When being locked up is a good thing….

Check out the article on Savidge Reads blog

http://savidgereads.wordpress.com/

Most of you will have undoubtedly heard about the luck misfortune of David Willis who suffered the amazing awful ordeal of being accidentally locked into the Trafalgar Square store of Waterstones for a few hours before, having tweeted, he was rescued. The most amazing thing I found about this story was that he actually told anyone that he was stuck in there, I wouldn’t have. If you haven’t been to the Trafalgar Square branch of Waterstones it is one of my favourites, floors and floors of books, loads of stationery, comfy armchairs and a wonderful cafe and restaurant. It would be a dream to spend a night, let alone two hours, stuck in there. We have all surely had that thought of hiding somewhere in a bookshop and waiting to be locked in haven’t we? I would have had a good old wander through the store and picked up some books to read, made a cocktail or two at the bar and headed for a comfy sofa for the evening. I certainly wouldn’t do this…

A man was accidentally locked in a Waterstones Bookstore after closing time.

I agree with Savidge, I certainly wouldn’t call to be rescued – books, a cafe/bar (really a bar?  Note to self: visit this bookstore next trip to London) bathrooms, armchairs – WHY, oh why, call to get rescued?

On a similar vein:  Does anyone else watch folks on television going into prison  (low security) and secretly think “wow not so bad, three meals a day and just think of all the reading time”?