Comments on: The 9 Most Annoying People I Always See at the Bookstore http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/ reading material to get excited about Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:56:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jones http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-92344 Jones Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:47:18 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-92344 Keep looking for things to complain about, and you'll keep finding them. Look for things to rejoice about, and you'll find those instead. :) Keep looking for things to complain about, and you’ll keep finding them. Look for things to rejoice about, and you’ll find those instead. :)

]]> By: Rod Lott http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-90203 Rod Lott Tue, 25 Jan 2011 01:29:24 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-90203 You're welcome, Laura! I admit, however, I had to look up "pram." Different side of the pond, you know. You’re welcome, Laura! I admit, however, I had to look up “pram.” Different side of the pond, you know.

]]> By: Laura http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-90202 Laura Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:20:54 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-90202 I love this! Has made me laugh so much. Our bookstores in Britain seem to be a little different but we still have similar characters. However, another character that seems to have been forgotten are the pram pushers! why take a huge pram into a small bookstore, where the aisle only just fits the width of the pram through? no-body can get past so to get out the shop a lap of the whole shop is needed. To be honest, i find any character amusing that is why i worked in pubs for so many years. I great way to read people. Plus i love books and the stores and have to say i am an aisle hogger and a browser. These comments have given me a great idea for a uni project! you never know i may be the illustrator one day who saids 'that's my book on that shelf! the one that was inspired by the niggles of the consumer!' Thanks guys! xx I love this! Has made me laugh so much. Our bookstores in Britain seem to be a little different but we still have similar characters. However, another character that seems to have been forgotten are the pram pushers! why take a huge pram into a small bookstore, where the aisle only just fits the width of the pram through? no-body can get past so to get out the shop a lap of the whole shop is needed.

To be honest, i find any character amusing that is why i worked in pubs for so many years. I great way to read people. Plus i love books and the stores and have to say i am an aisle hogger and a browser.

These comments have given me a great idea for a uni project! you never know i may be the illustrator one day who saids ‘that’s my book on that shelf! the one that was inspired by the niggles of the consumer!’

Thanks guys! xx

]]> By: Monica http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-77039 Monica Mon, 24 May 2010 01:20:13 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-77039 These are decent, though there are a few I disagree with. If people sitting quietly on couches reading (not stealing or physically ruining the book) is so much of an issue maybe you should buy off of amazon or some other online source. If I want to spend time reading a book at a bookstore, often times the longer I look at it the more apt I am to purchase it even after I read it. These are decent, though there are a few I disagree with. If people sitting quietly on couches reading (not stealing or physically ruining the book) is so much of an issue maybe you should buy off of amazon or some other online source. If I want to spend time reading a book at a bookstore, often times the longer I look at it the more apt I am to purchase it even after I read it.

]]> By: Monica http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-77038 Monica Mon, 24 May 2010 01:16:21 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-77038 This is why I like Border's, cause the one that I go to has computers for self-look up. In the Google Age I think most of us have the ability to search in this fashion as well. People should really at least try to find what they are looking for. People should really leave themselves enough time in case it gets confusing. In fact sometimes I find more interesting things by browsing in a certain section. On the other hand if I am looking for a particular book, I go to the self-help computer to find out what general area it is in, then I look there. On the other hand people that look and put back should really put things back where they belong. Workers don't always notice if a1127a.1 has been placed before a11276.6. This is why I like Border’s, cause the one that I go to has computers for self-look up. In the Google Age I think most of us have the ability to search in this fashion as well. People should really at least try to find what they are looking for. People should really leave themselves enough time in case it gets confusing. In fact sometimes I find more interesting things by browsing in a certain section. On the other hand if I am looking for a particular book, I go to the self-help computer to find out what general area it is in, then I look there. On the other hand people that look and put back should really put things back where they belong. Workers don’t always notice if a1127a.1 has been placed before a11276.6.

