This is honestly more of just a rant but am pretty annoyed right now, as a student from another university that lives closer to QUT I often use the QUT library to study after hours as it’s more convenient. I have done this many times over the past few years and none of the security officers have had an issue with me silently doing my work there. Tonight a security officer asked for my ID and I explained my situation and he said he was still going to kick me out. I told him that I wouldn’t be able to get public transport at this hour (1am) to get to my other campus and if he could please just allow me to finish my work here as I am unable to do my study at home, he just kept repeating that I can’t be here if I am not a QUT student and I said I understand that but I told him many people that don’t go to this uni study after hours and that I just want to finish working on my assignment due the next day. He said that security regularly check everyone’s ID and that only QUT students are in the library after hours, I argued that is incorrect as I have spent many nights in the library overnight without ever being bothered by security as I am just quietly doing my work and not causing any problems.
I honestly feel like removing people that are keeping to themselves and quietly finishing their work without disturbing anyone else should be at the bottom of the priority list. Anyway I hope kicking me out to finish my study in botanical gardens where it is much less safe made him feel super manly and good about himself for protecting other students from such a dangerous threat. Idk should I just suck it up or is this a valid reason for being upset about.