FORMER BARNES AND NOBLE WORKER ISSUES PSA FOR CUSTOMERS WHO READ IN STORE
For many people, Barnes and Noble isn’t just a bookstore—it’s a community. Various TikToks have previously gone viral by book lovers who discuss how they spend the day in the bookstore as if it’s a public library.
With one in particular detailing how they “aimlessly float through the store collecting books” and “finding a ‘lil corner to slip away to.”
“The thing that we do mind is, the books that you select and take with you, wherever you go.” says former employee.
“No, we actually don’t mind that you hang around for as long as you want,” he says in the clip.
In the comments, other former bookstore employees came to share their own experiences and advice. One made a PSA of their own—begging customers not to crease or dog-ear paperbacks they aren’t buying. Another added, “I work in cafe at Barnes. and it’s so nice seeing customers just reading in the cafe and stuff, honestly we don’t mind at all.”