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When does reading at Barnes and Nobles become morally wrong?
When I was about 17 there was a summer in which I would go to Barnes and Nobles just about every day, pick up a book and read it for like 3 hours. I never bought any books because I was reading them all there and enjoyed their setting. I wouldn't have read the books at home or anywhere else.
I felt bad about this and felt like I was mooching off the store so in exchange, every time I went to B&N I purchased a frap for like 4 bucks. I was tearing through like 4/5 books a month and didn't want to buy them after I'd finished reading them. Some days I would go during the day when noone wanted to use the chairs and other days I would go at night and would have people waiting for a seat and would camp there for hours. When do I cross the line of being a valued member of Barnes and Nobles and being a nuisance? I feel like this thread is 1 star but this is a question that I thought about for quite a while. |
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Re: When does reading at Barnes and Nobles become morally wrong?
Did you bring the big comfy chairs or did they put those there themselves?
Question answered. citanul |
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Re: When does reading at Barnes and Nobles become morally wrong?
bring your own chair? what barnes and nobles has you bring your own chair? i always sat in the big comfy ones. the other chairs they used were made of wood and very uncomfortable and there was just no way i was going to sit in one of them for 3 hours as my ass would have been sorely wounded.
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Re: When does reading at Barnes and Nobles become morally wrong?
His point being, if they didn't want people to come in and read they wouldn't provide big, comfy chairs.
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Re: When does reading at Barnes and Nobles become morally wrong?
they certainly want people to come into their shop and read some of their books for a little while with the intention that the customer might actually buy the book. i dont know if they would appreciate it if someone came in, read a book 10 hours a day and never purchased anything. someone once told me that barnes and nobles wants people to read at their shops because its creates a nice atmosphere and they dont care if you buy their stuff, but i dont agree with that.
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Re: When does reading at Barnes and Nobles become morally wrong?
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Did you bring the big comfy chairs or did they put those there themselves? Question answered. citanul [/ QUOTE ] |
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Re: When does reading at Barnes and Nobles become morally wrong?
i actually saw that which inspired me to post this
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Re: When does reading at Barnes and Nobles become morally wrong?
If you read a book and liked it enough, you'd buy it, right?
If so, then I think doing what you did was fine. If you had no intention of buying any book from them, regardless of how much you liked it, I think it's less clear. |
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Re: When does reading at Barnes and Nobles become morally wrong?
As soon as you know you intend to completely read a book but not buy it. Why not just go read books at the library?
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