tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690853427149433771.post5640439127079220313..comments2023-04-16T02:42:50.150-07:00Comments on Bookseller Without Borders...: Day 5Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06044591428531316776noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690853427149433771.post-54207278618039421002011-07-24T16:04:16.023-07:002011-07-24T16:04:16.023-07:00Keep on writing! This blog must be a great outlet ...Keep on writing! This blog must be a great outlet for you and it is really cathartic for me. My Waldenbooks was set to close in 2009 but we were saved and then we got the ax again this spring while I was out on maternity leave. My store closed June 30th, just before Borders announced it was shutting all of its doors. The sad thing is I was set to come back to work the following week. No closure for this girl! But your blog is a great help!!Ericahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01441286258082779954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690853427149433771.post-22389499251293176612011-07-24T08:40:59.795-07:002011-07-24T08:40:59.795-07:00I worked for Amazon.com for almost a decade and ca...I worked for Amazon.com for almost a decade and can say with relative authority that they're evil. I mean big E evil. Or at least chaotic neutral. But probably evil. <br /><br />The sad part is, working for them, growing to hate them... I still shop with them. Sometimes the price difference is so profound that on my current budget I have to make a deal with the devil. (reminder- amazon is the devil) <br /><br />When our local borders was liquidating it's inventory, I went in to pick up a little bit of something; but both books I settled on, even at hack'n'slash prices, were still more expensive than the big evil's every day low price. And I would have had to consent to my book being sharpie markered, and I'm 'one of those people'.<br /><br />Consumer culture is weird now, when deciding where to shop has to be a fight between prices and ethics. <br /><br />Best of luck to you and your crew, and I hope you guys go out with a blast!Shawn Scarwarshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329261244245221300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690853427149433771.post-52380366668245202652011-07-24T07:45:28.452-07:002011-07-24T07:45:28.452-07:00Bravo, Cory. I can't imagine how difficult it ...Bravo, Cory. I can't imagine how difficult it is for you to face this every day. I hope that writing this blog is as cathartic for you as reading it is for me. Stay strong and don't let those asshole "customers" diminish your good Borders memories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690853427149433771.post-59953977019135108912011-07-24T07:12:55.347-07:002011-07-24T07:12:55.347-07:00Most excellent!Most excellent!Josieghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07151796233288167064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690853427149433771.post-52391213187402948572011-07-24T06:59:43.166-07:002011-07-24T06:59:43.166-07:00Great post amid sad times. I practically grew up i...Great post amid sad times. I practically grew up in a Borders cafe, visited dozens of them up and down the east coast following a band I'd discovered in a Borders cafe. I can't even calculate the number of hours I've spent in Borders cafes. So when I got a chance to work in one it was like the ultimate honor...to get to share that experience with others. I am so sorry you (and so many others) are witnessing its demise. I will always remember the experience for what it was.Lofted Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02171539114089781587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690853427149433771.post-38734066481566124692011-07-24T06:49:07.114-07:002011-07-24T06:49:07.114-07:00Hey Cory,
I just wanted to say I keep hearing abo...Hey Cory,<br /><br />I just wanted to say I keep hearing about this blog (I used to work at 26, and I think I remember seeing you before at the Borders Express at Echelon?), and I was like, "Who is this Cory kid??" and then it all clicked. I used to wait on you at the cafe! Which probably means nothing to you, but it's been bugging me for days. Anyway I transferred to Freehold for a few months (and that store - well, the manager - was hell on earth) and then left the company a couple years ago for a "real job" but I would go back to a bookstore in a heartbeat. I'm glad you're writing this. It's all so true and so sad. I've seen some other regulars pop up at various B&Ns around the area but I think we can all agree: it's not the same. As much as the cafe drove me bonkers, I still have memories of closing down our Cafe Borders, smashing dozens of extra plates into trashcans because nobody wanted to claim them, dragging home boxes of unopened Snapples and Nantucket Nectars, hiding a few last containers of chai to bring home (I remember we shipped 20 cans of that to a customer from Colorado, who is probably still drinking it)... a bottle of the pomegranate juice/syrup/whatever that stuff was sat in my fridge for months because I couldn't bring myself to throw it away. <br /><br />I'm sorry you guys have to go through the horrors of shutting down the store, but it will get better. There's a light at the end of the tunnel eventually. I'll be stopping in at some point to dig through what's left and I will clean up aisles and tables as I go :)<br /><br />- AndreaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5690853427149433771.post-39635932129981231802011-07-24T04:19:57.019-07:002011-07-24T04:19:57.019-07:00Tracy will definitely miss getting her Steamer dri...Tracy will definitely miss getting her Steamer drink just before going to class across the street...rob!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.com