Apr
18
Boston bookstores
Filed Under Books |
Last time I was in Boston I ranted about how all the bookstores have been gradually removing all their armchairs, and generally becoming much less nice places to just hang out and read all the books.
It’s gotten worse. Last time, the Borders in the Cambridgeside Galleria had moved almost all its comfortable seats into the coffee shop, probably in an attempt to persuade people to at least buy some coffee if they’re going to sit and read the books. This time those seats are completely gone. I could only find 2 comfy seats in the entire shop, and of course the chances of getting one of those to sit in are pretty slim. I’d already selected about 8 books from the shelves before noticing this - and I’m sure I’d have bought at least 2 or 3 of them. Instead I set them all down on a table, and returned to MIT coop.
This is obviously a policy to try to cut down on people reading without buying, but in my case at least it’ll actually stop me buying too.