Don’t Bother Searching Store Inventory

what is the point of having the option to do an online search of your local Borders inventory for a book, only to find that it isn’t actually there when you go to get it?  this is supposed to be a timesaving feature, not a timewasting feature, right?

to top it off, when i was at the store, there was a guy sitting at the end of the aisle where my book was supposed to be reading, well, a book.  with my luck, it was the one i was looking for:  one of the NJO books.  so as politely as i could (which is pretty damn polite, surprisingly), i asked what he was reading.  it wasn’t a Star Wars book at all but one of those Magic the Gathering books.

"oh," i replied, and not knowing what else to say, i asked if he played the game.

he said no because he doesn’t know anyone to play the game with.

instead of just dropping it and leaving, i named the local card shop that i go to to get Neopets TCG cards where i think they have Magic the Gathering TCG tournaments and stuff.

before he could say anything more, i left.  how amazingly awkward.