Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm aghast, but it does depend on the store. To be honest? In practice I've sold the make book to people that are totally directionless, and just looking for some recomendation. And you'd be suprised how many they are, well maybe not, imagine all those Aunt's and Uncles in your past that bought you the latest Grisham book... And, they aren't awful books.
As a bookseller, if someone is a reader, my one small joy in my job is finding something they haven't read that they should have. And even if it gets me fired, I'm not going to stop doing that. You're going to get an honest recomendation from me.
But, unfortunately, you are going to get some recomendation. I have to engage every customer that comes within my firing distance, and firing distance it is, and at least ask you if you want a recomendation.
I personally, don't want to be engaged when I go into a bookstore, I want some space to browse, and if I want a recomendation, I'll ask, and I hope for a good one. So, agahst, a little bit.
It varies from store to store, our store, well, we recognize reality, and our GM understands that we are booksellers, and not robots. Some others I've heard horror stories about booksellers required to *carry* a copy of the make item until they sell it.
Its an ugly time. The wolves are at the door. But please do remember, if someone is working at Borders it is because they love books, and they are probably more pissed off about this than you. After all, for the customer, it is a nice bookstore that has for some reason turned strange, for us, well we have to deal with this over and over :)
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
branchandroot
Re: could I respond to this?
Date: 2009-05-16 02:23 am (UTC)As a bookseller, if someone is a reader, my one small joy in my job is finding something they haven't read that they should have. And even if it gets me fired, I'm not going to stop doing that. You're going to get an honest recomendation from me.
But, unfortunately, you are going to get some recomendation. I have to engage every customer that comes within my firing distance, and firing distance it is, and at least ask you if you want a recomendation.
I personally, don't want to be engaged when I go into a bookstore, I want some space to browse, and if I want a recomendation, I'll ask, and I hope for a good one. So, agahst, a little bit.
It varies from store to store, our store, well, we recognize reality, and our GM understands that we are booksellers, and not robots. Some others I've heard horror stories about booksellers required to *carry* a copy of the make item until they sell it.
Its an ugly time. The wolves are at the door. But please do remember, if someone is working at Borders it is because they love books, and they are probably more pissed off about this than you. After all, for the customer, it is a nice bookstore that has for some reason turned strange, for us, well we have to deal with this over and over :)