Barnes & Noble Is Not Your Personal Hide-Away From The Jocks, Emo Kids
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Implying that Emo = Post-hardcore/hipster.HigherTomorrow said:
OT: Complaining to anyone but the managers of the store will do you no good. And complaining to them probably won't do any good anyway. Learn to live with it. Welcome to real life; where you never get your way. Ever.
Walmart, to me, is a sort of awful melding of people all going slow/fast/medium, but who will simply not get out of the way. And I understand if you have your kids with you, you have to get your shopping done, that's fine, but it's like all common courtesy flies out the window. Sort of like bad traffic, but at least with cars there are rules to the way the road works...*sigh/rant. I'm being overly harsh and my hatred of crowds is bleeding through.mindlesspuppet said:
I sometimes sit in the aisle at B&N to glance at a book I'm interested in, but I'm considerate enough to make sure I'm out of everyone's way.
Well seeing as I usually don't go to bookstores and it's been forever since I've been in a B&N I don't usually deal with that problem. On the rare occasion that I do it's still not a problem as I read sci-fi and fantasy exclusively, and the kind of people that read that genre are a bit more considerate.
But hey, on the up side they're READING something.
But hey, on the up side they're READING something.
Heh, I'm the same way, I can't go shopping without my MP3 player. If I do then I'm bound to hear someone say something stupid which will just echo in my head for the next 24 hours, or I'll have to fight the overwhelming urge to correct people who are attempting to talk about current events but are only able to do so because they overheard someone else talking about them.VivaciousDeimos said:
I suppose that's a different issue all together though. As far as common courtesy is concerned I haven't seen any signs of it in ages.
That's why I buy my books from Chapters, or Cole's, or Indigo. Americans might know one or more of those chains as "Borders", but they are all basically the same thing. Kind of like if McDonald's had a series of restaurants that were basically McDonald's, but were called Wagner's or something.
Um... I use to work at B&N and they encourage people hanging out in their store to the point that I was told that even if the person loitering was obviously homeless they wouldn't kick them out till the store closed. They want people to hang out and read, and almost treat it as a libary. It's worth noting they don't make money from selling books but memberships (suprise suprise they also own Gamestop)
Though I do agree. There is more then plenty of places to get your read on out of the way (at least at my B&N) The worst is around the manga section, I'm trying to browse ************! MOVE!
Though I do agree. There is more then plenty of places to get your read on out of the way (at least at my B&N) The worst is around the manga section, I'm trying to browse ************! MOVE!
Heh, I camp out in the Science Fiction/Fantasy section so I really don't have to worry about it. And by "camp out" I mean look at the books I'm interested in for a short time then move on to other books in the section. I don't sit down and read right there.
There's only a few chairs in the store (obviously, getting out of the way when needed). Usually pretty easy to walk around people doing this though...
Seemed pretty angry when writting the original post...you having a bad day?
Seemed pretty angry when writting the original post...you having a bad day?
I very rarely have that problem, and Barnes & Noble and Borders are two of my favorite stores.
Matter of fact, I'm usually one to sit in the aisle, but only if I can't find one of the chairs, and even then, I'm paranoid about being in peoples' ways. So, yeah, that behavior would annoy me, too.
Matter of fact, I'm usually one to sit in the aisle, but only if I can't find one of the chairs, and even then, I'm paranoid about being in peoples' ways. So, yeah, that behavior would annoy me, too.
I've never seen a real, proper library that stocked the 4ed Draconomicon, the collected works of Terry Prachet, Japanese Cooking Made Easy, and every volume of Full Metal Alchemist and Negima, so I find B&N more rewarding, myself.Stoic raptor said:
You should bring a big, imposing friend who grunts a lot, walk up to a seemingly harmless pair of them, point to your burly friend, and say, "He don't like you!" After your two hapless targets exchange looks, clarify, "I don't like you either!"HigherTomorrow said:
I'm sure you will chase them away with your friend's arm intact.
No chairs?
People want to read books. They can't find a chair. Find a place to sit down. As much as we wish they would buy the books and leave, or find a chair that isn't filled, they won't.
Might as well just deal with it. Do epic somersaults to get through aisles, instead of sliding through or walking like a *****.
People want to read books. They can't find a chair. Find a place to sit down. As much as we wish they would buy the books and leave, or find a chair that isn't filled, they won't.
Might as well just deal with it. Do epic somersaults to get through aisles, instead of sliding through or walking like a *****.
I have a Nookcolor >.> no aisle wadding for me, straight to the in store coffee shop for my free whatever the hell it is.
Bragging aside, i HATE AISLE SQUATTERS, and always make sure to put on my fake blood bookmark somewhere visible, so they clear the way :3.
Bragging aside, i HATE AISLE SQUATTERS, and always make sure to put on my fake blood bookmark somewhere visible, so they clear the way :3.
