Second Little Bit of Steam to Blow Off: Library Hyenas

They usually sit in a group of 3-4, and they aren't bad when they're talking, they usually keep it down. Eventually one of them tells a joke, and they all laugh, really loud, pissing off everyone in the library. When they're done laughing they're quiet again... until another member of the pack tells a joke. I know they don't mean to do it, and you can't go over there and tell them to stop without being an asshole, because they only cackle 2-3 times an hour. So I'm not sure what the solution is.

More savage than the library hyena is the Library Howler Monkey. This species generally occupies the bottom of the law school food chain, and shows up during reading week, after slacking off all semester to "really bust ass this week" and learn everything there is to know about Civ Pro, Property, and Contracts in less than a week. His plan is foiled, however, when five of members of his peer group show up. They sit down near howler monkey, talk about how they're going to "work non-stop" all week, insert their wireless cards, check espn.com, yammer on about their fantasy baseball teams, study for 15 minutes, then go to the bars.

I'd like to stress that these people are different from sneezing guy. Sneezing guy can't help the fact that he has allergies, I mean, we all put up with sneezing guy, because he means well, and next week we may be the ones with the cold.