Proposal Draft 1

Stopping Long Lines at Bookstore
Proposal Essay

Draft 1

As if the price of college textbooks isn’t enough, you have to wait in a line for up to two hours just to get a book that might not even be in stock. It seems that the management of the Bristol Community College bookstore could use some assistance.

During my first week at BCC, I was preparing for my classes accordingly, and that includes buying my class textbooks. When I stepped into G building I saw a line almost reaching the doors you walk in. I then waited two and a half hours just to get someone to look for my books. After another twenty minutes of someone searching for them they only had one of the four I needed in stock, which meant I needed to come back. The following week I returned to a line similar to the first one I waited in; at least they had my books this time.

It shouldn’t have to cost money just to help students get their books sooner and faster. A better more efficient way to distribute the books should be developed.

A good way to help the clustering of lines is to have the students drop off their schedule at the beginning of the day. This way the employees could have time to gather the books together while students go on with their day. Then at a later that day the student could come and pick up their books and pay for them. As for some books being out of stock you could easily say they could just order more books, but that can be costly for the school. What could be done is the bookstore could talk to the teachers more about the way they will teach their class. So the store knows whether or not teachers will want a textbook for their class. This will give the store more money to spend on buying books for the classes that will be using them.

Solving these two problems would save students a lot of aggravation and stress. The last thing we need to work into our schedule is two hours to be stuck in a line waiting for textbooks.