Magazines

I built a magazine rack for the internet cafe. People bring in magazines to read while they wait for a terminal and leave them laying around, so the rack was to take care of that. It immediately filled up with magazines, and with 2 shelves of books. I'm thinking of adding more book shelves.

The rack has an amazing variety of magazines. Oprah, Harpers Bizaare, Lucky, Sky & Telescope, Hair Styles, Car magazines, People, etc. I see no Guns and Ammo, or Hunting or Outdoor life, or magazines of that sort. A few car mags, but not so many. What I do see a lot of is Maxim, FHM, Stuff, Black Male, and the like. Soft core porn, some people would call it. Those magazines seem to arrive, disappear, and return. I guess we've got sort of a lending library going here.

The most interesting thing to me is that I see the female soldiers reading the men's magazines. They seem to be interested in what they're seeing, and they certainly don't appear offended, nor has anyone said anything. I suppose the ones who don't want to see it, just don't look at it, kind of like the men's magazines for sale in the PX.

What a concept; if you don't want to look at it, don't look at it, but leave it alone in case others want to look at it.