So I arrive at the mall of georgia and wanted to enjoy some much needed down time. As I have said in the past, I understand why young people have children. Here there's NO baby girl mashing buttons on or power down my laptop. I am able to read and to enjoy a book without having to stop and look up every second to say "Don't touch that! eww don't put that in your mouth! NO! We don't hit, Aurya. Come here! Give that to mommy... I could go on and on but you get the jest of my blessed dilemma. So I head on over to the Barnes and Noble Store #02972 (3333 Buford Drive, Space Va01, Buford, GA, 30519). <~~ hehehehe. I approach B&N and I'm excited because I see the FREE WIFI sign!! I bsolutely LOVE this bookstore!
As I enter there is an employee posted in the front to greet me (NO I did not take a picture of him although I should have). I ask him where the electrical outlets are and he says there are TWO located upstairs and preceeds to tell me where they are located. So I head up the escalators and towards the restrooms and see the first of my options...
WoW really? Common sense tells that posting a chair here would be a hazard, so I proceed to the next location and there is a lady already posted up here. It is appears as if she dragged a chair from across the store to take advantage of the electrical outlet.
I interrupt her and asked her about sharing the outlet (of course I brought my relocatable power tap). She tells me that an employee positioned her here and he made it seem as if she had a time limit, coming back ever so often to ask how long she was going to be. All of the other outlets have been replaced with plate covers. And a third outlet has a note attached stating, "This is not a public outlet. We respectfully ask that you please refrain from plugging your personal electrical devices in here. This is to protect your property. Thank You." I'm dumbfounded! If there is an issue with their electrical wiring please get it fixed!!
My thoughts are they are trying to dissuade people from coming and staying too long! BUY our BOOKS and then LEAVE!!! I really don't understand this logic because I do spend money in B&N - heck I even have a membership card.
WAIT!!! Perhaps they are trying to save money <raising eye brow> Who knows what the real reason is? Why offer FREE WIFI and then have no way for people to keep their electrical devices charged? I'm going to go to Starbuck's ~~~~>
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