Was Christmas shopping at Barnes and Noble at Asheville mall today while my car was being worked on at Sears Automotive. I had $168 of merchandise I had already selected and intended to shop more; however I am a senior and have back problems and was having difficulty carrying all the merchandise around (and couldn't purchase and put in my car since my car was in the bay at Sears). I asked (what I later found out to be a manger) if I could put the merchandise I had already selected behind the counter while I continued to shop (if you re familiar with Barnes and Noble set up there is plenty of room behind the counter). She curtly informed me that I could not stating that staff had to be able to move around (it was ridiculous to think that the merchandise that I had - which fit into two shopping bags would prevent staff from being able to move around) . I tried to explain that I didn't have my car as it was at Sears so was left will lugging around $168 of merchandise if I intended to c