]]> By: Monica http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-77037 Monica Mon, 24 May 2010 01:09:09 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-77037 Peter, I'm fairly liberal myself, though not hardcore, and I never have worked at a book store, but to me it would be like any other job. You follow directions. If A authors come before B authors, then that's where they go. Peter, I’m fairly liberal myself, though not hardcore, and I never have worked at a book store, but to me it would be like any other job. You follow directions. If A authors come before B authors, then that’s where they go.

]]> By: Kira http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-64834 Kira Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:34:22 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-64834 Hehe great list. I'm an aisle sitter I admit, if there were chairs I would use them but not many book shops I go to have them. I don't have much money so I feel I need to have a bit of a read before I buy. Oh yes so I fit into the treating the place like a library too. Damn! I just don't like taking the books over to the coffee section, I get scared of damaging them. My personal dislike are those that walk around at the speed of a stoned slug and take up as much space as their ass and rucksack allow. I want to get to my section! Whaaa! Kira x Hehe great list. I’m an aisle sitter I admit, if there were chairs I would use them but not many book shops I go to have them. I don’t have much money so I feel I need to have a bit of a read before I buy. Oh yes so I fit into the treating the place like a library too. Damn! I just don’t like taking the books over to the coffee section, I get scared of damaging them.

My personal dislike are those that walk around at the speed of a stoned slug and take up as much space as their ass and rucksack allow. I want to get to my section! Whaaa!

Kira x

]]> By: Bart King http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-64384 Bart King Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:41:46 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-64384 And here I thought I was helping my sales by doing that... And here I thought I was helping my sales by doing that…

]]> By: Dale http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-44851 Dale Mon, 05 May 2008 13:37:38 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-44851 When I worked at Books-A-Million, we had a lady who came in every night, grabbed a book, took her shoes off, and then propped her feet up on whatever she could find. One night she came up to the manager and actually complained that we had sold the book that she was reading. You forgot another one. The Remerchandisers or rearrangers, whatever you want to call them. These are the people who will come in and pick up a whole stack of books or magazines and then go put them on a shelf somewhere on the other side of the store. When I worked at Books-A-Million, we had a lady who came in every night, grabbed a book, took her shoes off, and then propped her feet up on whatever she could find. One night she came up to the manager and actually complained that we had sold the book that she was reading.
You forgot another one. The Remerchandisers or rearrangers, whatever you want to call them. These are the people who will come in and pick up a whole stack of books or magazines and then go put them on a shelf somewhere on the other side of the store.

]]> By: CJHill http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-44726 CJHill Sun, 04 May 2008 21:19:34 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-44726 Hey - couldn't you pee at home? How dare you clog up the bathrooms needing to pee? Don't most intelligent people know enough to go pee before they go to the bookstore. I mean, really. (You know, you could be very funny if you didn't try so hard to be offensive...) cjh Hey – couldn’t you pee at home? How dare you clog up the bathrooms needing to pee? Don’t most intelligent people know enough to go pee before they go to the bookstore.

I mean, really.

(You know, you could be very funny if you didn’t try so hard to be offensive…)

cjh

]]> By: N.E.W. http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-44161 N.E.W. Fri, 02 May 2008 05:14:34 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-44161 Initial List - Hilarious Clueless Clerks - There are thousands of books in a bookstore. Surely you don't expect the clerk to be familiar with ever single title? Initial List – Hilarious

Clueless Clerks – There are thousands of books in a bookstore. Surely you don’t expect the clerk to be familiar with ever single title?

]]> By: Louis Fowler http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-41381 Louis Fowler Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:30:01 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-41381 Thanks! Thanks!

]]> By: pb http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-41329 pb Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:03:22 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-41329 "I ain't gonna shit on your schedule, Mr. President Man!"!!!!!!! I love you, whoever wrote that. “I ain’t gonna shit on your schedule, Mr. President Man!”!!!!!!!
I love you, whoever wrote that.

]]> By: Becky L http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-39050 Becky L Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:31:39 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-39050 I'm late coming to this, but I freaking love it! I worked in bookstores for 6 years and these are the same people who bugged the crap out of me! I’m late coming to this, but I freaking love it! I worked in bookstores for 6 years and these are the same people who bugged the crap out of me!

