Seriously, you go shopping and don't know what STORE you drove youself to and walked into? Not to mention the fact that the big fucking "K" is EVERYWHERE.
Here's my guide based on my experience.
You are in a K-Mart if the interior of the store looks at least twenty years old and there's a sight yellow-ish atmosphere from the combination of florescent lighting and age.
You are in a Wal-Mart if the store has a thin blue veneer that looks modern and cheap at the same time, as if you applied a Facebook(tm)-like template over the store. They are also marked by dystopian-style LCD screens playing advertisements everywhere you go.
You are in a Target if you so assaulted by red that you can make no actual judgement of the interior of the store. Another giveaway is if they shit you want instead of just shit you need.
When I worked at B&N, we had so many people trying to give me Borders coupons or writing out their checks (yes, people are still writing out checks at stores!) to Borders. When I gave them their coupons back, they'd do a little look around the store and say, "You mean, I'm not in Borders?"
And people used to give me B&N coupons and GC all the time when I worked at Borders. They were always shocked too.
Joseph Stalin was pretty hot!
That's not something you hear everyday.
When I gave them their coupons back, they'd do a little look around the store and say, "You mean, I'm not in Borders?"
Life will be easier and infinitely sadder when there is only bookstore chain.
I totally get Borders and B&N confused all the damn time. They are huge bookstores with cafes and ... that's all I need to know. And I even have a Borders membership card thingie.
When I worked at B&N, we had so many people trying to give me Borders coupons or writing out their checks (yes, people are still writing out checks at stores!) to Borders. When I gave them their coupons back, they'd do a little look around the store and say, "You mean, I'm not in Borders?"
I've done that. It's their own fault by having the same first letter!
I have that problem with Petco and Petsmart all the time.
Borders is closing their MagMile flagship store here in Chicago; now, there's no bookstore on Michigan Avenue north of the river up to the Drake. Too bad--that was a nice store. ChiKat, my friend Tami, and I all went there for an Alton Brown booksigning several years back.
The Borders we go to the most closed not too long ago. Though, there's another Borders not very far away so it doesn't seem unreasonable.
