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Posted on 06/08/2007 7:15:07 PM PDT by lowbridge
June 8, 2007
A snapshot of America, June 2007
Thanks to online shopping, I rarely head into bookstores, but today I needed to buy a gift in a hurry and so I ventured into one - the place was empty and I found what I needed quickly and then browsed a bit. While the temperature outside was only about 73 degrees, the day was humid and the store felt very warm to me. We don’t have central air in the house, just ceiling fans, and they pretty much do the trick, but when I’m shopping, I like to feel cool and comfortable, not oppressed. With no air moving, the store seemed unbearably stuffy, so I said the hell with further shopping and headed to the checkout.
At the checkout counter I found the rest of the shoppers - there were 8-10 of us in all, diverse in age, gender, race, and I’m sure in other ways, and every one of us was trying to get outside and catch a breeze, so some were becoming impatient. While waiting I tied my hair back with a scrunchy and a woman behind me said, “good idea,” and tied hers back, too…no kidding, it was warm.
When I reached the checkout, I asked the cashier if the a/c was broken. “No,” she informed me. “We keep the a/c temperature up because of global warming. Doing our part to save the planet!”
A male voice groused, rather loudly, “Well, that’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard! If you’re running an a/c but still not cooling the building then you’re wasting energy. Either turn it off all together, or turn the temperature down, but don’t run a huge unit without without cooling the building down; that’s like running a car engine in a driveway. This is typical Al Gore liberal nonsense, make everyone suffer the same while they feel noble because they care so much about the environment!”
The other warm woman behind me piped up, “this is freakin’ ridiculous. If I have to come here to sweat, I’ll just stay home and order somethin’ online! I don’t need to be here sweating for the privilege of givin’ you my money!”
The girl behind the counter said, “in third world countries, people don’t have air conditioning!”
“America is not a third-world country!” A new voice bellowed. “Not yet, anyway, but if Gore and his rock star friends get their way his way, we will be! Hot stores, sweating! Not them, just us! We’re the ones made uncomfortable! Tell your manager to buy a freaking carbon offset and turn on the a/c!”
“America will be a third-world country by next year if Bush has his way and keeps the Mexican border opened,” someone else said.
I collected my change and headed out, in no mood for a hot-angry mob scene. The last thing I heard was the cashier muttering, “Bush - moron!” and the woman saying, “screw this, I don’t need this book, I’m leavin’, and I’ll tell you somethin’ else - George Bush keeps you safe, and he isn’t telling us to sweat without air conditionin’, either!”
Gonna be a long, hot summer, and global warming may indeed have something to do with it…but not as you might think.
They have to make a profit.
Global warming nonsense is reaching a “fever pitch”.
Amusing article. I’m glad the other customers understood that the global warming threat is phony, even if the young skull full of mush behind the counter didn’t. Personally I wouldn’t shop in a store that didn’t have air conditioning. Merchants beware.
I thought liberals were viciously opposed to anyone who made a profit? I guess this make hypocrites out of them in addition to being fools.
Why not? A running air conditioner, no matter how low one turns it down, still uses up electricity/energy.
Running the fan feature without the compressor maybe? My parents used to do that a lot.
I say when you turn down the AC you make it colder 78 - 73.
Put the book on the counter and leave. It's for the children.
The management and clerk should be grateful that market forces will contribute to their planet-saving efforts. Once the store goes out of business, the lights and computers will shut off as well.
When we used to go to bookstores, they only put out left wing stuff out front.
If they had our books, they were buried in the back somewhere or not available ( the carton was not unboxed yet, etc. ).
Sales people even laugh on their company website saying that the clerks often destroy the cases of books that they do not politically agree with.
My experience is that people who work in bookstores are cold blooded and very liberal. The temperature is usually over 80, and it smells. And I noticed that way before the GW scam.
When I saw that, I thought they had turned down Ann Coulter because of global warming - or maybe her views on it! (LOL!)
If they are not running the AC very hard, it won’t consume as much power per day...assuming the thing is well-maintained. So long as the compressor is operating, the thing is sucking down some serious juice. Because of their merchandise, a good dehumidifier might help with their electric bill and the longevity of their merchandise.
On sweltering August days, I like to turn on the AC so cold I have to wear a sweatshirt and then, for dinner, have a nice pot roast and baked potatoes — just to keep the oven in good working order.
Oh yea? Well instead of buying carbon credits I fight global warming by idling my car in the driveway with the windows down and my air conditioner on full! ;’}
Wait till they find out it’s a scam and they lost business because of it. ;)
Oh and that's because they aren't allowed to develop their oil and coal because of "Global Warming".
Hey Moonman, in my bookstore we keep Michelle Malkin on the front desk, the summer temp is always 70 degrees and it smells darn good ...! Keep looking, there’s still a few of us around!
That should stop all of the browsers who read books but never buy books!
This store will do even more for the planet when it goes broke and closes its doors. Then it won't use any energy at all.
Good read...I would have left the book on the counter, said, “From now on, I will be buying all my books online,” and left. Shopping online saves energy, anyway. I don’t have much, being a little old lady and all...Oh! You mean THAT energy! (silly old me.)
hehehe, That’s pretty funny stuff, hassle the moooonbats in their own domain.
This book “store” has the Air America business model... soon to be buried 6’ under.
They could have at least put in some hefty ceiling fans — made, of course, in energy wasting China.
Or just some light ones. If someone is complaining about 73 degrees I think I would have to ridicule them.
Starbucks, Google, Oracle, Apple, Yahoo, et-al prove liberals do not care about making a profit. They love to make a profit but don’t want others to have the same.
Sounds like a smart group of shoppers, based on the comments! :)
I love these people. Is that a Border’s bookstore?
I have no idea of which bookstore it is.
Which President was it that had the air turned down very low so he could have a fire in the fireplace?
I don’t know which President that was, but I’m the king of my home. Algore is our court jester.
Economizing Energy: Free Markets or Government Decrees
G8 Climate Deal Is Utter Nonsense
Global Warming on FreeRepublic
See you in a couple thousand years then. :-)
Just out of curiosity, when and why did you leave here for where you are living now? Job? Family? Politics?
Probably has nothing to do with an attempt to keep overhead down while energy prices skyrocket.
Seriously, this global warming is globaloney. Here it is the middle of June and it's a chilly 57 degrees outside here in New England. Send some of that global warming this way, please. I've had enough of this cold.
To quote a line from “Top Secret”, “He was born in America, but he’s one of the lucky ones. He managed to escape in a balloon during the Jimmy Carter Presidency.”
Well, when a liberal owns a business and it turns a profit, that makes it a GOOD profit, don’t ya know. It’s only conservative profits that are extracted from the oppressed proles.
What city/state?
LOL, that is funny, how about burning some logs in the fireplace while you’re at it? Just for atmosphere, bad pun intended.
We still have SNOW on a good many of the mountain peaks (this is June 9th) ... on a flight from Vancouver BC to DFW I saw many snow-covered peaks on about the first 1/4 of the trip ...
“Vote with your pocketbook and let the store know!
They have to make a profit.”
Oh no, a profit, the horror of it all. Communism is so much more noble; at least choose socialism, it’s halfway up the stairway.
Nixon.
Thanks. I could not decide if it were Nixon or Johnson. I knew it was about that time.
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