]]> By: Dee http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38937 Dee Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:12:07 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38937 Unfortunatly Oprah's books are 2 feet inside the door and directly to the left at my local Barnes and Noble. Unfortunatly Oprah’s books are 2 feet inside the door and directly to the left at my local Barnes and Noble.

]]> By: Eric L http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38782 Eric L Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:12:12 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38782 Rod's initail list? Funny. The fuckwits who actually seem to be offended by said list? Hillarious. I was in a bookstore once where they put MAUS in the humor section. The poor chump who picks that one up looking for a laugh is gonna be disapointed. Rod’s initail list? Funny.

The fuckwits who actually seem to be offended by said list? Hillarious.

I was in a bookstore once where they put MAUS in the humor section. The poor chump who picks that one up looking for a laugh is gonna be disapointed.

]]> By: Louis Fowler http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38756 Louis Fowler Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:39:40 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38756 "You are a snob. There is a reason why you blog. No one actually sits around to listen to your angsty drivel." Actually, we all do love Rod's "angsty drivel", and regularily gather to listen to his diatribes every other Friday in the Borders cafe area, usually around 9 PM. You could bring your acoustic guitar and perform your new protest song "I Ain't Gonna Shit On Your Schedule, Mr, President Man"! “You are a snob. There is a reason why you blog. No one actually sits around to listen to your angsty drivel.”

Actually, we all do love Rod’s “angsty drivel”, and regularily gather to listen to his diatribes every other Friday in the Borders cafe area, usually around 9 PM. You could bring your acoustic guitar and perform your new protest song “I Ain’t Gonna Shit On Your Schedule, Mr, President Man”!

]]> By: Louis Fowler http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38755 Louis Fowler Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:34:20 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38755 God is far too busy sitting in the aisle of the manga section to really care. God is far too busy sitting in the aisle of the manga section to really care.

]]> By: Micah http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38752 Micah Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:28:50 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38752 You must have worked in Seattle. I lived there for a couple of years and, not to make it a stereotype, there seemed to be needles everywhere in that city. Gutters, public restrooms of ritzy hotels, bookshelves at bookstores... It's a beautiful city, but I don't think I could live there again. You must have worked in Seattle. I lived there for a couple of years and, not to make it a stereotype, there seemed to be needles everywhere in that city. Gutters, public restrooms of ritzy hotels, bookshelves at bookstores… It’s a beautiful city, but I don’t think I could live there again.

]]> By: Sandi Sookoo http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38738 Sandi Sookoo Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:35:05 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38738 I agree about the clueless clerks. I was so annoyed the other day at Barnes and Noble that the clerks had no idea where a particular book a customer wanted was located, let alone the genre it belonged to. Why work at a bookstore if you're not even remotely familiar with books? Also, the other group of people who annoys me are the mothers who bring their annoyingly loud and rowdy children to the bookstore, drop them off in the children's section so that they (the mothers) can be coffee drinkers. Has no one any respect any more enough to be quiet in a book store? I agree about the clueless clerks. I was so annoyed the other day at Barnes and Noble that the clerks had no idea where a particular book a customer wanted was located, let alone the genre it belonged to. Why work at a bookstore if you’re not even remotely familiar with books? Also, the other group of people who annoys me are the mothers who bring their annoyingly loud and rowdy children to the bookstore, drop them off in the children’s section so that they (the mothers) can be coffee drinkers. Has no one any respect any more enough to be quiet in a book store?

]]> By: John A. Karr http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38727 John A. Karr Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:32:28 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38727 'cause God knows how to bust some wrath on a minion ’cause God knows how to bust some wrath on a minion

]]> By: Bruce http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38726 Bruce Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:55:31 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38726 James - Boo Hoo I've got a masters in English and I work at Borders James – Boo Hoo I’ve got a masters in English and I work at Borders

]]> By: leftoversushi http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38721 leftoversushi Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:11:56 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38721 I worked at a particular craft store where the policy was to talk to the customers as much as possible and I found out after about five minutes that they were much happier when they came and sought you out and asked you for help than you badgering them about if they needed help or not. Just because it's store policy or company policy to question people about their needs doesn't mean you have to do it. I would be very happy if I walked into a store and was never accosted by another employee for the rest of my life. If I need help, I will find you. I worked at a particular craft store where the policy was to talk to the customers as much as possible and I found out after about five minutes that they were much happier when they came and sought you out and asked you for help than you badgering them about if they needed help or not. Just because it’s store policy or company policy to question people about their needs doesn’t mean you have to do it. I would be very happy if I walked into a store and was never accosted by another employee for the rest of my life. If I need help, I will find you.

