Terms of service, dude

Chillin' in emergency room waiting areas, boasting of drug use on public transportation; all of these things are likely to make you persona non grata. And you do it to yourself.

You have every right as an adult to write publicly about your exploits and to go various places. But when your avowed prior and current behaviour violates the implied terms of service for a facility, don't be surprised at your ejection.

Powells ejects a dozen per month? That's more than most corporate bookstores I'm familiar with. Many stores will ask someone whose presence or behavior are a disruption to leave. And most of those places will ask the same persons to leave upon their return. But a permaban is pretty rare.

Anyhow, they're a bookseller. You weren't there to buy books. You've publicized what kind of stuff you do in violation of terms of service elsewhere. They can't babysit you to make sure that your future behavior won't live up to your past and current behavior. If you have no legitimate use for their services, why bug them?

Its up to you. You can stop doing it to yourself anytime you wish. Persuading others might take a while. But if you stop acting out, and you stop advertising it, others might respond.

Dante