Yes, your safety is better than your.....

[Dark-Star]

He is seriously addicted to caffeine or has the intelligence of celery. Maybe both.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

So I go into work today to pickup some Gun Books for a friend of mine, and the SM pulls me over for a complaint letter.

About a few weeks ago, the power went out thru half of the mall. Per our Safety and LP guidelines, we had to "kick out" folks and shut the doors.

So guess what this fucktard complained about?

"I didn't like the fact that you kicked me out after I bought my $5 Cappuccino from the nearby Starbucks and I had settled down in the chair to read XXXXXXXXXX. And into the cold. My Cappuccino got cold!!"

I sincerely hope the purpose of this meeting was to laugh at the letter and the letter writer until you two peed your pants.

[Sylvia727]

Waitasecond...if someone buys coffee from a book megastore and reads a book while enjoying their coffee, that's stealing? I have never thought of it that way. I paid for my overpriced coffee, now I'm going to enjoy the full book experience. Now, me not being sucky, I don't read for more than 20 minutes tops. When the cup is empty it's time to leave. But I can't tell if a book is worth the $7 or not just by flipping through the pages. I need to read at least the first 3 chapters before I decide if I'll buy it or not. And yes, that is a hardcore rule of mine, having wasted much money on POS writing. The people I have a problem with are the ones who buy a book, read it, and then return it. My method means that I only ever return books if they're gifts that weren't appreciated.

[smileyeagle1021]

Waitasecond...if someone buys coffee from a book megastore and reads a book while enjoying their coffee, that's stealing? I have never thought of it that way. I paid for my overpriced coffee, now I'm going to enjoy the full book experience. Now, me not being sucky, I don't read for more than 20 minutes tops. When the cup is empty it's time to leave. But I can't tell if a book is worth the $7 or not just by flipping through the pages. I need to read at least the first 3 chapters before I decide if I'll buy it or not. And yes, that is a hardcore rule of mine, having wasted much money on POS writing. The people I have a problem with are the ones who buy a book, read it, and then return it. My method means that I only ever return books if they're gifts that weren't appreciated.

there is the difference between you and the sucky customers... you are reading the book because you are thinking of purchasing it and want to read enough to see if you want to spend your money on it... the SC's are sitting there reading it with no intention of ever buying the book, they just want to "borrow" it for hours at a time until it's finished.

slightly off topic, and take this with the grain of salt that I don't drink coffee (i'm addicted to caffeine, but don't drink coffee figure that one out)... what is the appeal of the overpriced coffee? I kinda thought that pretty much all coffee was pretty much the same... I know that there is difference based on where it is grown and the processing of the bean, but honestly, can't you get similar quality without paying $4-5 at these overpriced coffee places?

[Sylvia727]

slightly off topic, and take this with the grain of salt that I don't drink coffee (i'm addicted to caffeine, but don't drink coffee figure that one out)... what is the appeal of the overpriced coffee? I kinda thought that pretty much all coffee was pretty much the same... I know that there is difference based on where it is grown and the processing of the bean, but honestly, can't you get similar quality without paying $4-5 at these overpriced coffee places?

Yes, yes you can. Make your own. I have my own espresso machine, so I brew my own, mix one shot of espresso with half a mug of milk and a generous dollop of chocolate syrup, and voila! Delicious cafe mocha, mixed to personal taste. I hate Starbucks coffee, but other chains are tolerable, and my own homebrewed lattes are yummy. Cheap, too; an $8 bag of beans lasted me three months. $0.05 for the espresso, $0.25 for the milk, and $0.10 for the chocolate syrup works out to 40 cents a cup after the initial investment of $30 for the machine.

[gunsage]

Remember that one Sopranos episode where Chris' lackies pour scalding hot coffee down the slacker's neck? Yeah.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Waitasecond...if someone buys coffee from a book megastore and reads a book while enjoying their coffee, that's stealing? I have never thought of it that way.

I don't necessarily consider it "stealing" per se...I mean, the store encourages people to get confortable and read...(and I work for B&N). Annoying, most definitely. Especially when they leave the dregs of their coffee sitting on top of a teetering pile of books that they discarded next to their chair.

And Emrld: But my library doesn't let you bring in your coffee!!

[Emrld]

you go to the library . . .pick your book . . .check out . . .then go to coffee shop to get coffe and sit and read.

Sylvia727 - I see your point. I apologize for making a generalization like that, you have a valid point. If you are checking out to see if you will like the book that is a valid point . . . however those that treat the store like a library are the ones I take issue with.

[jedifarfy]

Waitasecond...if someone buys coffee from a book megastore and reads a book while enjoying their coffee, that's stealing? I have never thought of it that way. I paid for my overpriced coffee, now I'm going to enjoy the full book experience. Now, me not being sucky, I don't read for more than 20 minutes tops. When the cup is empty it's time to leave. But I can't tell if a book is worth the $7 or not just by flipping through the pages. I need to read at least the first 3 chapters before I decide if I'll buy it or not. And yes, that is a hardcore rule of mine, having wasted much money on POS writing. The people I have a problem with are the ones who buy a book, read it, and then return it. My method means that I only ever return books if they're gifts that weren't appreciated.

Reading with the intention of purchase = fine.
Reading to drink your coffee = not fine.

Sadly, we can't kick people out or talk to them until they start damaging books. And no one ever books things back.

JF