seems to be looking at him, he seems to have seen what happened and he crosses street and enters into the cafe walks past the person in the chair
when the man from across the street is in the cafe the person in the chiar can hear him talking to someone else who says "did you see that from across the street? the guy in that chair tried to grab me as I opened the door". and then the person in the chair can hear another voice saying "no he didn't".
after recalling that incident the person in the chair ponders the similarity of the two incidents and then goes back to the library security desk to hand in his complaint.
over the next few weeks when the first person is sitting in different places downtown he begins to note people walking along and then stopping between him and the sun for maybe five or ten seconds while they turn their head and look over their left shoulder before moving on.
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