local store annoyance
I've been going to the same local bookstore for over 20 years. (Scary!) Anyway, they're not as big as the chains, but I can usually find what I'm looking for and I get the smugness of supporting a local business. I'm trying to cut down on how many books I buy, limiting myself to new releases and books for travel, so even more, I'm trying to go there first for my book-buying needs.
But they're not making it easy.
A book was released on August 5th. I went to the store after work, at 3, and alas! They had sold out. But more would be in later that week, so I had them put in my name to be emailed when they arrived.
Since then? Nothing.
I went by after work today to look around. Nothing. Nada. Not in the genre section, not in the new releases. I didn't ask at the info desk because, by that time, my request would have been less "Hi, store employee, could you look this up for me please?" and more "GIVE ME MY MYTHOLOGICAL MASH-UP VAMPIRE PR0N, BITCHES."
Maybe I'll just go to Borders instead.
But they're not making it easy.
A book was released on August 5th. I went to the store after work, at 3, and alas! They had sold out. But more would be in later that week, so I had them put in my name to be emailed when they arrived.
Since then? Nothing.
I went by after work today to look around. Nothing. Nada. Not in the genre section, not in the new releases. I didn't ask at the info desk because, by that time, my request would have been less "Hi, store employee, could you look this up for me please?" and more "GIVE ME MY MYTHOLOGICAL MASH-UP VAMPIRE PR0N, BITCHES."
Maybe I'll just go to Borders instead.