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squeeeb · 06-29-2009, 05:10 PM

it really rubs my rhubarb when i see people in the bookstore lounging with their cup of coffee, bending a book back, taking notes, using the bookstore for research, ruining merchandise, etc.

you wanna read the book a bit, see if it's worth buying, cause it sucks to drop 20 bucks on a book you end up ditching after 10 pages? hell yeah, do that. read a page or two, see if it "gets you" and if you really want it. but don't sit in the coffee area with a stack of magazines and books, reading, hanging out, taking notes, whatever, drink your coffee then get up and leave, leaving all that stuff behind.

you want to do some research? go to the library, that is what the library is for. you want to hang out and read a book but not take it home? go to the library. you want to take your kids somewhere and let them run around loose? library.

it seems some people don't understand the concept of a business, how it is there to sell things and make money.

if i ran a bookstore, there would be no shenanigans like that. i'd rather "lose customers" than have a bunch of people ruining my stock and not paying for it.

grrrrrr, humans.

06-29-2009, 05:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
squeeeb part of the problem Location: hic et ubique	it's a bookstore, NOT a library it really rubs my rhubarb when i see people in the bookstore lounging with their cup of coffee, bending a book back, taking notes, using the bookstore for research, ruining merchandise, etc. you wanna read the book a bit, see if it's worth buying, cause it sucks to drop 20 bucks on a book you end up ditching after 10 pages? hell yeah, do that. read a page or two, see if it "gets you" and if you really want it. but don't sit in the coffee area with a stack of magazines and books, reading, hanging out, taking notes, whatever, drink your coffee then get up and leave, leaving all that stuff behind. you want to do some research? go to the library, that is what the library is for. you want to hang out and read a book but not take it home? go to the library. you want to take your kids somewhere and let them run around loose? library. it seems some people don't understand the concept of a business, how it is there to sell things and make money. if i ran a bookstore, there would be no shenanigans like that. i'd rather "lose customers" than have a bunch of people ruining my stock and not paying for it. grrrrrr, humans. __________________ onward to mayhem!