Comments on: A Slip of the Tongue: Adventures in Bookselling v. 16 [guest post] http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2010/02/08/a-slip-of-the-tongue-adventures-in-bookselling-v-16-guest-post/ Pin-Up Girl with a Reading Fetish Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:13:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Stacy http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2010/02/08/a-slip-of-the-tongue-adventures-in-bookselling-v-16-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-8155 Stacy Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:50:25 +0000 http://thebookladysblog.com/?p=3737#comment-8155 I worked in a bookstore for a few years and loved it! My favorite stupid customer saying was heard often: Me (on ladder shelving overstock) Customer: "Do you work here?" -or- Customer: (after looking at my name tag several times) "Do you work here?" I always wanted to say something like "No, I just like to climb ladders with an armful of books, shh don't tell on me" or "Nah, I just have a problem remembering my name and since I am in the store all the time they gave me a name tag." I worked in a bookstore for a few years and loved it! My favorite stupid customer saying was heard often:

Me (on ladder shelving overstock)
Customer: “Do you work here?”

-or-

Customer: (after looking at my name tag several times)
“Do you work here?”

I always wanted to say something like “No, I just like to climb ladders with an armful of books, shh don’t tell on me” or “Nah, I just have a problem remembering my name and since I am in the store all the time they gave me a name tag.”

]]> By: Adventures In Bookselling « iEATbooks http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2010/02/08/a-slip-of-the-tongue-adventures-in-bookselling-v-16-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-8154 Adventures In Bookselling « iEATbooks Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:48:11 +0000 http://thebookladysblog.com/?p=3737#comment-8154 [...] them all here. Tags: homepost Mike Lawson hates writing in the third-person. He has some journalism [...] [...] them all here. Tags: homepost Mike Lawson hates writing in the third-person. He has some journalism [...]

]]> By: The Sunday Salon 2.14.10: Tacky Valentine’s Day Edition « The Book Lady’s Blog http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2010/02/08/a-slip-of-the-tongue-adventures-in-bookselling-v-16-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-8153 The Sunday Salon 2.14.10: Tacky Valentine’s Day Edition « The Book Lady’s Blog Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:30:34 +0000 http://thebookladysblog.com/?p=3737#comment-8153 [...] A Slip of the Tongue: Adventures in Bookselling v. 16 [guest post] [...] [...] A Slip of the Tongue: Adventures in Bookselling v. 16 [guest post] [...]

]]> By: Michelle http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2010/02/08/a-slip-of-the-tongue-adventures-in-bookselling-v-16-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-8152 Michelle Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:58:12 +0000 http://thebookladysblog.com/?p=3737#comment-8152 [cue uncontrollable giggles] It freightens me that so many of the children and young adults referenced in this post are going to be in charge of something. I just hope it's not anything related to me! Thanks for the laugh ladies. :) [cue uncontrollable giggles]

It freightens me that so many of the children and young adults referenced in this post are going to be in charge of something. I just hope it’s not anything related to me!

Thanks for the laugh ladies. :)

]]> By: Melissa http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2010/02/08/a-slip-of-the-tongue-adventures-in-bookselling-v-16-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-8151 Melissa Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:08:14 +0000 http://thebookladysblog.com/?p=3737#comment-8151 I couldn't stop laughing after I read this post. Never underestimated the stupidity of the general public. I couldn’t stop laughing after I read this post. Never underestimated the stupidity of the general public.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2010/02/08/a-slip-of-the-tongue-adventures-in-bookselling-v-16-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-8150 Lisa Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:32:46 +0000 http://thebookladysblog.com/?p=3737#comment-8150 Maybe I'd better not think about a job in a bookstore after all! Maybe I’d better not think about a job in a bookstore after all!

]]> By: trish http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2010/02/08/a-slip-of-the-tongue-adventures-in-bookselling-v-16-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-8149 trish Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:35:43 +0000 http://thebookladysblog.com/?p=3737#comment-8149 "Is the adult edition….dirty?" OH MY GOD I want to use that line in some bookstore someday. hahahaha!! “Is the adult edition….dirty?”

OH MY GOD I want to use that line in some bookstore someday. hahahaha!!

]]> By: Nadia http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2010/02/08/a-slip-of-the-tongue-adventures-in-bookselling-v-16-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-8148 Nadia Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:30:34 +0000 http://thebookladysblog.com/?p=3737#comment-8148 I was cracking up reading this post! People are hilarious and rather ridiculous. The Saliva scene and Get your mind out of the gutter, along with the student wanting his textbooks ordered were too funny! Thanks for a laugh and sorry that you have to deal with such crazy people. I would have probably bitten my tongue off by now if I had to deal with these scenarios. :) I was cracking up reading this post! People are hilarious and rather ridiculous. The Saliva scene and Get your mind out of the gutter, along with the student wanting his textbooks ordered were too funny! Thanks for a laugh and sorry that you have to deal with such crazy people. I would have probably bitten my tongue off by now if I had to deal with these scenarios. :)

]]> By: MelissaW http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2010/02/08/a-slip-of-the-tongue-adventures-in-bookselling-v-16-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-8147 MelissaW Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:43:44 +0000 http://thebookladysblog.com/?p=3737#comment-8147 Nope no reading on the clock - time is money and money is time...all that jazz :) Nope no reading on the clock – time is money and money is time…all that jazz :)

]]> By: Rebecca @ The Book Lady's Blog http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2010/02/08/a-slip-of-the-tongue-adventures-in-bookselling-v-16-guest-post/comment-page-1/#comment-8146 Rebecca @ The Book Lady's Blog Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:46:06 +0000 http://thebookladysblog.com/?p=3737#comment-8146 In my experience, there is no reading on the job. But it's a common misperception. Dealing with stupid people? Yep, there's lots of that. In my experience, there is no reading on the job. But it’s a common misperception. Dealing with stupid people? Yep, there’s lots of that.

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