Used to dig through dollar bins for 2 hours straight - now I set a 30 minute timer

I used to spend whole afternoons at the shop flipping through every cheap longbox in sight (you know, hoping for that random key). Then last month at Comic Kings in Raleigh, my back gave out after 45 minutes of bending over those boxes. Now I set a timer on my phone for exactly 30 minutes per longbox and only check the first 3 boxes in each section. Has anyone else just gotten too old to physically handle the dollar bin grind anymore?

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xenaf511mo ago

Oh man, same here. My lower back started screaming at me after like 20 minutes last time I hit the dollar bins at Heroes Aren't Hard To Find. Now I bring one of those little foldable camping stools just so I'm not hunched over like a gargoyle the whole time.

the_tessa1mo agoMost Upvoted

Wait, do you actually just plop down on one of those right there in the aisle while you're digging? I've thought about bringing one but then I worry about looking like I'm camping at a garage sale or something... What's the etiquette on that, do other people do it?