Monday, June 23, 2008

New Keywords, Same Attitude

After a very uneventful day in class, I headed over to purchase the textbook for the class. I decided to head over to the off-campus bookstore as books tend to be cheaper there. Unfortunately, they were out of stock. I was reduced to purchasing the book from the UC Davis Bookstore. The mess of books lying in random piles made the book impossible to find. In fact, it was for awhile. The UWP books were in two different sections randomly organized. Four other classmates were there unable to find the book as well. We asked the student assistant if the book was in stock. According to the database, they were, but even he could not locate them in the clutter. The manager was asked to help but she seemed far more interested in her own affairs than to attend to the needs of the students. She helped us eventually locate the books, but she was muttering to everyone within range at the incompetence of college students unable to locate a book. We looked at each other sheepishly and talked about the rudeness of the manager before heading our separate ways.

1 comment:

Christopher Schaberg said...

I like your title; it is hilarious! It sounds like the bookstore would be an appropriate place to conduct a sociological study of how people interact when an allegedly 'organized' space breaks down.