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Evelas
 Posts: 107 Location: AL (inactive, now using Aeriven) |
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The bookstore in my local town has the manga on a shelf right across from the magazines, so there are convenient benches and a lot of walking space there. I can't tell you how many times I've gone in there to buy some manga and seen some Pokemon/Yu-Gi-Oh/some random card game "meeting" taking up the entire aisle to the point that it's impossible to even see what's on the manga shelves. 
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
Forums Superstar  Posts: 16935 |
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I can understand when people get the whatever treatment from normal employees. many hate their job (retail, are seasonal help, or just there to pass the time and make a quick buck. I worked retail, I know. Hence why i said go higher to the management level. They will do something about it. And I'm sure the cows will come back to graze considering cows don't have the best memory. However, if you keep complaining to the management they will eventually take more action against the cows and not just let them be. There's this one senior worker at my Barnes and Noble who works the info desk. I split my time between them and Borders depending if I want coffee or not (our Borders has a shitty cafe with old bland coffee). The info desk is in the middle of the store at B&N and you have to either go down the main isle past it or way out of your way around the dge to get to the manga section. Whenever he's there and sees me coming he always goes right to the manga section and clears out the riff raff so he won't have to hear me complain hehe. I'm just saying you can't say something once and expect permanent results, you gotta stick with it.
I still do the comic reading at my comic store lol. he doesn't mind though, especially since for every 1 I read I buy 3-4 anyway heh. I also freely admit I read some manga issues I don't buy. I buy 80-90% but not all, simply don't have the money. For those that I do either skim through or read, or magazines like EGM, Play, or Metal Hammer/Edge/Maniacs, I always go to a chair or bench to read and not right on the floor or in the way. |
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angieness
Posts: 162 Location: Columbus, OH |
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this makes me glad I work in the mall so me and the Walden Books employees are close. It helps that I work at Starbucks down the hall and give them free drinks/pastries when I can so in turn they are always very good to me. It's pretty rare I see cows in my Walden but it happens from time to time. And when it happens, I just tell the employees and they take care of it. The employees know I spend 100s in there every month so yeah, they'd rather I can get to the aisle than a freeloader who's been there for an hour. Occasionally when I'm on a 10 minute break I'll read a magazine or something in the store but I always do it standing and in an aisle no one is in, and if I see someone coming I politely move before they get there.
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Key
Moderator
 Posts: 18182 Location: Indianapolis, IN (formerly Mimiho Valley) |
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The ones I check are in Castleton Square, Clearwater Crossing, Keystone at the Crossing, and a couple up in Carmel (at 116th and 146th streets). Never had any problems with those, nor have I ever picked up a damaged manga from any of those. (For those not familiar with Indianapolis, Carmel is a northern suburb that, based on per-household income, is one of the most well-to-do cities in the nation. Kids who live in that area can well afford to buy whatever manga they want, and staffs in those areas are probably better-coached about maintaining appearances.) |
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bglassbrook
 Posts: 1243 Location: Gaithersburg, MD |
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I just cannot for the life of me ever recall seeing any cows in any of the local book stores. The closest it may have ever come was another person walked into the aisle as I left from a quick skim to see if there was anything of interest. An occasional elementary schooler over in the kids' section or a middle-to-late-ager perusing a novel, but no manga cows.
... then again, I generally try to avoid retail (hmm, lower price shipped right to my door ... versus .... usually full MSRP and having to go "out of my way" to deal with a b&m) so its possible my timing is off and their effects are sufficiently muted. Will take pictures next time I actually hit a bookstore if the thought crosses my mind. |
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Viga_of_stars
 Posts: 1240 Location: Washington D.C. in the Anime Atelier |
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Wait a minute? Otakon HAS a manga library to do this in! WHY WERE THEY AT THE BORDERS! GOT...dammit..... 
I think I'm the only one who gets that reference. |
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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
 Posts: 7912 Location: Anime News Network Technodrome |
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Yeah, you're the only one that gets that reference from an old Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode that's been aired approximately sixteen trillion times on every channel that's ever played syndicated programming in the last 18 years. |
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LydiaDianne
 Posts: 5633 Location: Southern California |
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**small voice** I've never seen it...but then again, I don't watch The Simpson's. |
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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
Posts: 7912 Location: Anime News Network Technodrome |
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Livre
 Posts: 16 Location: Ottawa |
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I never really found this problem at my local Chapters, there are a few chairs around for people to skim through the manga. One day these three girls (about 13 or so) where leaning against the books reading yaoi and giggling very loudly, showing the pages to each other, and describing the contents.
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Vicserr
 Posts: 480 Location: Carolina, Puerto Rico USA |
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I should pick up my Simpsons viewing but Noggin tv marathons enforced by my 3 year old daughter prevents me doing that 
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TakinawaTonfa
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Not to defend the proverbial "manga cow", but is it really all that hard to just walk up to them and politely ask "Excuse me, may get by please?"
I mean, 99.9% of the time it usually helps. |
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LydiaDianne
Posts: 5633 Location: Southern California |
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For you, maybe. For me, I get big, dumb cow eyes and the cow moves...1/2 inch. |
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stuckinfresno
 Posts: 223 Location: Fresno, CA |
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Interestingly, whenever I go my local Walden Books there are no manga cows either. I always figured that the store was smaller (and sadly less stocked up on new releases) and further away from larger business like a movie theater. But what if they are all like that? Oh, the thought seems so strange to me - untampered manga! |
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misosoupwitheggplant
 Posts: 24 Location: Cincinnati |
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Maybe the manga cows are slaughtered and sold at the closest kroger? And I never had a problem with new releases at my waldenbooks... Maybe this weekend, I'll have to take $10-$50, and buy some stuff and take photos of the manga section at around 12:00 pm. Then, I can prove the mysterious dissapearing of the manga cows! Or, just get there whenever I can take a bus or walk there when I feel like it. I could also take a picture of the Barnes and Noble in Kentucky... I'll probably be forced to go there to look at High School Musical stuff with my friend, at that one place, anyways. >.> |
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. Or, just step on them.  |
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