]]> By: laura http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38720 laura Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:10:12 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38720 you are way too angry. you need God. you are way too angry. you need God.

]]> By: admin http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38719 admin Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:19:51 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38719 These are all EXCELLENT ideas, James! These are all EXCELLENT ideas, James!

]]> By: Craig http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38717 Craig Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:02:45 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38717 This is a great post and the follow-up comments are just as funny. I think your list is spot-on and the angry comments in response are hilarious. The clueless clerk is one who must be added, though, and not just because he/she doesn't know what book Oprah is shilling this week. It would seem apparent to me that, if you work in a bookstore, you should know something about books. Maybe even that you should "like" books? I know it's a low-paying, menial job, but come on, people. Mis-shelving fantasy titles in the mystery section or putting mystery books in the "literature" aisles doesn't cut it. And, yes, I realize that the corporate headquarters probably dictates where books are supposed to go, but can't you apply just a little personal initiative? This is a great post and the follow-up comments are just as funny. I think your list is spot-on and the angry comments in response are hilarious. The clueless clerk is one who must be added, though, and not just because he/she doesn’t know what book Oprah is shilling this week. It would seem apparent to me that, if you work in a bookstore, you should know something about books. Maybe even that you should “like” books? I know it’s a low-paying, menial job, but come on, people. Mis-shelving fantasy titles in the mystery section or putting mystery books in the “literature” aisles doesn’t cut it. And, yes, I realize that the corporate headquarters probably dictates where books are supposed to go, but can’t you apply just a little personal initiative?

]]> By: James http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38716 James Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:44:19 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38716 wow, what a complete loser. Rod, it seems as if you just need a reality check. If you don't like "people" don't go outside. The dumper? There are bathrooms for a reason, you jerk. Not everyone can shit on your schedule. To me, it sounds like your social anxiety disorder prevents you from pooping in public! The couch sitter? Maybe book stores should remove all seating. Maybe they should form one giant line that keeps moving so you can grab your book off the shelf while you move. Wouldn't want people to loiter in the aisles! You are a snob. There is a reason why you blog. No one actually sits around to listen to your angsty drivel. wow, what a complete loser. Rod, it seems as if you just need a reality check. If you don’t like “people” don’t go outside. The dumper? There are bathrooms for a reason, you jerk. Not everyone can shit on your schedule. To me, it sounds like your social anxiety disorder prevents you from pooping in public! The couch sitter? Maybe book stores should remove all seating. Maybe they should form one giant line that keeps moving so you can grab your book off the shelf while you move. Wouldn’t want people to loiter in the aisles!

You are a snob. There is a reason why you blog. No one actually sits around to listen to your angsty drivel.

]]> By: former kids bookseller http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38711 former kids bookseller Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:03:23 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38711 chances are, if you're being asked more than once if you need help, you look suspicious and I second the commenter who despises the parents who deposit their children in the kids' section as if it's a drop-off center; they also never pick up after said children because "there are employees who do that" chances are, if you’re being asked more than once if you need help, you look suspicious

and I second the commenter who despises the parents who deposit their children in the kids’ section as if it’s a drop-off center; they also never pick up after said children because “there are employees who do that”

]]> By: heather (errantdreams) http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38710 heather (errantdreams) Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:50:14 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38710 Sadly, I must admit to occasionally falling into the aisle sitters category. However, I only do this when I'm seriously attempting to look through the books on a very low shelf (my back isn't about to take stooping over/squatting down for that long), and I try to keep an eye out in case someone needs to get past me or reach the shelf I'm at. Sadly, I must admit to occasionally falling into the aisle sitters category. However, I only do this when I’m seriously attempting to look through the books on a very low shelf (my back isn’t about to take stooping over/squatting down for that long), and I try to keep an eye out in case someone needs to get past me or reach the shelf I’m at.

