Brown Library — Attraction in Washington

Visited here for a short period of time nice library.The librarian at the front desk was very strict with my senior citizen mother who was sitting on the couch area for teens and requested that she move to another area. Granted it was 11:00am on a Tuesday morning and teenagers were still in school. My mother was polite and moved as she requested. She asked where can adults or senior citizens sit. she politely answered in those hard chairs over there. That was a bit harsh in my opinion and there was not even anyone inside the library except myself my daughter,my mom and roughly four other people. But it's still a nice library. Great place to visit as we travel across NC...

I stopped by to read my kindle and decompress for an hour or so after visiting my Dad in assisted living all morning. There was no one. Literally zero people in the library. The only chairs for adults were hard wooden chairs. I saw a loveseat and sat there. It was labeled teen section, but I figured it was a beautiful day and summer festival so the likelihood of a group of teens coming in on a Saturday were pretty low. 5 minutes in the librarian said I had to move. I told her I would move if teens come in. She said the teens wouldn’t come in if I were sitting there....

I came all the way from Wilson, NC to do genealogy work with my children. This is a big part of our homeschool practice. One staff member was irritated by our existence, "because of the kids". My kids weren't doing anything out of the ordinary. I respected the staff members feelings anyway and moved to the children's section. She continued to follow me around to express her concern that my kids were going to be rambunctious. I felt very uncomfortable and unwelcomed. Staff was...