Bookshops
Well, not actually bookshops as I absolutely love 'em.

More the fact that when they have books that are part of the same series, they don't seem to be able to put them in chronological frakking order.

Just about everyone on the planet knows that Deathly Hallows is the last of the Harry Potter books. So, what is the justification in putting it before Goblet of Fire, right beside Philosophers Stone?

And when the series in question is a trillogy, it just smacks of sheer laziness.

It just makes sense to me that, if one were looking for the third Logan McRae book, they could just go 'Got that one, got that one, this must be the next one.' Rather than 'Got that one,' skip back a feww books, 'Got that one but is it this one or this one that's next?'
(williamthebloody, Sat 2 Apr 2011, 13:51, 3 replies)

I go into bookshops and move them around just to annoy you

(Petite chien is going to do science to it, Sat 2 Apr 2011, 14:10, closed)

And I do too

(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Sat 2 Apr 2011, 16:05, closed)

Alphabetical vs. chronological.
I used to work for a short-lived chain of bookshops. Company policy dictated that we arrange the shelves alphabetically, by author and then by title. A fine policy for books which weren't in a series, but an utterly stupid policy for those (and there were lots of them) which were. Regardless, were paid (if you could call it pay) to adhere to it.
( flake has nothing against your right leg, Sat 2 Apr 2011, 22:28, closed)