Posted on 05/19/2004 7:50:14 PM PDT by Ditter
Well, in a perverted sort of way I prefer the more "institutional" feel of a real public or university library. Scary, eh?
Conservative-of-convenience Bill O'Reilly was in the center aisle with the paperback edition. Coulter and Hannity got a
couple of shelves each last year right off the center, in the political/current events section.
Admittedly, I generally have tunnel vision in B&N - I usually head straight for the used/marked-down section. Unless I'm
specifically looking for something.
Last year, I blew past the Hillary displays without
noticing, until I was standing in line, and remembered to look for any displays. If all the cardboard Hillarys had teeth....
I picked up Savage's book for $7 or $8 a couple of weeks ago.
Our Wal-Mart has had her display right in the middle of the entrance aisle for weeks. Hillary's book doesn't seem to be moving well.
I was in Barnes and Nobles once and another customer asked for Bill O' Reilly's latest book (this was about a year ago). They told him they were out of it and as soon as he walked out of the store the two goons behind the counter began dissing him. I was next and when they asked me the usual "How are you today?" I told them the truth. I said I was disgusted with the way they had talked about the other customer and they had just lost a regular customer. I left my books at the counter and walked out. I prefer Amazon and HamiltonBooks anyway.
The corporate officers were, likewise, almost all stereotypical middle-aged lefties: men who were either painfully nerdy or flamboyant homos; women who reeked of gender/identity issues. It was a study in dysfunction.
Your instincts are on the nose.
BTW, Crown went bellyup. Couldn't have happened to nicer people.
"Well, in a perverted sort of way I prefer the more "institutional" feel of a real public or university library. Scary, eh?"
Nothing wrong with the pubic library. It's just fine.
I fly frequently, and when waiting for flights in airports, I like to visit the bookstores and obscure liberal screeds with tomes by our more literate and conservative friends.
Try it, you'll like it.
Exactly.
Similar experience for me in B. Dalton buying Zell Miller's last book. Piles of Hillary's book out front; a couple of copies of Zell's book in the middle of the store.
I couldn't find the book anywhere. I finally went to the counter and asked for help. The clerk punched some keys in the computer and told me they didn't have any and were not scheduled to get it.
My husband was with me and as we were leaving the store there was a display of TREASON right there beside the exit door.
I picked up the book and went back to the counter to pay. The store was busy and before I got to the front of the line, several people had gotten in line behind me.
When it was my turn, I smiled sweetly, and said in my most sugary voice: "There must be something kind of mistake. You just told me the computer said you don't have this book and that you're not going to get it. Your computer must be malfunctioning. I sure hope you can get the computer fixed soon so you don't loose more sales. I know lots of people who want to buy this book. It would be a shame if you lost all those sales because the computer indicates you don't have the book."
Then I continued, "You know, there are people in this world who would try to make a big deal out of this and claim that you intentionally mislead them about not having this book. These same people seem to think that all bookstores are owned and operated by liberals who want to see conservative books do badly. But I'm not one of those people. I believed you when you said you didn't have the book and weren't going to get it."
By this time, there was a contest going between my husband and the clerk as to which one could be the most embarassed. One fella who was waiting behind me was nearly in hysterics he was laughing so hard. And I narrowly escaped having my neck wrung on the way to the car. My husband will NEVER go back in there with me as long as he lives.
You know it seems like every subliminal message tugs people to the left: No conservative book displays, the bias in the news, and the film arts. The Libs are like the lizard with the large, red, balloon-like neck: I know liberalism isn't overwhelmingly persuasive as evidenced by recent election results, but if you arrived from Mars as a casual observer, you'd think they were the only game in town...
I got tired of writing to them to complain. I just cancelled the emailed newsletters and buy everything from Amazon.
One of my favorites, when I'm forced to go into malls, is checking out the location of books in the bookstores. B&N is one of the worst. Won't buy there. The people who work in most are snots when you ask about any conservative author. The security force must have fun watching me cover up Hillary with Hannity etc.
You sound like my mom. :)
Actually, Liberals think that Conservatives are too dumb to read.
Great story Granny. I told my husband what I was going to do before I did it tonight. He urged me on, but he went to the back of the store until I was finished with the manager. Coward! HA!
so what the hell am I supposed to do with all the info you just gave us?
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