Yup! I used to work at a bookstore for 2 1/2 years, so I know that employees get bigger discounts than the customers.
I think the best response to complaints about it being a "scheme" is--"Work part-time at a bookstore". Same thing goes for music fans & music stores. (Of course, that depends on if you can pass the intensive screening process...
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P.S.: Please don't interpret any of my posts in this thread as rants. I try to be a careful thinker and writer, but simply writing down your thoughts removes the
tone from them, increasing the likelihood of being misintrepreted. Smileys help, but they lack some of the subtlety of the spoken word.