Bookstore bingo
You just cannot make some of these people up.
CUSTOMER: I'm looking for this book...it's about memory?
BILL: Okay, what's the title?
CUSTOMER: Oh, I gotta know the name of it?
BILL: Yeah. Or the author.
CUSTOMER: Uh, I don't remember the name of the guy who wrote it, either, but it was about memory. Like, how to improve your memory?
BILL: Yeah, sorry, there's a lot of books on that subject out there, I'm not sure which one you're looking for.
ME: *hides ironic eyebrow behind baby*
CUSTOMER: I saw something about it on TV. Maybe if you could just show me your memory book section.
BILL: Well, those kinds of books are mostly in the self-help section, which is right here.
CUSTOMER: Oh, I just want a book about memory, I don't really need a self-help book. *picks up self-help book, apparently at random* This is all stuff about *consults book's back cover* "emotional intelligence." *looks at me for the first time* That's, like, women stuff, right?
ME: *incredulous blink*
CUSTOMER: *turns back to Bill* It's women stuff, right?
BILL: *attempting not to laugh* Uh, no, not necessarily.
CUSTOMER: Okay, well, I'm gonna cruise around and see if I can find that memory book. Thanks for your help, man. *disappears into store*
ME: Really?
BILL: *chuckles* Yeah.
ME: Wow.
CUSTOMER: I'm looking for this book...it's about memory?
BILL: Okay, what's the title?
CUSTOMER: Oh, I gotta know the name of it?
BILL: Yeah. Or the author.
CUSTOMER: Uh, I don't remember the name of the guy who wrote it, either, but it was about memory. Like, how to improve your memory?
BILL: Yeah, sorry, there's a lot of books on that subject out there, I'm not sure which one you're looking for.
ME: *hides ironic eyebrow behind baby*
CUSTOMER: I saw something about it on TV. Maybe if you could just show me your memory book section.
BILL: Well, those kinds of books are mostly in the self-help section, which is right here.
CUSTOMER: Oh, I just want a book about memory, I don't really need a self-help book. *picks up self-help book, apparently at random* This is all stuff about *consults book's back cover* "emotional intelligence." *looks at me for the first time* That's, like, women stuff, right?
ME: *incredulous blink*
CUSTOMER: *turns back to Bill* It's women stuff, right?
BILL: *attempting not to laugh* Uh, no, not necessarily.
CUSTOMER: Okay, well, I'm gonna cruise around and see if I can find that memory book. Thanks for your help, man. *disappears into store*
ME: Really?
BILL: *chuckles* Yeah.
ME: Wow.