In English, there is an expression “First Come, First Served”.This stresses the need for orderliness, which also applies to college people' searching for seats in the reading rooms of a library. However, in China, things are somehow complicated. Instead of occupying seats with their own persons, people tend to use books, backpacks or other personal objects to stand for their “legitimate” ownership of the seats.
Anyhow, people' efforts to fight for seats indicate they are enthusiastic about their studies—their academic initiatives should be duly recognized and encouraged! However, using personal belongings to occupy seats may exacerbate the scarcity of facilities—some irresponsible people might never turn up, sometimes even for days. They waste the precious resources and damage the interests of other people who have real needs. Such behavior deserves unconditional criticism and condemnation.