What is this "economics"?

[koganbot]

At Barnes & Noble last night:

ME: Could you tell me where you keep the economics books?
FRESHFACED YOUNG FEMALE EMPLOYEE WITH A RING IN HER LIP: Do you mean history? Current Events? Politics?
ME: Um, I mean, like, money.
FRESHFACED YOUNG FEMALE EMPLOYEE WITH A RING IN HER LIP: Oh, for that you would want to look in our business section downstairs towards the front.

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Although I can't really fault them for that, either, I guess. There probably aren't a lot of people who (a) know the the Dewey decimal system well and (b) could make a good guess at where a given book would fall within it, and therefore find that book in its proper place without the aid of a catalog -- plus bookstore browsing is a lot more casual and intuitive than library searching, and Barnes & Noble's sorting does reflect that. Even I go into the psych section with a general idea of reading about "psych stuff" and sometimes a memoir hits the spot. Borders does intuitive sorting a lot better than Barnes & Noble, though.

Not that you...asked.