Know Thy Stock

Incredible

Waterstones at one time used to be recruiting Eng Lit graduates. Perhaps they have stopped.
It always winds me up when they muddle in things like astrology with astronomy or faith healing with science-based health books.
Far worse that confusing fact with fiction ... well actually it is the same thing isn't it

Went to my local Waterstones recently on a Saturday morning to the children's department in search of some books for my Grandchildren (8,6,2). The assistant was soooo helpful, advising on suitable books for them. They live in Australia and I only see them once a year. I was very happy with the service. Isn't it strange that 2 experiences can be so different?

Oh, I haven't looked at this thread before. I thought it was about making dinners.

Do they still have the little notes on the shelves written by various members of staff. "This is my favourite book at the moment. I like it because.......".

My DD2 worked in Waterstone's during her gap year to help fund her through her course and the senior staff were Eng grads ( she was off to read Eng at Bath) but that as a while back. My experience has always been positive I have to say. The one in Guildford has a useful fish tank that fascinates my DGS2 as I bowse nearby!

I've just clicked on this thread because I thought it was about making Chicken soup.

Yep I thought it was about soup making too.

Me too! I was going to mention doing a chicken carcass in the slow cooker for the first time recently. But I wont now.

could have been "Knor thy stock "

Ouch![pained emoticon]

Have you cleared that with GNHQ as its advertising?

I keep thinking this thread is going to be about soup . My excuse is that I have been making stock recently

And So I know my stock quite well.

would anyone like to come and organise my books? Actually quite proud of myself. Have taken about 20 carrier bags of books to oxfam recently. It is reasonably easy to get rid once the hand has plucked them from the shelf.
But there are a lot left...

If I had to stock books in a supermarket, I think I'd be bored witless so making sure fiction/non-fiction didn't get mixed up would not be top of my list of priorities.

I dont think supermarkets worry to much about that do they? Just display the books with the celebs on the front in a prominent positions. job done.

Yep, there you have it, Jess

I'd have thought no-one would work in a bookshop unless they have an interest in books.

Neither would I elegran

You would if you desperately needed a paying job and that was the shop that accepted you.

I'd be like butty and have some fun with it.

Scrape any fragments of fun and madness out of dullness. Good appraoch, methinks.

Not quite the same thing, but when Tony Blair's autobiography was published – was it called The Journey? – lots of naughty people visited bookshops all over the country and moved it from the biography section into fiction.