Rude People, Book Sale Edition

[fureverywhere]

Oh yaayyy tomorrow I might get my first assault charge The situation is the yearly used book sale at my favorite library. Picture a conference area roughly the size of Walmart. Then pack it wall to wall and table to table with books. If you're a book worm it's party day, except for the book mutants. It still isn't clear to me exactly who these people are or what it is they're doing.

But there are usually a handful of people roaming around scanning books methodically with a smart device. I'm thinking they're scanning resale value? I don't know, but for those of us shopping for pleasure GRRRRR it makes my hackles go up just thinking about it. The last sale there were two women who were hauling out leaf bags full. I feel that's rude as all get out. I am shopping for pleasure and my personal shelves.

I think the library should set aside say an hour at the end of the day just for those people. They're aggravating because they'll block whole tables as they scan each book. Hey it's a free country but for private sales it makes you angry. These clowns coming in and start mining titles they can make a profit on. Okay I exaggerated...I'm not getting arrested over books...But I will have some choice words ready if need be.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I see a couple of those folks when I go scouting books at the local thrift shops.

They make me laugh because they seem to know very little about books and what is actually valuable.

They will eventually move on to the next get rich quick scheme and leave us to prowl the rows and rows of musty old books in peace!

 

[fureverywhere]

Ah MEN Aunt Bea...okay I will be slightly civil..." Excuse me but I wish to peruse this box and down to the end of the table, Get the $#%& out of my way or I will HURT you"

 

[Warrigal]

Come on Fur, get creative.

Take an armful of books that they have not yet scanned and moved them into the areas that they have already covered. Then take some that they have scanned and move them into the unscanned sections.

Apart from giving the librarians nervous breakdowns, you could have a lot of fun. Take an accomplice and between the two of you, you should be able to really mess with their heads.

 

[fureverywhere]

I have a cloth shopping bag that can hold volumes. If nothing else I can beat them with it. But yes I will overcome...

 

[Buckeye]

People are doing the scanning to try to earn some money. They resell the books or CDs or DVDs on Ebay or Amazon. Have you ever bought a used book/CD/DVD on line before?? I so, you most likely bought it from someone that was scanning at a garage sale, an estate sale, etc. Yes, the software, which can be preset for certain resale values, will beep if the item just scanned meets the selected criteria. Not sure why everyone looks down on these folks. Having bought some items on line, I think they provide a valuable service. If you are a book lover, that is.

 

[fureverywhere]

Like I said what they do on their own time is fine. But part of the fun of an open book sale is flitting here and there uncovering treasures. If you have some clown being territorial because he has to check every title on a table it's just plain rude. If I could keep a straight face I'd do my impression of an angry Callie. He has this echoing growl that makes your hair stand on end. It would work...they'd know I was completely nuts and keep their distancelayful: Fortunately there was only one of those people there today and he almost got stepped on more than once.

 

[Manatee]

I bought 8 books in the sale last Saturday.

 

[fureverywhere]

I bought 8 books in the sale last Saturday.

See the idea of getting a hundred books sounds nuts. But with my husband I always explained it as free food samples. He's always been a foodie. If you could go into a room full of yummy goodies. For a dollar, a quarter even you could bring them home to enjoy as you please. All the delicious foods you can load into your car, have at it...