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I think I need a vacation 
There's lots of minor annoyances here, and really they're not all that bad but after a while they really GET to you! Deep breath... deep breath...
How does a bookstore work?
Customer: How are the books organized?
Me: ...By subject?
This question always confuses me. Especially because people tend to ask it in an almost accusing manner
How are other bookstores organized? By color?
"It smells like books in here!"
Do you think that is funny or original? It's not. One in ten people exclaim it proudly when they walk into the BOOKstore. I do not applaud your ingenious sense of smell. I in fact want to slap the stupidity out of you.
Yes, we put books in a glass case for a reason
Why do people ask to see books out of the glass case and then act SHOCKED and HORRIFIED that the prices are high? Here are a few of my "favorites":
"Well I like this book, but not for XXX.XX!!! Harharhar!"
"But the original price was XX cents!" (yeah... in 1930...)
"Okay I'll take this one." *get to the counter and ring it up* "Oh my lordy. I didn't know it was so much." (Why didn't you look at the price? And why didn't you suspect there was something special about a book which was in a glass case? Thanks for wasting everybody's time.)
I especially love when a self-described "collector" gets a book out of the case and proceeds to CRACK open the binding. Yeah, thanks for ruining a book which I couldn't afford with a month's salary, ass.
Uhm...
Q: What kind of books do you buy?
A: Good ones/Ones that sell/Books that we need/Books that don't go out of date/Books that I won't get in trouble with my boss for buying
There is no good answer to this question! What kind of answer are you expecting? "Well, I can magically tell that you have X, Y, and Z books in your house wanting to be sold. I will buy X and Z but not Y."
Conversations are nice
But if you want to have one, why not try a place that's not right next to the counter? I am trying to work here and I could give a f*ck about what time you work today or where you want to go eat. I would rather listen to the soft calming music I am playing in the background than to have your cackling drowning it out. You have the power to walk away, I do not. Pleeeease be considerate??
Do you sell [non-book-item]?
Answer: NO and I am also not a phone book/directory assistance/smartphone, so please don't ask (but you will, of course)
Dear Telemarketers:
NO I DO NOT WANT TO BUY ANYTHING FROM YOU I AM AT WORK GOD DAMNIT
Ahhhh... I feel better now
Thanks for letting me rant....
There's lots of minor annoyances here, and really they're not all that bad but after a while they really GET to you! Deep breath... deep breath...How does a bookstore work?
Customer: How are the books organized?
Me: ...By subject?
This question always confuses me. Especially because people tend to ask it in an almost accusing manner
How are other bookstores organized? By color?"It smells like books in here!"
Do you think that is funny or original? It's not. One in ten people exclaim it proudly when they walk into the BOOKstore. I do not applaud your ingenious sense of smell. I in fact want to slap the stupidity out of you.
Yes, we put books in a glass case for a reason
Why do people ask to see books out of the glass case and then act SHOCKED and HORRIFIED that the prices are high? Here are a few of my "favorites":
"Well I like this book, but not for XXX.XX!!! Harharhar!"
"But the original price was XX cents!" (yeah... in 1930...)
"Okay I'll take this one." *get to the counter and ring it up* "Oh my lordy. I didn't know it was so much." (Why didn't you look at the price? And why didn't you suspect there was something special about a book which was in a glass case? Thanks for wasting everybody's time.)
I especially love when a self-described "collector" gets a book out of the case and proceeds to CRACK open the binding. Yeah, thanks for ruining a book which I couldn't afford with a month's salary, ass.
Uhm...
Q: What kind of books do you buy?
A: Good ones/Ones that sell/Books that we need/Books that don't go out of date/Books that I won't get in trouble with my boss for buying
There is no good answer to this question! What kind of answer are you expecting? "Well, I can magically tell that you have X, Y, and Z books in your house wanting to be sold. I will buy X and Z but not Y."
Conversations are nice
But if you want to have one, why not try a place that's not right next to the counter? I am trying to work here and I could give a f*ck about what time you work today or where you want to go eat. I would rather listen to the soft calming music I am playing in the background than to have your cackling drowning it out. You have the power to walk away, I do not. Pleeeease be considerate??
Do you sell [non-book-item]?
Answer: NO and I am also not a phone book/directory assistance/smartphone, so please don't ask (but you will, of course)
Dear Telemarketers:
NO I DO NOT WANT TO BUY ANYTHING FROM YOU I AM AT WORK GOD DAMNIT
Ahhhh... I feel better now
Thanks for letting me rant....
I'm sorry, this paragraph just stepped on every one of my bibliophillic toes. I don't care if it's a cheap paperback from the local supermarket, cracking the spine!?! *shudders* Can you charge them the difference between the valuation pre-cracking & the valuation post-cracking?
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