]]> By: Moist http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38600 Moist Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:27:31 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38600 Actually, though I used to easily spend an hour to an hour and a half in a bookstore and have a good time there, it's much easier finding good books through the links at Amazon. I can't imagine that I would have found even half the books I've read in the last five years without being linked to similar books through Amazon or just through the Internet. I now buy all books online and haven't been to a bookstore more than a couple times in the last five years. It's cheaper online, too. You can get new or like new books for four or five dollars. And you don't have to listen to pretentious classical music, either. Actually, though I used to easily spend an hour to an hour and a half in a bookstore and have a good time there, it’s much easier finding good books through the links at Amazon. I can’t imagine that I would have found even half the books I’ve read in the last five years without being linked to similar books through Amazon or just through the Internet.

I now buy all books online and haven’t been to a bookstore more than a couple times in the last five years. It’s cheaper online, too. You can get new or like new books for four or five dollars. And you don’t have to listen to pretentious classical music, either.

]]> By: Moist http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38596 Moist Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:19:56 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38596 Not only can I not understand the coffee drinkers, but I have just as much trouble with the couch sitters. It's like they're sitting in their living room reading a book, but they're not. The living room is in the middle of a book store. Can't they see that? I've never been an aisle sitter, but I've been an aisle stander. Right there in front of the shelf where I picked up the book, facing the shelf, almost touching it, in fact, so I don't take up any more aisle space than absolutely necessary. And usually after about five seconds, someone wants to get at one of the twenty books I'm blocking. In a store filled with 10,000 books, I'm blocking the one he wants to get at. Now, THAT is annoying. Not only can I not understand the coffee drinkers, but I have just as much trouble with the couch sitters. It’s like they’re sitting in their living room reading a book, but they’re not. The living room is in the middle of a book store. Can’t they see that?

I’ve never been an aisle sitter, but I’ve been an aisle stander. Right there in front of the shelf where I picked up the book, facing the shelf, almost touching it, in fact, so I don’t take up any more aisle space than absolutely necessary. And usually after about five seconds, someone wants to get at one of the twenty books I’m blocking. In a store filled with 10,000 books, I’m blocking the one he wants to get at. Now, THAT is annoying.

]]> By: Carl http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38593 Carl Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:01:22 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38593 so.... you're saying it's not free? so…. you’re saying it’s not free?

]]> By: Louis Fowler http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38553 Louis Fowler Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:03:53 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38553 "And what, exactly, is wrong with manga?" There is nothing wrong with manga, per se, only the people who read it. “And what, exactly, is wrong with manga?”

There is nothing wrong with manga, per se, only the people who read it.

]]> By: Mike http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38525 Mike Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:35:56 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38525 RE: OVERLY EAGER EMPLOYEES Hey, go easy on the booksellers. Corporate mandates that we ask browsing shoppers if they need assistance. We would be much happier ignoring you outright to get other tasks done. Also, next time a book has trouble scanning at the register do not, SERIOUSLY, do not even think about saying "Guess it's free" or some variation thereof; lest I jump over the counter and cram the book down your screaming maw. Thank you. RE: OVERLY EAGER EMPLOYEES

Hey, go easy on the booksellers. Corporate mandates that we ask browsing shoppers if they need assistance. We would be much happier ignoring you outright to get other tasks done.

Also, next time a book has trouble scanning at the register do not, SERIOUSLY, do not even think about saying “Guess it’s free” or some variation thereof; lest I jump over the counter and cram the book down your screaming maw. Thank you.

]]> By: admin http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38504 admin Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:38:42 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38504 A-hole? How'd you get my business card? A-hole? How’d you get my business card?

]]> By: admin http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38503 admin Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:37:06 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38503 Easy: Because it's Books-A-Million. Easy: Because it’s Books-A-Million.

