/lit/ - Literature

Well, this was fun fellows! I have jury duty tomorrow, so I must head to sleep now, Good Night!

>>1466452
Depends on the size of your store and the sales of that area. I can't imagine they removed science or philosophy, we have 1-2 bays dedicated to each. Used military history is because there is so much bargain in the store, it has to be placed together eventually, have you asked an employee to confirm he sections are gone and not moved?

>>1466371
I am disappointed but Games are in the top 3 sellers for our store, so they're changing the store to accommodate for profit. Additionally, I work Children's which sadly encompasses a section called Teen Paranormal Romance, which I'm sure makes you rage as much as me. Not sure how big my store is compared to yours, we have about 30+ employees.

>>1466361
Afraid not. My store's digit begins with a 5.

>>1466354
I want to clarify these positions. At Cashwrap you sit in front of a register for 2 hours without leaving it until your 15 minute paid break. 2 hours after that you go on your 30 minute unpaid lunch. Then you return for 2 more, then a break, then 2 more, then go home. It's VERY mind numbing and is usually assigned to older people.

Bookfloor you have the freedom to move around the store, re-shelving books, helping customers and working out backstock. I also forgot to mention Music, which is its own department away from bookfloor.

>>1466346
Cashwrap is the checkout area. You handle cash and wrapping (putting a book in a bag).

Bookfloor is anything that is not Childrens, Cashwrap, or Cafe and still deals with books, so basically most of the store is considered Bookfloor.

>>1466340
I don't know that that would be the best idea. Because then it almost sounds like you are implying that they have to give you a job, which Barnes and Noble will shut down with.

>>1466333
That is not my name.

>>1466310
If you can find an appropriate area to mention it nonchalantly, I would certainly do it. If there are 'x' number of gay people at the store already, it wouldn't matter much though.

>>1466290
You can always give it to an employee and ask them to hold it for you... Additionally, we do find books like that many times a week, so it doesn't work too well.

>>1466296
If you give me your location, I can better answer that question.

>>1466277
Just a rumor atm, but I'm sure they would do some kind of monthly order system that was customer specific instead. That's just my guess.

>>1466286
We have 1 or 2 gay employees (one may be, since the closet is hard to leave sometimes). Other bookstores I know have a few though definitely, it's actually something B and N kind of looks for, diversity. I don't make the rules, but being gay might give you an edge to being hired.

>>1466264
Not for such a long time that your doing it does actually have a purpose. Some other magazines would most likely be noticed far faster though. Stay away from People, US, etc ;)

>>1466243
see >>1466250

Europe has us by the balls with expensive magazines that everyone wants. It's the truth. There is a possibility that our magazine area will be completely removed soon do to fiscal issues with it.

>>1466237
America. It's a terrible chain of book stores. Borders is by far superior but not quite Barnes and Noble level. In all honesty, you should forget I even mentioned as they will be declaring bankruptcy very soon.

>>1466209
I honestly hate Books-a-Million far more. Borders is a little slapdash with their displays and their coffee is sub-par to glorious Starbucks, but I like them more than Books-a-Million.

>>1466190
We do!

>>1466197
It's far harder than it should be. I've applied three times in my life before I got hired (and then it was just for Cafe). Barnes and Noble is basically looking for all the obvious cliche things when hiring like age (meaning over 18 is a huge plus) or availability. Saying you can work ANYWHERE in the store at ANYTIME that they need you boosts your chances. This is all assuming we need anyone, you really have to put an app at the right time, so always ask a manager, 'Are you hiring?'. If you are called back, accept whatever position they are interviewing you for and just answer all their questions right (you know what I mean).

I believe we have hired one employee per month for the last 5 months for various reasons and positions. There have been literally 30+ apps during that time though. If you apply, heres to hoping you get hired!

>>1466186
Buy ANY 2 DVD's get the 3rd free going n right now :)

It's not our choice to increase CD prices. CD's aren't sold anywhere close to what they were sold at several years ago, in terms of the quantity purchased. There hasn't been a CD that has released in a long time that people were just demanding off our shelves, and thats the trend of all CD's slowly on their way out, being replaced by virtual music accessibility. That unnecessary commentary given on CD's, I would suggest not purchasing CD's at our store. You can get great deals on DVDs and Blu-Rays though.

>>1466160
It depends on how the store sets up their Staff display. Some stores don't even use books from their actual staff, by the way. If they are are closely packed together with some spines and some facing out, then you doing that will not be fixed unless someone really cares about their book.

>>1466118
Took you a while to think up that mature joke did it?

The Children's dept. at my store does our highest amount of sales, so we need people in it. I am, however, trained in all areas of the store, save receiving. Kids just needs me to work there most of the time rather than Cafe, Cashwrap, Nook, or Bookfloor.

>>1466097
Young teenagers usually are very nervous looking and hate being told 'HEY Need some help!?' by any staff member. They will usually shake their head and leave. Older people who steal manga are already viewed by most of the staff as odd, so if we see someone +20 browsing manga they are most likely going to be watched until they leave. It's the sad truth of a misunderstood group; like I said, older people work at Barnes and Noble a lot and older people don't understand the influx of Japanese culture.

>>1466088
Our policy is that if the alarm goes off we will ask to see your bag or try and stop you in order to verify your receipt and items. If the alarm goes off and you bolt out of the door, a description will be sent out to entire staff asking them to ID you to management the next time you come in, so we can call the police on you while you 'browse'.

Some thieves on this board will most likely attest to stealing from Barnes and Noble for years and never getting caught, but it's always possible you will be. We have a poster in the back room telling this guy's story about how he stole books for over 3 years and made over 300,000 from it, but when he was finally caught he was convicted for that amount he stole and is now in prison.

>>1466082
The sections with the most expensive books with the highest resale value, usually Medicine and the other parts of it.

>>1466050
We sure do. We have a nice list of most stolen sections as well as whats missing. Know that we check those sections more and more often and if you are ever caught, Barnes and Noble tries to lay as much blame on you as possible, trying to push it to felony theft amounts if possible. Please don't steal, I don't want your life to be ruined for something dumb like book theft.

>>1466054
His Majesty's Dragon
InkHeart (I work in Kids a lot)
Side Jobs
Innocent Mage

>>1466046
Hello fellow employee (get it?).

Old people work at Barnes and Noble a lot, and most people don't age beautifully. I would say at my Barnes and Noble, there are about 35% beautiful people, and the rest are mediocre or ugly. (My perception of beauty is limited to facial construction and weight/height normality in this case)