DAMN, you know the world is truly f*cked up when we have to worry about the creepy guy at the bookstore or when we have to worry about being perceived as the creepy guy at the bookstore. Poor gent!

http://bossip.com/595467/...sip.com%29

Hide Ya Kids? A Grandfather Claims He Was Discriminated Against After Being Kicked Out Of A Bookstore For Browsing Children’s Books By Himself!

Ridiculous!

Translation: We will issue an apology because we do not want any negative publicity for our blunder.

He is a GRANDFATHER... last time I checked, they love to read to their grandbabies too.

paintedlady said:

Ridiculous!

Translation: We will issue an apology because we do not want any negative publicity for our blunder.

He is a GRANDFATHER... last time I checked, they love to read to their grandbabies too.

Too late. As a single male who never plans on being married or having kids, who regularly shops at Barnes & Noble for my eight year old nephew, I find this indescribably reprehensible.

Further; I can't count the number of kids I've seen LEFT ALONE in a Barnes & Noble kids section while their parents or guardians went and looked for something else.

When are people going to start taking responsibility for their own lives and quit blaming everyone else for everything that goes wrong? If there was a parent or guardian actually paying attention to every child, as there SHOULD BE, it wouldn't matter how many single men were shopping in that section.

Fuckers.

This is insane. They have no right to do this. You don't just go around assuming every man you see is a pedophile. BTW I'm sure this topic is going into P&R

[Edited 6/13/12 20:20pm]

aardvark15 said:

BTW I'm sure this topic is going into P&R

Well whoever moves it there is clearly a pedophile.

ridiculous, they apologized because they found out he is a Dr.

Cerebus said:

paintedlady said:

Ridiculous!

Translation: We will issue an apology because we do not want any negative publicity for our blunder.

He is a GRANDFATHER... last time I checked, they love to read to their grandbabies too.

Too late. As a single male who never plans on being married or having kids, who regularly shops at Barnes & Noble for my eight year old nephew, I find this indescribably reprehensible.

Further; I can't count the number of kids I've seen LEFT ALONE in a Barnes & Noble kids section while their parents or guardians went and looked for something else.

When are people going to start taking responsibility for their own lives and quit blaming everyone else for everything that goes wrong? If there was a parent or guardian actually paying attention to every child, as there SHOULD BE, it wouldn't matter how many single men were shopping in that section.

Fuckers.

I know right? B&N is already humilated from this story. Why would anyone shop there because they told some gramps to get out? Old man profiling is as ridiculous as profiling for everyone else.

butterfli25 said:

ridiculous, they apologized because they found out he is a Dr.

which is funny in itself, as if a doctor degree warrents any respect for an individuals morality! And I don't agree with the bookstore being that suspicious without any actual improper or illegal behavior.

yeah gramps, read something your own age!

America's obsession with pedos is getting out of hand...

JoeTyler said:

America's obsession with pedos is getting out of hand...

put the Dumbo Book DOWN sir! RIGHT now

Cerebus said:

paintedlady said:

Ridiculous!

Translation: We will issue an apology because we do not want any negative publicity for our blunder.

He is a GRANDFATHER... last time I checked, they love to read to their grandbabies too.

Too late. As a single male who never plans on being married or having kids, who regularly shops at Barnes & Noble for my eight year old nephew, I find this indescribably reprehensible.

Further; I can't count the number of kids I've seen LEFT ALONE in a Barnes & Noble kids section while their parents or guardians went and looked for something else.

When are people going to start taking responsibility for their own lives and quit blaming everyone else for everything that goes wrong? If there was a parent or guardian actually paying attention to every child, as there SHOULD BE, it wouldn't matter how many single men were shopping in that section.

Fuckers.

You know, common sense will only get you in trouble.

XxAxX said:

JoeTyler said:

America's obsession with pedos is getting out of hand...

put the Dumbo Book DOWN sir! RIGHT now

I guess that gives me the right to go to the Penthouse/Playboy/Hustler area of the bookstore...

[Edited 6/14/12 9:28am]

JoeTyler said:

XxAxX said:

put the Dumbo Book DOWN sir! RIGHT now

I guess that gives me the right to go to the Penthouse/Playboy/Hustler area of the bookstore...

[Edited 6/14/12 9:28am]

long as you ain't reading books with PICTURES in them.

