Nonsense For A Nonsensical World
There's a lot of crap out there on the internets, right? But take a look at the efforts of this poor, misguided soul living in SoCal:http://biologistshelpingbookstores.blogspot.com/
Basically this person is visiting bookstores to "correct" things by reshelving science books into the areas said person deems appropriate.
What arrogance!
I am a former bookstore employee. I live with a former bookstore employee. Many of you who read this are current and former bookstore employees. And for those in the know, you know exactly just how well a campaign like this works.
You don't need me to tell you how misguided these efforts are..how by reorganizing the store only hurts booksellers..people who are barely making a few dollars over minimum wage (if they're lucky), and ends up hurting the very thing they claim to hold so dear. Let's just say someone actually comes into the store looking for one of these titles. You know, in the name of knowledge and the desire to educate his or herself. The customer asks for help. The bookstore employee tries to find the book, yet can't, because SOME DOUCHE DECIDED TO HIDE THE BOOK IN THE STACKS. So, the person leaves without their book, the employee has to do more work to clean up your mess, and you've lost another advocate in the ever-growing job for scientists to gain more funding..because you just never know who it was who was looking for that book and just how important of a read it may have been to them or even you.
And the worst part is that this person writes with what appears to be such condescending tone towards the bookseller. As if the order and shelf placement is the booksellers fault. As if the bookseller is stupid.
Note to re-organizing jerks: Booksellers are not stupid. Many booksellers are smarter than you would ever know, and likely hold degrees more advanced than yours. And you would know that if you would drop your passive-agressive behavior and actually talk to them. Get them involved in a healthy debate..many love the intellectual intercourse. Or, are you just too scared some bookseller may actually drop you down a notch and make you realize that there are smart people in places outside your ivory tower of scientific self-righteousness who may force you to think or even see another point of view?
I thought scientists asked questions. I thought scientists searched for truth. This "scientist" seems to only be trying to prevent others from finding knowledge.
posted by Allison @ 5:55 PM
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