]]> By: admin http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38502 admin Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:34:34 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38502 Borders still has those stations, and I love them for it. But B&N does not. If there's something you can't find, you are forced to go wait in line at the help desk and have someone look it up for you. And, more often than not, have them scowl at your choice of reading material. Borders still has those stations, and I love them for it. But B&N does not. If there’s something you can’t find, you are forced to go wait in line at the help desk and have someone look it up for you. And, more often than not, have them scowl at your choice of reading material.

]]> By: AisleSitter http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38481 AisleSitter Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:09:24 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38481 lol -- for sure. u forgot #10 though, "Entitled Guy," the one who thinks everyone he encounters should think of nothing before his own comfort and convenience. What a prick! lol — for sure. u forgot #10 though, “Entitled Guy,” the one who thinks everyone he encounters should think of nothing before his own comfort and convenience. What a prick!

]]> By: Sophie http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38424 Sophie Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:17:58 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38424 One: No one works at a book store to make it into a career, unless they want to own one some day. Two: Most people who think for themselves aren't going to make sure they know what the mainstream is doing. Three: Oprah is always on when these people have to work to be there for those who are going shopping at all hours of the day and night. Four: Oprah is an egotistical maniac and anyone who is so obsessed with what she's reading can just go to the bookstore and find the book on their own. Calling a place to 'shop' is ridiculous and a waste of a clerks time. People in the store are already badgering them enough. One: No one works at a book store to make it into a career, unless they want to own one some day. Two: Most people who think for themselves aren’t going to make sure they know what the mainstream is doing. Three: Oprah is always on when these people have to work to be there for those who are going shopping at all hours of the day and night. Four: Oprah is an egotistical maniac and anyone who is so obsessed with what she’s reading can just go to the bookstore and find the book on their own. Calling a place to ‘shop’ is ridiculous and a waste of a clerks time. People in the store are already badgering them enough.

]]> By: verena http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38422 verena Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:11:33 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38422 I'm sure you would rather I dump in the bathroom than in my underwear, which is where it would be if I didn't go to the bathroom immediately. I’m sure you would rather I dump in the bathroom than in my underwear, which is where it would be if I didn’t go to the bathroom immediately.

]]> By: Fletch http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38416 Fletch Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:38:09 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38416 Dude if you get offended by a list like this you're taking it too seriously. Its obvious its humor!! I think there is a big diff between sitting on the couch to 'check out' a book and sitting there for ever. He did not say there is anything wrong with manga Dude if you get offended by a list like this you’re taking it too seriously. Its obvious its humor!! I think there is a big diff between sitting on the couch to ‘check out’ a book and sitting there for ever. He did not say there is anything wrong with manga

]]> By: mercurial ohearn http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38409 mercurial ohearn Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:14:07 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38409 here's another "you forgot one" (coming from a former bookstore employee): superficial annoying bookstore lover. you know, the one that just looooves books. she expresses envy at your job, saying "you must be in heaven, surrounded by all these BOOKS. if i worked here, i'd spend my whole paycheck on books/never leave!" you wanna take my job, mistress positive? please do, so i can go outside and shoot myself, now. here’s another “you forgot one” (coming from a former bookstore employee):

superficial annoying bookstore lover. you know, the one that just looooves books. she expresses envy at your job, saying “you must be in heaven, surrounded by all these BOOKS. if i worked here, i’d spend my whole paycheck on books/never leave!”

you wanna take my job, mistress positive? please do, so i can go outside and shoot myself, now.

