Answers That Annoy Me
Apr
'08
Me: Do you have any trade credit?
Customer: No.
Me: *rings up sale* Your total will be $59.95.
Customer: *rummages through purse, pulls out a trade credit slip* I have this!
Me: Would you like a bag with that?
Customer: No, save a tree.
(We have plastic bags.)
Me: Would you like a bag with that?
Customer: No, save a plastic tree.
Customer: Can I get cash for these?
Me: We only take Nonfiction hardbacks, Classics like Dickens and Twain, and paperback Westerns for cash.
Customer: I have hardback fiction, does that count?
Customer: Do you have [this book]?
Me: That doesn’t sound familiar, do you know the author?
Customer: No.
Me: Do you know what kind of book it is?
Customer: No.
Me: Sorry, we don’t have a database to look up books.
Customer: *stares expectantly, as if I will pull a computer out of my pocket*
Customer: Do you have [this book]?
Me: That doesn’t sound familiar, do you know the author?
Customer: No.
Me: Do you know what kind of book it is?
Customer: It’s Nonfiction.
Me: … Do you know what section it would go in? Like, is it Psychology, Biology, Health, etc?
Customer: No.
Me: *thinking: seriously? you came into a used bookstore expecting us to find a book you know NOTHING about?*
Customer: It has a blue cover.
Me: *thinking: my GOD you solved all my life problems by knowing the color of your desired book! thank you!*
Customer: Do you have [this book]?
Me: That doesn’t sound familiar, do you know the author?
Customer: No.
Me: Do you know what kind of book it is?
Customer: I think i’s Nonfiction.
Me: … Do you know what section it would go in? Like, is it Psychology, Biology, Health, etc?
Customer: It’s like… Sherrilyn Kenyon and that stuff. Paranormal.
Me: *thinking: like FICTION you mean?*
Me: Do you have any trade credit with us?
Customer: No, I don’t, but can I use yours?
Customer: Hi, I’m looking for the book Gatsby by, I think, Fitzgerald? Do you have it?
Me: *grabs a copy of The Great Gatsby and hands it to customer*
Customer: *stares at me blankly* This isn’t what I was looking for. It’s just called Gatsby.
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Oh my god… I know your pain. Really, I do. *pats pats*
I worked at a bookstore long enough to know that all of that is true and that it really IS annoying.
Apr
'08
I didn’t know it was possible for that customer to play any more “I’m a moron” cards, then they brought up Sherrilyn Kenyon.
Maybe I am glad I don’t work in a bookstore?
Apr
'08
Wow, some people really are stupid; but at the same time, lol at saving plastic trees!
Apr
'08
Oops, well you can add my email to your moran list, if your bookstore only sells nonfiction then you definitely won’t have the favor I asked for, lol.
Thanks Michelle, I needed to laugh today. Your the best. You always seem to know when I need to.
Apr
'08
We don’t only sell nonfiction, but we only take nonfiction for cash. :p More commonly people bring a whole bunch of fiction in and expect cash because they don’t know the difference between fiction and nonfiction, and that’s what annoys me!
Apr
'08
Heehee, these are hilarious!
If anyone else asks for Gatsby, you can always just take The Great Gatsby and cross out the first two words for them.
Apr
'08