In Which Someone Responds Beautifully to a Request to Be a Bit Quieter

Erica Sternin  at the Columbia Library via Facebook


‎"You are talking very quietly, but in this open space your voices carry and everyone can hear you. I wonder if you could whisper so that other people sharing this spce won't be bothered by your conversation?" Later, he brought me a drawing of a hippo, a monkey and a toucan that he made. "Merry Christmas," he said presenting me with this gift.