Politics → Barnes and Noble…suck it!
Sooo…as Americans we are bombarded with dozens of options with which to spend our hard earned consumer dollars. I mean look at the dining industry for example. In the old days, everyone cooked almost every meal for their families. Now, even picking a place to consume the necessary fuels for survival requires hours of deliberation and arguing. I personally think that these choices provided for us are a blessing bestowed upon us by the thriving society that we all live in. It is because of these choices that we can make decisions based on price, quality and convinience. Now because of these choices, I am allowed to stumble around the world spending my monies on whatever whim I decide.
Now I am allowed by the nature of commerce to make these decisions based on whatever aspect I deem relevant at the time. Sometimes I have the time and patience to look for a better quality or a better price on a product, and sometimes I am looking for the product ASAP and will sacrifice quality or even pay a premium for the speed of service. It is amazing that in the world of free market economy that we could even take all of the inputs and make a decision to spend our hard earned cash.
So, the other day I finished the book I was reading (yes, I read), and I needed another book before my next bowel movement hit me (don’t even begin to judge, because if you don’t read while you’re on the
throne, you’re just wasting time). Now, normally I buy books online because you can get them used for pennies on the dollar. Used books are awesome, because just because someone else has already read the book doesn’t mean the story has changed. Also, I like hard cover books so that I can save them and put them on my bookshelf so that later in life I can remind myself that I’m not completely mentally incompetent.
Now that I’ve put in a few lines to boost my mental self-steam, I’ll get back to the problem at hand. So I
needed to get a book ASAP before my next trip to one of my favorite rooms. Given that I have a slight touch of IBS, this problem had to be resolved in a hurry. So where does one go to purchase a book when time is of the essence? I chose the neighborhood friendly Barnes & Nobles. I think that everyone has been to one of these places. They are monstrous and look to contain every book in the continental congress.
So, I go into this store looking for a very popular book, and I began my search through the endless shelves of meaningless self-help books and “Chicken Soup for the whatever you can think of.” After a little while of searching, I go up to one of the workers and asked if they could be of any assistance. Another thing, I think that everyone who works at Barnes & Noble is either 150 years old or has the mental capacity of a 9 year old. Anyway, I digress. So after a few minutes of my little helper trying to figure out their in-house search engine, the kind old lady told me that they didn’t have it in stock, but she could order it online for me and I could come pick it up in a few days. Are you fucking kidding me? Now why the hell would I pay full price for something I could get at a steep discount and wait a few days? Especially when I would have to wait a few days and then go back to the damn store to pick it up. I mean seriously, I know how to navigate a website and order the damn book myself! Then, amazingly, the book will be dropped off on my doorstep, and I don’t have to even leave my house!
Man, fuck that place!!! I will never step foot into a Barnes & Noble again. Why the hell would I give up a price cut and the convenience of not leaving my house to pay extra and have to make numerous trips to strip mall hell!
On a scale from 1-10, I would give Barnes & Noble a 6.4…in other words…I wouldn’t even lift my foot off your head to stop you from drowning in a stream!