Another small nail in the lid of the coffin of Western Civilization

I was early for a cardiologist appointment yesterday, so I ducked into a RiteAid to buy a paperback book.  I went to the rack where the books were kept, and it was gone.  Not one or two books, not a few magazines-–nothing.  An empty space.

When I asked the clerk where the books were, she told me they no longer stock books.  “No one reads anymore.”