Borders

It’s a shame this place is going out of business, I liked to be able to grab a coffee and a magazine and hangout for a bit in a chill environment. Even better if it was later, say after a movie perhaps.
Now this place is a mad house, people are lined up to sell out on the fact that things are «on sale»! Gimmie a break! Most of the crap people are buying is worthless now as all the good things were gone when the sale started, but yet I still see people filling their hands with silly trinkets and overpriced bookmarks, just to take part in this great American past time we call bargain hunting. I must admit this place was a bit over priced, but as a rewards member the price was more than right.
So Borders, My friend I’m sad to see you go, I wonder what they are going to replace you with.

Aight, here’s how this goes. The place is a mess…20…30…up to 40% off certain things. Books, magazines, fixtures, everything must go! Sounds sexy right? Not if you are going there looking for something specific. If you don’t mind browsing though, and spending a good chunk of your day doing it, then get over there. I’m not a fan of big-​box, but I look at it this way, something has to happen to those books, so even if you are picking up things just for the sake of picking up things, donate them! Drop them off at Goodwill, take them to your children’s schools. The books can’t stay in the warehouse, so I don’t mind spending some money in their final days. Oh, and PS DON’T ASK THEM WHEN THEY ARE CLOSING. They don’t know, and they don’t really like the questions. It means the end of their job. My cashier today had a badge on that read «I don’t know when we’re closing. Seriously.» Awesome.

I always enjoy browsing Borders for the latest literary choices… but peaceful perusing is often interrupted by the hordes of annoying teenagers that roam the store because of the attached mall. They’re usually loud and obnoxious and I wish the employees had the ability to boot them out.
Other than that — the store is your run of the mill Borders but with a slightly larger clearance section.
Go for the books, grab a coffee in the attached café while you read a magazine, but to enjoy the experience — avoid the teenagers as if they’re carrying the Plague (which, being teenagers, they probably are).

Anyone who shops here is probably an idiot to begin with. Just look at {Removed Review}.‘s Review, winner of the «Borders employee of the month club»: («None of the customers give a shit enough to put their books back and they tear apart the music section after watching us reorganise it. «)
It’s ‘your’ job, that’s why customers have a choice, that’s why it’s called a «store», customers don’t get paid to put their books back. You might want to go read up on economics. Anyone who works here is definately an idiot too. Buy your books from Indie bookstores.

Music is usually cheaper (at least the one’s I like) than Barnes and Noble but the section is very thin. It is the only store I like at the Maul (yes I know it is spelled mall but I always feel beat up after going there). The remainder aisle is a bit thin but I like the coffee better there than B&N.

There was a lady here that was yelling at the staff for not having shopping carts in the bookstore. She said it was hard for her to hold on to her kids AND the books at the same time. I would have suggested a new invention called the stroller, but I was afraid she’d go psycho on me instead of the employee.
Yes, I’m serious and no, it wasn’t me yelling.