Ministry of Putting Things On Top of Other Things

[drwex]

OK, not quite. They call it the Ministry of Reshelving and if I hadn't worked in a bookstore I'd be tempted to help them.

http://avantgame.blogspot.com/2005/08/ministry-of-reshelving.html

Political statements are all well and good but please don't make the serfs' lives harder with them.
(props to sebastian_tombs, who gakked it from ca_snowflake)

Comments

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

Children's book, for me. Displays were always tough.

Also? That's a little odd. Makes sense, from a amrketting standpoint, but isn't that why you'd have a "bestseller's" table, and shelve books normally within the section?

I'm not talking about reshelving books already properly on shelves though - even if they're in the wrong place, they're not on the floor, or sideways on a shelf two up because the person couldn't be bothered to bend over, or whatever. that's what irks me, and so that's what I fix.

[caulay.livejournal.com]

but isn't that why you'd have a "bestseller's" table, and shelve books normally within the section?

You'd think so, but there was really no no room in the place for even a single table. The only flat space was the counter with the cash register.

We'd seriously outgrown the space but the owner had gotten a sweet deal on the rent years before and wasn't going to move until the lease and all of its extension options ran out. Which happened a couple of years after I left.

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

I've been in bookstores like that. they're fun, although I bet they're hell to work in.

[caulay.livejournal.com]

Especially when the owner/manager wants to re-shelve the books on a weekly basis.

While I loved the store, I'm glad I only worked their part time for one summer.