Hello,
Like many other respondents, I do not see a problem with students
studying in a bookstore's coffee shop area. I have been taking up a seat in
a library or a bookstore most of my life! And for most of my life I did not
have the $ to purchase books either. Also, since I grew up in a college
town with an excessive number of bars and too much student drinking, I
respect the students who *are* finding a study niche.
You might try looking in the children's area for seating. There are
usually several tables & chairs there, too.
Sonya Smith
Pittsburgh, PA
ssmith5@pghboe.net
sssmithpgh@earthlink.net
> [Original Message]
> From: Linda Marie Gottman <lgottman@EISD.NET>
> To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Date: 9/30/03 11:47:22 AM
> Subject: GEN: Barnes and Noble
>
> I was really ticked off last night. My husband and I went to our =
> neighborhood Barnes and Noble bookstore. I collected a small stack of =
> books and magazines that I wanted to sort through and I couldn't find a =
> place to sit.
>
> Apparently, since our B & N is close to a university, it is the "new" =
> place for university students to study. The students occupied every =
> easy chair and every table. The only purchases they had made was from =
> Starbucks (mmmmm....white chocolate mocha....sorry I digress...heheh). =20
>
> A complaint made to the store manager was not satisfying. He basically =
> said that the decision to ban/bar the students had to be made on the =
> corporate level and that the store couldn't do anything about it.
>
> Needless to say, I will pursue this to the corporate level. I think it =
> is poor business practice to allow the students to take over the store =
> and to discourage paying customers from enjoying the store.
>
> Have any of you had a similar problem with your bookstores?
>
> Linda Gottman
> Librarian
> Edgewood Academy
> San Antonio, Texas
>
> lgottman@eisd.net
>
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