in response to Kevin's Comment
well, it's hard to say where the store will eventually end up. part of the my issues comes with a co-worker essentially taking over the store. he hasn't necessarily have the owners permission to do this, but i think the owner has given up for now. there are many good potentials finacially for the store, but it's part of that is sacrificing the need for the employees to know about books, or about what books are about. but turning said employees into mindless factory drones.it's not there yet, and might not be, but it's starting down that path.
unfortunately it is a path all to many larger second had bookstore take.
i'm not entirely sure if the money is worth it.
i'm also certain that this boon of bookstore business will eventually bust, stuff like this always does, and we rely too much on "online sellers" to sell our books on the internet for it to be profitable when that eventually happens.
this is the route my co-worker wants to take, and thus far he has been successful because the owners son (who mangages the Book Table down town) has helped him along with it. the owner himself seems to have thrown in the towel, for now at least. i've been the voice of caution, and to some extent the voice of constant dissent to all of this, and it has led to a less than amiable relationship with a man i used to get along quite well with.
and it all really comes down to the owner, if he decides that he'd rather continue his pursuit of knowledge and take a lest vested interest in the store, it'll probably come down to how much the owner wants to fight with my co-worker, and the owners son.
all in all it's time for a change. it's really time for a change, so now i'm scouring the dregs of employment here in logan, hoping to find something that either pays well (ha!) that i enjoy (ehh) or will at least cover the bills long enough to decide what the hell to do. part of me would like to get back into school, and either pursue theater or study philosophy (and finish the one of the two degrees i started oh so many years ago). but in order to do that, i may have to go back to Roosevelt and actually get a job out there to save on rent, and the job market is paying much better there than here. but i dunno. i've got a couple of months to decide, and yeah, i'm not getting any younger.
so that's about the summation of it.
i'm looking for a sunday to come down and see your show Kevin.
posted by F.G. Shaw @ 2:49 PM
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