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Old 28-03-2012, 09:20 PM
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A common enough sight...

...I'm afraid
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Old 28-03-2012, 09:27 PM
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"FAIL" as they say
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Old 28-03-2012, 09:33 PM
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I'm not sure what's worse, the fact that those magazines are in that section or that the astrology and horoscope magazines are sold out
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My local Newsagent does the same thing....

I like my motorcycles and sometimes pick up a magazine if it reviews something interesting. Can you guess where most Newsagents seem to put the motorcycle publications next to? There is usually a lot of flesh on show.

We all get stereotyped.

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Old 29-03-2012, 12:14 PM
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Yep, definitely a fail.
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No wonder I can never find the ASTROLOGY magazines. All those dumb Telescope books in the way!!


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Old 29-03-2012, 01:53 PM
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Just a thought:

How do you think the magazine managment staff would react to knowing that the retailer is labelling their product under Astrology?

May be worth informing the editors.

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My local Newsagent does the same thing....

I like my motorcycles and sometime pick up a magazine if it reviews something interesting. Can you guess where most Newsagents seem to put the motorcycle publications next to? There is usually a lot of flesh on show.

We all get stereotyped.
It's not a stereotype it's downright ignorance. Geez if you are unsure and you see planets and telescopes and stuff on the front cover just chuck us somewhere near the science section
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Old 29-03-2012, 02:44 PM
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It's not a stereotype it's downright ignorance. Geez if you are unsure and you see planets and telescopes and stuff on the front cover just chuck us somewhere near the science section
But some people do put astrology in the science section.

BTW the local rag has the astrology section under the comics, presumably so all the comedy is on one page. Apart from the written 'report' each star sign has their day rated out of 10. Every day there are 2x9, 2x8, 3x7, 3x6 and 2x4 ratings. No one ever has a 10, 5, 3, 2 or 1 day. How uncanny.
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