YOUR article “Summer holiday reading dip averted by Macarena” reminded me of my shock at witnessing what I took to be the library’s manager browbeating unwilling staff into participation in this flash mob.

Who thought this was clever? The only thing more outdated than a flash mob (or even 1995s Macarena), would be this demonstration of Dickensian employee relations. Thanks for the history lesson, but next time maybe you can leave your staff’s dignity intact.

HENRY O PORTER Old Town, Swindon