]]> By: thomas hull http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38389 thomas hull Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:38:11 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38389 How about "Where's the latest Oprah Book?" zombies that read one book a month & expect to find it exactly two feet inside the front door & directly to the right by the check-out counter??? Do you have a mind of your own?? Personal tastes?? Individual interests you've always wanted to pursue & now you're here, in a bookstore, with how many tens-of-thousands of books at your imminent disposal & this is what you come up with?? Some people, including bookstore employees, scoff at the idea that they "have to know the latest Oprah pick." Hasn't your sixty year old grandmother been suggesting books to you for years that you should have read by now?? Oh wait...Oprah's a celebrity...who got her start in exploitive television programs....that's right...let's go to Tower Records & expect to find the latest Maury dance tracks that played while some woman falsely claimed paternity rights or that one hip bass track Jerry Springer was playing when that limping veteran came back to find his ex-fiance all trailered-up in a lesbian relationship with his grandmother. I lump these people right beside JK Rowling & Dan Brown fanatics....which is directly to the back & in a large pile right outside the leaky urinal.... How about “Where’s the latest Oprah Book?” zombies that read one book a month & expect to find it exactly two feet inside the front door & directly to the right by the check-out counter??? Do you have a mind of your own?? Personal tastes?? Individual interests you’ve always wanted to pursue & now you’re here, in a bookstore, with how many tens-of-thousands of books at your imminent disposal & this is what you come up with?? Some people, including bookstore employees, scoff at the idea that they “have to know the latest Oprah pick.” Hasn’t your sixty year old grandmother been suggesting books to you for years that you should have read by now?? Oh wait…Oprah’s a celebrity…who got her start in exploitive television programs….that’s right…let’s go to Tower Records & expect to find the latest Maury dance tracks that played while some woman falsely claimed paternity rights or that one hip bass track Jerry Springer was playing when that limping veteran came back to find his ex-fiance all trailered-up in a lesbian relationship with his grandmother. I lump these people right beside JK Rowling & Dan Brown fanatics….which is directly to the back & in a large pile right outside the leaky urinal….

]]> By: Steve http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38385 Steve Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:15:17 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38385 The most annoying thing about bookstores are pretentious a--holes who view people as fodder for their pathetic lists. The most annoying thing about bookstores are pretentious a–holes who view people as fodder for their pathetic lists.

]]> By: tomiddes http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38373 tomiddes Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:24:48 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38373 Give me a break. If people aren't supposed to sit on the couches and read before they buy, why are there couches? Sometimes there are not enough couches for everyone, and hey - I'm not plopping down $30 for a book if I do not know what's in it, so I'm going to take a look at it before I buy it. If you have a problem with that, I'm sorry, but I don't have money to throw away, so I'm going to sit in the aisle and browse. So if I'm in your way, open your mouth and ask me to move. If we're not allowed to drink coffee, why do they sell coffee? I like coffee, and I do not slurp - thank you very much. Sometimes, the book store has the best coffee around, so I go there to get coffee. Is that a crime? And what, exactly, is wrong with manga? I have a wide and varied interest in my reading material, and I happen to enjoy manga every once in awhile. And yes, I buy mine. Give me a break. If people aren’t supposed to sit on the couches and read before they buy, why are there couches? Sometimes there are not enough couches for everyone, and hey – I’m not plopping down $30 for a book if I do not know what’s in it, so I’m going to take a look at it before I buy it. If you have a problem with that, I’m sorry, but I don’t have money to throw away, so I’m going to sit in the aisle and browse. So if I’m in your way, open your mouth and ask me to move.

If we’re not allowed to drink coffee, why do they sell coffee? I like coffee, and I do not slurp – thank you very much. Sometimes, the book store has the best coffee around, so I go there to get coffee. Is that a crime?

And what, exactly, is wrong with manga? I have a wide and varied interest in my reading material, and I happen to enjoy manga every once in awhile. And yes, I buy mine.

]]> By: Matt http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-38114 Matt Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:33:52 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-38114 It's partially the quality of bookstore you're going to for your books. Never mind Amazon, go to one of the online independents. Powells, AbeBooks, etc. My local Borders has had a puddle of urine in front of the urinal for the past ten years. I kid you not. I can't explain it. It’s partially the quality of bookstore you’re going to for your books. Never mind Amazon, go to one of the online independents. Powells, AbeBooks, etc.

My local Borders has had a puddle of urine in front of the urinal for the past ten years. I kid you not. I can’t explain it.

]]> By: Breeni Books http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-37817 Breeni Books Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:28:01 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-37817 One more: Clueless clerks. Tell me how it is possible that the clerks at Books-A-Million, on the first day of Oprah's A New Earth webcast, don't understand why the phone has been ringing off the hook all day with people asking for Ekhart Tolle books. You work in a bookstore and have no clue what Oprah's latest book club stunt is? Whether you watch Oprah or not, you just <i>know</i> what she's reading. Time for a career move. One more: Clueless clerks.

