[Ishoku Osero]

Stores won't be closed for good until the end of April at the latest. It's only been a couple weeks since the announcement, if any of them are closed this quickly I'd be surprised.

But if you're going because you want to get things cheap, then you may be in for a shock. I know at least at my store we're at 20% off, and we don't know when that will go up. Definitely prepare for a disasterous store, though. Don't bother to ask workers where things are either, I doubt they'd be able to find it for you. And if other stores are following the same patterns as my store, they may not have computers hooked up for searches anymore either. It's really screwing depressing.



Fujoshi - You might want to also try to understand the amount of stress we've been going through. A lot of us have been threatened time and time again that we'd get fired if we didn't meet outrageous goals, and it's just been absolute hell on Earth for at least the past two and a half years working there. A lot of people are and have been angry, and I know that personally I've always been fed up with people loafing around and not buying anything. The manga section has always been a hideout for people to loaf, and there are almost always kids all over the floor reading and generally making a disaster - we never know who's actually making the mess, but it angers all of us and we've always told kids to move along. And in the end, it doesn't matter that you went there to pre-order a book. I highly doubt the guy knew it, and even so I hardly would think he'd care. The point was that he saw a person in the manga section, as is extremely overly common, and got annoyed to see yet another person sitting there. It's easier to kick a person out that's awake than one that's asleep unless you poke them with a stick (which I've done a couple times, it's true ). I could go on... but I'll stop there before I rant further.

As far as being told a book is in stock that wasn't, what was the situation? Our computer systems aren't always right... in fact, they rarely are... and newbies and/or holiday help tend not to know that.

[mendokuse]

My one gripe about Borders was that the books were never out on time. Great coupons and lots of locations, but they could never satisfy my impulsive purchase and instant gratification cravings. Out of three nearby locations, two are going bye-bye. That sucks...

I went and bought the rest of the Jack Reacher series and a zombie comedy horror book, so it was worth it for me. For other people that keep up with book releases, these sales might not be so helpful. My gf only bought a few books, but was for the most part caught up.

I honestly feel for the workers who, from what I was told, are going to be let go. People are like vultures and just peck apart the store while morale just sinks. I try to strike up a conversation with the workers that aren't busy to help lighten their moods when I pop in. Going to conventions has definitely helped my shopping skills. The 'flea market' feel is immediately felt when I go there. Though, the thought has occurred to me to buy some of their book shelves.