pkt77242
Explorer
While I'm a firm believer that you should never assume malice when stupidity is an equally valid explanation, it seems a little widespread for incompetence.
But then, maybe I'm an optimist.![]()
Street dates get broken pretty often (I have seen it many times in DVDs, Music and Video Games) sometimes through choice (wanting to give a friend a copy) many times from incompetence or poor training/plan. I am going to bet that the average worker at a large bookstore doesn't know the street date for the PHB (it might mean the world to us but not to them) as it isn't a release like a Harry Potter book that is crazy hyped. So I would view it as likely incompetence on their part.