Tell me how it is possible that the clerks at Books-A-Million, on the first day of Oprah’s A New Earth webcast, don’t understand why the phone has been ringing off the hook all day with people asking for Ekhart Tolle books. You work in a bookstore and have no clue what Oprah’s latest book club stunt is? Whether you watch Oprah or not, you just know what she’s reading. Time for a career move.

]]> By: Michael http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-37813 Michael Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:14:56 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-37813 Most big stores like Borders and Barnes & Noble have computer stations scattered all over the place where you can look up a book and see whether the store has it in stock and where it's shelved. Or at least they did back when I used to patronize bookstores. But for the reasons you mention and several others, I now stay out of bookstores altogether and buy on Amazon. It's easier and cheaper, and even though I do miss the physical pleasures of looking around in a good bookstore, it just isn't worth dealing with the rude assholes you have to put up with. Most big stores like Borders and Barnes & Noble have computer stations scattered all over the place where you can look up a book and see whether the store has it in stock and where it’s shelved. Or at least they did back when I used to patronize bookstores. But for the reasons you mention and several others, I now stay out of bookstores altogether and buy on Amazon. It’s easier and cheaper, and even though I do miss the physical pleasures of looking around in a good bookstore, it just isn’t worth dealing with the rude assholes you have to put up with.

]]> By: admin http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-37803 admin Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:49:24 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-37803 Oh, no, the first-timers *never* stand in line. They're cutters as well. And I'm not referring to people who genuinely can't find something, but those who are simply lazy and demanding. Oh, no, the first-timers *never* stand in line. They’re cutters as well. And I’m not referring to people who genuinely can’t find something, but those who are simply lazy and demanding.

]]> By: John http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/comment-page-1/#comment-37801 John Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:36:53 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/features/the-9-most-annoying-people-i-always-see-at-the-bookstore/#comment-37801 "You gaze around in faux confusion for a moment before making a beeline for the help desk " Ok, I don't remember my first time in a bookstore, but, I know this feeling. It comes from reading books that cross genres. Will Omnivore's Dilemma be in cooking or sociology or general science? Are Jasper Fforde's books in sci-fi/fantasy, mystery or fiction? What about the Charlaine Harris books? Horror, mystery or romance? Sorry, but those big signs are not always helpful. Sure, I could spend 20 minutes working my way through each section and, assuming the store has the books in stock, come away with knowledge of where it is, but, the books aren't always in stock, so sometimes you need to ask to see where a particular book would be filed. Now, the people who ask the sales clerk and not the help desk (assuming there is a help desk, not all independents have them, y'know), feel free to heap ire on them, assuming they didn't wait in line to ask. Those people suck. But if they waited in line and just happened to be in front of you? Get over it, at least they didn't ignore the line. You might be spot on with the rest of this list, but that particular entry isn't one of them. Sorry. “You gaze around in faux confusion for a moment before making a beeline for the help desk ”

Ok, I don’t remember my first time in a bookstore, but, I know this feeling. It comes from reading books that cross genres. Will Omnivore’s Dilemma be in cooking or sociology or general science? Are Jasper Fforde’s books in sci-fi/fantasy, mystery or fiction? What about the Charlaine Harris books? Horror, mystery or romance?

Sorry, but those big signs are not always helpful. Sure, I could spend 20 minutes working my way through each section and, assuming the store has the books in stock, come away with knowledge of where it is, but, the books aren’t always in stock, so sometimes you need to ask to see where a particular book would be filed.

Now, the people who ask the sales clerk and not the help desk (assuming there is a help desk, not all independents have them, y’know), feel free to heap ire on them, assuming they didn’t wait in line to ask. Those people suck. But if they waited in line and just happened to be in front of you? Get over it, at least they didn’t ignore the line.

You might be spot on with the rest of this list, but that particular entry isn’t one of them. Sorry.

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