Post by gato on Feb 23, 2024 11:06:41 GMT -5
Never gave it much thought until I read a newspaper article about it.
You browsing in Barnes and Noble for a half hour, then do a time-out at their coffee bar. Before you sit down, you grab a magazine off the display shelf and amuse yourself, reading some of the articles. Done with the coffee, you dump the cup and put the magazine back on the shelf. Why buy it? You've already read it.
Is this intellectual "shoplifting"?
Is the store encouraging "library habits" by putting the magazines within easy reach of the tables?
Should they post a sign forbidding the reading of unpurchased store items while you sip your coffee?
What if you're leafing through a half dozen periodicals at the table?
What if you take a magazine off the shelf and then go read in the restroom while you're "dropping a depth charge?"
I have a Barnes and Noble in my 'hood. I've never had their coffee, so for me the issue has never been .... you know ... an issue.
What say you?
You browsing in Barnes and Noble for a half hour, then do a time-out at their coffee bar. Before you sit down, you grab a magazine off the display shelf and amuse yourself, reading some of the articles. Done with the coffee, you dump the cup and put the magazine back on the shelf. Why buy it? You've already read it.
Is this intellectual "shoplifting"?
Is the store encouraging "library habits" by putting the magazines within easy reach of the tables?
Should they post a sign forbidding the reading of unpurchased store items while you sip your coffee?
What if you're leafing through a half dozen periodicals at the table?
What if you take a magazine off the shelf and then go read in the restroom while you're "dropping a depth charge?"
I have a Barnes and Noble in my 'hood. I've never had their coffee, so for me the issue has never been .... you know ... an issue.
What say you?
