Library Experiment, perspective 1

Another experiment we did was attempting to make people uncomfortable in the library. Four of us went to the Reading Room of the Arts and Humanities Library and split up to try this in different ways. I went and found a table where there was a boy with two empty seats next to him, and instead of leaving an empty seat between us, I took the chair right next to him. At first, he didn't even seem to notice- the poor thing was studying what looked like Calc or Physics, so I don't blame him. So I decided to be a bit annoying, and spread my elbows out so that I was closer to him. And again, not much of a reaction. But I noticed that the longer I sat there, the more he inched slowly away. But in a subtle way- he would cough, and shift his binder a millimeter, and shift away in his seat. He never went so far as to scoot his chair away, but he did move a bit.
Watching the others was also fun. Mike did something similar to what I did, and sat directly across from a girl at an otherwise empty table. From my perspective, I could see only the back of her head, but when he first got there she looked a bit startled, and looked him up and down.
Anna was the most amusing though, and I had a hard time containing myself. She went in first and plopped down in the middle of the floor and started pulling her books out of her backpack to study there. Almost everyone in the area behind her stopped and looked. I saw a boy try watching her over his shoulder, although his attempt at subtlety just made him look like he was sniffing his armpit. At least one girl took a picture with her phone after about 5 minutes, and finally a nice boy caught her attention to tell her that there were plenty of open seats at the table next to them if she wanted one (from his gestures- this is what it looked like to me)- she declined and continued to sit on the floor (this is where I thought I was going to have to leave before I ruined it).