Navigating the big box stores can be a little bit of a challenge, now with the ugly combo of CoVid-19 and the concurrent restrictions, the lack of adequate staffing created by such, and the holiday shopping in full swing.
The problem is especially tiresome when it comes to bookstores, though the advent of the internet has made it extremely easy to find even the rarest or esoteric of titles, it's also taken the fun out of perusing through shelves lined with books, that glorious aroma of printed paper and unwashed fellow perusers filling the air.
Which is why I made my way to the Barnes & Noble located in the Denver West Village shopping center (so much more than a shopping center...it's a shopping village).
Upon entering the store I was greeted by a friendly clerk who proceeded to ask me if there was anything in particular that I was shopping for. Thinking of the little book that I felt RL would definitely find useful, I asked to be be pointed to the self-help section.
To which the clerk pointedly replied, "Well now, giving you directions to the self-help section would be self-defeating, no?"
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