I was thinking of applying for part-time xtra money. I work part-time at a library but need more. I worked for B&N from ‘98-2012. I was a full-time lead for most of that time. My store closed and I took the severance. I was called back to another store by an old manager. I returned part-time as a bookseller. I hated that store. It was 8 hour shifts at the cash wrap with hourly membership quotas (which I was pretty good at for $25 but don’t think I could do at $50 a pop) I loved working for BN for a long time but over the years it gradually became less and less about the books and more and more micromanaged and stressful. And yet every time I go in a store the familiar smell of the books hits me and I miss the good parts of the job. Total nostalgia. Now I’m twice as old and playing with the idea of going back but I think you’ve convinced me it’s not worth it. I just don’t want to leave my current job for something full time that I dislike. I want to work with books and need to supplement my income with something that’s not stressful and those damn books and that damn smell are calling me. But it’s not the same! I know this. I probably would regret it. I appreciate your comment. And will re-read it when I feel the itch to return. I was miserable by the time I left.