Being Subtle and "General" stupidity

[Hon'ya-chan]

And this is why thinking out loud is a bad idea.

So i'm on the floor fixing up the Manga section (*#$&ing stupid Manga Cows) when I overhear a guy "explaining" that he was kicked out of a bookstore for "reading too loud" and that he wants to do it here. A girl with him is telling him to not do it, and i'm now standing looking directly at this kid as he goes past. He ducks into romance, then back out, exclaiming that he will read out loud, when I interject: You do that, and I will kick you out. The girl tells him Told Ya So! and he has this surprised look on his face as he scampers away.

All cars on the road today are built and are similar to VW's according to this guy

Guy comes in looking for Repair Manuals for his car. I tell him that we don't carry Chilton or Haynes Manuals, and that he have to go to Napa or Checkers. I then tell him we only have "General" car repair manuals (i.e. Dummies and CIG). He asks again, only "clarifying" that he's looking for a manual on car repair.

Fine, walk him and his cranky old broad to the Dummies and CIG books we have. I show them, and he then asks "Oh, you don't have VW manuals?!?!"

ERGH, what did I just say we have and don't have?!?!

[fma_fanatic]

I wish there was a non-sc way to deal with the manga cows. SO ran into a few when we were at a local bookstore tonight. It wouldn't be that annoying, except that they're doing some renovations and they've made the spaces between the shelves incredibly small so that he couldn't browse.

[sirwired]

Not spending much time in a bookstore, I'm not familiar with this particular breed of SC. What exactly defines a "Manga Cow" vs. your average Manga fan? (Not that I've ever really understood the big deal behind Manga to begin with... to each their own, I guess.)

SirWired

[Imogene]

Not spending much time in a bookstore, I'm not familiar with this particular breed of SC. What exactly defines a "Manga Cow" vs. your average Manga fan?

I'm going to hazard a guess and say a manga cow is like a sea cow, only, they take up all the room in the manga section by sitting on the floor, opening the wrapped books, and reading them without buying them, plus, you know, generally making a mess.

[bainsidhe]

I've been known to sit and read manga in the bookstore. BUT, I sit in the chairs provided or out of the walkways, I don't spread out, I don't damage product AND I put things back where they belong (yes, I can read the alphabet which seems to surprise some patrons ). Of course I then scamper up front to make a purchase. So I am at least buying something. ~shrugs~

[EricKei]

I'm going to hazard a guess and say a manga cow is like a sea cow, ....

I figured it was either that, or that they were "grazing" all day long (and probably seldom, if ever, buying).

[jackfaire]

AND I put things back where they belong (yes, I can read the alphabet which seems to surprise some patrons ).

Actually I don't if I was reading something because everytime I start to if a worker sees me they get mad and tell me to just leave it on the table so they can do it right.

I don't feel like sneaking books away to avoid getting yelled at.

[Soulstealer]

Actually I don't if I was reading something because everytime I start to if a worker sees me they get mad and tell me to just leave it on the table so they can do it right.

I don't feel like sneaking books away to avoid getting yelled at.

As former circulation I can tell you it's not that we mind you putting it back it's that 9 times out of 10 it's put back in the wrong place and it saves on work and grief if a patron lets us do it. This stems from the theory espoused by an older and more knowledgeable coworker when I was a mere newbie to the library that 9 times out of 10 patrons are illiterate and have come for the dvds.

[Ben_Who]

Roommate Red worked for YEARS in a bookstore. When I want a book back on the shelf, unless it specifically says "Please put books here instead of reshelving them," I hand it to him. He has a black belt in knowing where every volume goes. Unless I can actually see the gap where I removed the book, I hand it to someone who knows what they're doing.

Love, Who?

[Andara Bledin]

Ugh... I hope all the manga cows choke on their own cud...

I loom over 'em when they're in my way. Only the most self-absorbed don't notice and vacate to allow me room to browse.

I also berate any of them I find damaging the books. 'Cause you know they're not actually planning to buy anything. They don't have any money.

^-.-^

[jackfaire]

As former circulation I can tell you it's not that we mind you putting it back it's that 9 times out of 10 it's put back in the wrong place

Oh I get why it is that way and I know just by looking at me they don't know that I knew my school libraries better than the librarians did I just choose not to have the fight and just not put the books away I try to leave them in a neat pile though

[Imogene]

I've been known to sit and read manga in the bookstore. BUT, ... AND I ... Of course...

Then you are most likely NOT a manga cow...

I figured it was either that, or that they were "grazing" all day long (and probably seldom, if ever, buying).

I believe I had that in my possible definition, but, yeah... that's the basic gist I got from it.

[MrPibbsRevenge]

What you need is a Manga Cow-Catcher