When Cool Isn't Cool

Empty seats in young adult room of library.

    Behavior is hard to predict.
   A new library opened here. It includes a young adult room. The furniture in the room is shaped to look cool. The chairs and table are bolted to the floor.
  So far, not many teens are sitting in those chairs. They're sitting in the adult section. Those chairs look conventional. They're free standing.
  I doubt the teen's preferences are based on comfort. It's about perception. Teens don't want adults choosing what's cool for them. That means they won't sit in weird looking chairs installed by adults.
   Hat's off to the library staff for trying. But most of the time, trying to be cool ends up being uncool.

Teens hang out in adult section of library.