I honestly have never come across this issue. I've been to a few Barnes & Nobles in my day, and have seen plenty of people in the aisles sitting and perhaps chatting about things. But they are never an obnoxious bunch. Although, if I did ever see it, I would probably be pretty pissed too.
Barnes & Noble Is Not Your Personal Hide-Away From The Jocks, Emo Kids
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This happens at my Barnes & Noble. They generally are quiet and few in number, but they're always right in front of where I want to look... reading. My B&N has tables and chairs strewn about (I dunno what it's like at other stores) and they are hardly ever used. Ever.
No, it's an infinitely more intelligent and polite idea to read the newest Naruto volume in the aisle when I'm trying to crane my neck around your body in an accidently creepy fashion as I look for the next Muhyo and Roji's Bureau for Supernatural Investigation volume I need. (That's a damn good series, by the way.) And these kids will literally read the whole damn thing in that aisle. I've occasionally read a few pages or the first chapter of a book to see if I'm into it, but never do I go through a whole fucking book in an aisle. They sit a lot here too, which makes it even more difficult to get around.
Also, I dunno about the rest of you guys, but here it's always the graphic novels and manga sections. The rest of the store is more barren than the Sahara desert.
No, it's an infinitely more intelligent and polite idea to read the newest Naruto volume in the aisle when I'm trying to crane my neck around your body in an accidently creepy fashion as I look for the next Muhyo and Roji's Bureau for Supernatural Investigation volume I need. (That's a damn good series, by the way.) And these kids will literally read the whole damn thing in that aisle. I've occasionally read a few pages or the first chapter of a book to see if I'm into it, but never do I go through a whole fucking book in an aisle. They sit a lot here too, which makes it even more difficult to get around.
Also, I dunno about the rest of you guys, but here it's always the graphic novels and manga sections. The rest of the store is more barren than the Sahara desert.
It's not just Barnes & Noble. Teenagers loiter everywhere all the time. Doing nothing except taking up space and being nuisances. In my workplace we literally have to call security guards to get rid of the packs of 15 - 20 kids who aren't there to buy anything; they just want somewhere to hang out, and entertain themselves...and entertaining themselves usually ends up in irritation at best and property damage at worst.
There's just too many kids who are self absorbed and need someplace to go vent all their teenage bullshit.
There's just too many kids who are self absorbed and need someplace to go vent all their teenage bullshit.
I'm guilty of this. I camp out in the magazine section all the damn time. Maybe you shouldn't let petty things like this get to you...HigherTomorrow said:
Bad day?
Hey, I've been there, and I've done it. I've sat and read books in the aisles of a B&N (I'm not emo! Watch where you throw those stereotypes!). Why did I do it? Because I was killing time until the movie, I already had my ticket, and that movie was still in the middle of a showing. You cannot imagine how bad traffic in Washington State can be during rush hour times. So, for an avid book reader such as myself who's always looking for a new book to try now or later, but has to wait for a movie, a nearby bookstore is the perfect place to hang.
Borders.SL33TBL1ND said:
At least the one in Brisbane.
Like Barnes and Noble they have a Starbucks (or some coffee shop) inside and yet people sit their arse down in the graphic novel/manga aisle.
Sometimes I like the Americanised stores popping up around the place (otherwise we probably wouldn't have much in the way of games stores) other times its a bit of a pain.
Never heard of that one either. The only book stores near where I live are Dimmocks, a couple of independantly owned second hand stores and another one which I've forgotten the name of.fletch_talon said:
For the Aussies here, Borders in Adelaide is usually free of irritating teenagers (such as myself) clogging the graphic novel aisle. I'm not much of a graphic novel reader, but that area seems relatively free of floor-dwelling people.
We get that sort of crap over here a lot too. At my shopping centre on a Thursday evening is the "late night" where the place is open until about 9pm instead of a normal 5. Teenagers and such will try their hardest to be annoying, despite quite a few well behaved ones. A lot of the dumb hipster kids will just sit on a random bench in the middle of the place for hours with nothing better to do than to take up space. The seats should be there for people who need a break, people with kids and seniors, not so you can lay across it texting people and being really loud about inappropriate things in public.
The problem is that if one were too ask them to move away etc. then they would be completely oblivious to the fact they're being a bunch of jerks. The problem is a little lesser now as they usually have cops walking around and more security that make sure everything is going smoothly.
The problem is that if one were too ask them to move away etc. then they would be completely oblivious to the fact they're being a bunch of jerks. The problem is a little lesser now as they usually have cops walking around and more security that make sure everything is going smoothly.
my B&N is inside a mall. 
and right across the street from a Books-A-Million! yea I like them both but believe it or not, I rarely have to say "Excuse me" at B&N. at BAM, I do. xD they get more biz than B&N... probably cuz of their prices. I prefer BAM over B&N cuz my cousin has a discount card. but B&N has Starbucks... D:
and right across the street from a Books-A-Million! yea I like them both but believe it or not, I rarely have to say "Excuse me" at B&N. at BAM, I do. xD they get more biz than B&N... probably cuz of their prices. I prefer BAM over B&N cuz my cousin has a discount card. but B&N has Starbucks... D:Books-A-Million has the chairs. I know cuz they're uber-comfy. xD lol. B&N has chairs only in Starbucks & you have to buy something.DarkRyter said:
Let's just say I work in a British Bookstore and customers blocking your way isn't even on my top ten of things customers do that piss me off.
And if any kids start yelling in my shop, there are far more subtle ways to deter them.
From which they'll never come back.
And if any kids start yelling in my shop, there are far more subtle ways to deter them.
From which they'll never come back.
According to your title, the solution is simple.
Wear letter jackets to Barnes and Noble- scatter the herd.
Wear letter jackets to Barnes and Noble- scatter the herd.
you are one lucky person, i have the creepiest hipster/"things" that go to bookstores around here... but i will HIGHLY agree to the old people at grocery stores, one time it happened with the old lady who was ringing up my stuff, and she already had rang up 2 of my things so i had to sit there and wait =\ i was furious but i wasn't going to be the one to cause her to have a stroke and die (she looked like she was 85, a.k.a. super super old) so i patiently waited for her to get done with her seemed like 10 minute conversation.mindlesspuppet said:
I'm pretty sure (as I said above) that its an American owned one, so I don't think you'll see it much outside of capital cities. But I do agree that Dymocks, Angus and Robertson (perhaps that's the one you forgot) don't really suffer these problems.SL33TBL1ND said:
This could partially be due to the way they are managed (ie they don't encourage such behaviour) or partially due to the fact that all but the biggest lack a manga/graphic novel section which seems to attract such people.
Yeah that's the one I was thinking of, and yeah, I guess the lack of manga would make sense.fletch_talon said:
The bookstore I usually go to, Borders, has loads of places for people to sit, so consequently there aren't many people on the ground, sitting between the aisles. Besides, it's probably a safety hazard or something. If it really pisses you off, you could say as much to the manager - tell them how it's dangerous, and that you might trip over them or the shelves might fall and squish them to death.
It's probably kind of hypocritical for me to even be posting here, since I happen to be a teenager who hangs out at Borders. But usually in a chair. And drinking coffee.
It's probably kind of hypocritical for me to even be posting here, since I happen to be a teenager who hangs out at Borders. But usually in a chair. And drinking coffee.
I like this one.Caligulove said:
Now to answer some people, no, I didn't have a bad day yesterday, I'm just a bit of a drama queen. The hipsters sitting in the aisle was literally the one negative thing that happened to me.