Conversation 45 - Excerpt

Student: …So. Where can I go and finish my coffee in peace?

Librarian: Mmm. You can take it to the student lounge in the Student Union, of course. Or you could go drink it next door in the Architecture Building lobby– they’ve got some benches in there. Or– it’s a nice day. Why don’t you finish it out in the quad?

S: We can’t smoke in the student lounge anymore. Can we smoke in the Architecture lobby?

L: Mmm. I don’t know. No, I don’t think so. There are almost no smoking places on campus anymore.

S: Boy, don’t I know it! I’ve really gotta quit soon. OK, I guess it’s the grass, then. I’ll take this out on the quad.