73 year old man alone in store sitting on the floor of the children’s reading section is suspicious and creepy. B&N has plenty of chairs and benches in other areas that he could have settled.
The whole world is getting paranoid.
Suspicious and creepy is not illegal. If it was most homeless people would have nice warm beds and 3 meals a day in jail.
It might be creepy, but when the employee said they don’t allow men in that section by themselves, he screwed up. If you can’t discriminate against women, then you can’t discriminate against men either.