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  • Damn it Jim, i'm a Bookseller, not a.....

    Let's get one thing clear: I sell books. I am not a Reference Desk, an Encyclopedia, or a know-it all.

    Just this week, i've been asked the following:
    • Identification of certain plants
    • Swimming spots
    • Music they've heard on the radio
    • Quotes from Films
    • getting from Point A to Point B


    On some of them, i've directed people to the books that can help answer their questions, but even that isn't enough!!

    At times like this, I just wonder if I should quit my job and become a Librarian. Apparently i'm a magnet for such questions that are beyond my scope and authority.

  • #2
    Don't become a librarian. Become a know-it-all and be an outside consultant to dozens of companies.
    Unseen but seeing
    oh dear, now they're masquerading as sane-KiaKat
    There isn't enough interpretive dance in the workplace these days-Irv
    3rd shift needs love, too
    RIP, mo bhrionglóid

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    • #3
      Quoth BeckySunshine View Post
      Don't become a librarian. Become a know-it-all and be an outside consultant to dozens of companies.
      I don't think they'll hire someone that has some common sense.

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      • #4
        Former bookseller

        Being a former Bookseller from B&N and Borders, I have gotten the same impossible questions also asked of me. What was the name of the song on the radio a week ago? What was the name of the book mentioned on Good Morning America this morning? (Keep in mind that I am traveling to work at that time and could not possibly know the answer), what was the name of the bestseller book in the New York Times a month ago? I mean really. We are not robots. Why are we asked the impossible? Granted, it wouldnt hurt the customer to find out this information for themselves.

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        • #5
          We get the same kind of crap at the hobbyshop. They expect you to know EVERYTHING about their hobby. The problem is that we cater to so many differnet hobbies, it's impossible to be fluent in each.
          Check out my cosplay social group!
          http://customerssuck.com/board/group.php?groupid=18

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          • #6
            Yeah, we'd get people that expected us to know every single lyric to every single song ever written! Or what was just playing on the radio on blah station. Umm, hello, I'm at work genius, I don't know what was just playing!
            It's floating wicker propelled by fire!

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            • #7
              This is funny cause I was listening to the radio this morning and three people called up "I need to talk to Bob" Bob says yes I am here. "Bob you played a song three weeks ago on the Sunday morning show, what was the name of it" "Bob you said something in an advertisement two days ago what was that about" " Bob, do you remember when I called you last week and asked about a song title? Well I am trying to find it what was the name of it?" Bobs sideshow freak Sam says "Hey stupid we play a thousand songs a week and talk to a million people a week how do we know what you are talking about?"

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              • #8
                Quoth Hon'ya-chan View Post
                I don't think they'll hire someone that has some common sense.
                You've got a point.
                Unseen but seeing
                oh dear, now they're masquerading as sane-KiaKat
                There isn't enough interpretive dance in the workplace these days-Irv
                3rd shift needs love, too
                RIP, mo bhrionglóid

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                • #9
                  It reminds me of the classic SC story about the person who walks into a music section and asks "I need to find this CD. I don't know the name of the artist or the song, but it has the word LOVE in it".

                  Oh man.....what I'd LOVE to do to them at that point.......
                  Who is this rectal-cranial inverted twit....and where is my sledgehammer??

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                  • #10
                    Why ask you when there are millions of books on the subject? and raise me a

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                    • #11
                      What was the name of the book mentioned on Good Morning America this morning?
                      Haha, come back in about 2 or 3 days and maybe they'll have updated their little "In the Media" link on Bookmaster by then...
                      I don't go in for ancient wisdom
                      I don't believe just 'cause ideas are tenacious
                      It means that they're worthy - Tim Minchin, "White Wine in the Sun"

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