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Leesiegirl · 04-09-2011, 12:59 PM

But I really read the sign as sad. Many have responded to the sign as a comment on shopping at Borders versus shopping at home, but I kind of saw it as a reflection on publicly accessable bathrooms. I work out in the community all the time and I frequently have to stop someplace to use the restroom as a non-customer. Yes, there area lot of places that will let the public use the toilet, but there are also plenty of places--entire neighborhoods of shops--I have been where even customers can't use the restrooms and never mind the laws, those restrooms are locked and asking for access garners a rude imperative to go pleasure myself. Borders was always one of my favorite places to stop, they didn't notice me in and out, the restroom was always in good shape, and as a result, I often did buy a little something.

My partner and I have a lot of good memories of Borders; spending an evening with a coffee and browsing the stacks was our favorite cheap date. Both the Borders near us are closing, and we feel the loss of the business model keenly.

04-09-2011, 12:59 PM	#115
Leesiegirl Poptart of Doom Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: West Allis, WI Device: Mobipocket on Nokia E62 & Axim X5; iBooks on iPhone.	I get that it's snarky and so forth... But I really read the sign as sad. Many have responded to the sign as a comment on shopping at Borders versus shopping at home, but I kind of saw it as a reflection on publicly accessable bathrooms. I work out in the community all the time and I frequently have to stop someplace to use the restroom as a non-customer. Yes, there area lot of places that will let the public use the toilet, but there are also plenty of places--entire neighborhoods of shops--I have been where even customers can't use the restrooms and never mind the laws, those restrooms are locked and asking for access garners a rude imperative to go pleasure myself. Borders was always one of my favorite places to stop, they didn't notice me in and out, the restroom was always in good shape, and as a result, I often did buy a little something. My partner and I have a lot of good memories of Borders; spending an evening with a coffee and browsing the stacks was our favorite cheap date. Both the Borders near us are closing, and we feel the loss of the business model keenly.