XxAxX said:

JoeTyler said:

I guess that gives me the right to go to the Penthouse/Playboy/Hustler area of the bookstore...

[Edited 6/14/12 9:28am]

long as you ain't reading books with PICTURES in them.

excuse me lady, I can't hear you

If that man was a lady, he'da never been kicked out.

Double standards are a bitch

These kinds of things would not happen if ppl would mind their own damn business!

Ppl need to get their books from their local libraries anyways. Stop going to these snobby book stores that smell of nasty burnt coffee!

Shanti0608 said:

These kinds of things would not happen if ppl would mind their own damn business!

Ppl need to get their books from their local libraries anyways. Stop going to these snobby book stores that smell of nasty burnt coffee!

Thank you!

Timmy84 said:

Shanti0608 said:

These kinds of things would not happen if ppl would mind their own damn business!

Ppl need to get their books from their local libraries anyways. Stop going to these snobby book stores that smell of nasty burnt coffee!

Thank you!

I take my toddler to the library once a week. It is an awesome place, just wished they opened before 11am.

I guess they would if the county I lived in had more ppl that used their local libraries!

Shanti0608 said:

These kinds of things would not happen if ppl would mind their own damn business!

Ppl need to get their books from their local libraries anyways. Stop going to these snobby book stores that smell of nasty burnt coffee!

Yeah...I think the libraries frown upon wrapping up their books and giving them as gifts.

Here you go, Sweetheart - happy birthday! Make sure you get that book back by the due date, so Grandpa doesn't have to pay a fine.

[Edited 6/14/12 11:43am]

Genesia said:

Shanti0608 said:

These kinds of things would not happen if ppl would mind their own damn business!

Ppl need to get their books from their local libraries anyways. Stop going to these snobby book stores that smell of nasty burnt coffee!

Yeah...I think the libraries frown upon wrapping up their books and giving them as gifts.

Here you go, Sweetheart - happy birthday! Make sure you get that book back by the due date, so Grandpa doesn't have to pay a fine.

[Edited 6/14/12 11:43am]

He could have taken his grandchild with him to the library, got it a library card and checked out some books.

Come on Gramps, have some imagination!

Shanti0608 said:

Genesia said:

Yeah...I think the libraries frown upon wrapping up their books and giving them as gifts.

Here you go, Sweetheart - happy birthday! Make sure you get that book back by the due date, so Grandpa doesn't have to pay a fine.

He could have taken his grandchild with him to the library, got it a library card and checked out some books.

Come on Gramps, have some imagination!

Mommy, why is Grandpa such a cheapass? He didn't even get me a birthday present.

Genesia said:

Shanti0608 said:

He could have taken his grandchild with him to the library, got it a library card and checked out some books.

Come on Gramps, have some imagination!

Mommy, why is Grandpa such a cheapass? He didn't even get me a birthday present.

Yes, it is probably a good thing I wont live long enough to be a grandparent!

Shanti0608 said:

Timmy84 said:

Thank you!

I take my toddler to the library once a week. It is an awesome place, just wished they opened before 11am.

I guess they would if the county I lived in had more ppl that used their local libraries!

It's funny how people wanna go to these fancy places and some of them close anyway because not that many people get in. A library is much easier to maintain.

B&N is a bit snobby or rather they try to give an image of being uppercrust and sophisticated. When I've gone there I've only ever seen married women with aerosoles and coach bags letting their kids run rampant or I've seen pot head teens on IPads not reading a gat damn thing.

I do love the astrology section and the pastries though.

I've never had any kind of a vibe from Barnes & Noble other than that of them being a bookstore. There's been a lot of bookstores in the Bay Area over the years, and although there aren't nearly as many as there used to be, they pretty much all have the same vibe. Half the employees don't care, the other half think they know more than you because they work in a bookstore.

However, as I mentioned, there aren't as many bookstores as there used to be. In fact, like record stores, they're slowly disappearing. So in that context, Barnes & Noble actually matters. I want to be able to walk into a bookstore and touch real books. I don't want some moronic asstard assuming I'm a pedophile because I buy books as gifts for my neice and nephews.

lol, this whole thing reminds me of the day I bought a Batman action figure in 2008 (I was 23-24 then) in a big, crowded mall: they laughed at me

People are such nitwits