NicknamesneonpandoraSeptember 15 2003, 07:29:09 UTC
Of course, #1, #3, and #4 apply but the nicknames (#2) deserve ennumeration.
We have: The Quesadilla Couple Cat Lady (talks to cats when not at the store) Hammer Lady (carries a hammer in her purse and threatens the customers) Freaky Motorcycle Guy (aka Two Shots topped w/foam guy) $&%#@*@#$&*$ (a "problematic" corporate customer)
as far as #3 goes, my bookstore is mystery/sci-fi/fantasy/horror only, so this is what i get:
people remembering some mystery series where the detective is something generic like an old lady who has a cat, and expecting me to know which series that is.
people remembering some sci-fi or fantasy trilogy they read that contains some really generic element such as elves or interplanetary battles, and expecting me to know which one they're talking about.
it's annoying, it's like these people are so unfamiliar with the genres they supposedly read that they don't realize that they're asking me to find a series based on the fact that it's a total cliche. i tell them that there are easily 20 series' like what they're looking for, and they are always shocked. it's truly amazing to me.
the defeat of the shoplifter is the best story ever.
"Uhh...don't you know that NO ONE has ever written a book about a detective who was an old lady who has a cat! Why don't you know what I am talking about? Don't you know how to do your job?"
*this is the part where u bitch-slap them (...if only!)*
LMFAO @ how-to-build-a-bomb book! I wouldn't put anything past customers!
crap on the floor, and pee, once on a bookshelf, ruining 200 pounds worth of books, and once in the elevator. OK...that is just fucking sick! What I wanna know is how someone took a shit on a bookshelf (i know...they prolly just put it there or something, but still!)!!!!
Nah, they took a shit on the carpet (and then walked through it, and a pee on the bookshelf (we think it was a little kid in both cases; in the latter case we're pretty sure it was a little kid whose father was angry that we didn't have a public bathroom & then directed his child to pee on the picture-flats browser/storage unit).
Are the "Where are you?" couple engaging in like way too embarassing PDAs in your store?
We used to have an Asian (I think Sikh perhaps) couple who would meet upstairs in the back of the shop & canoodle (there's a half-wall, and if you sit on the floor nobody can see what you're doing; there are a couple other "blind spots" they'd also visit). They'd always enter and leave the shop at different times, about 15 minutes apart.
I always speculated that either they were a couple whose parents wouldn't bless their union or a couple who were cheating on their partners.
We've never had anyone having sex in our store (that I know of. Although, I am sure that someone has done and we just haven't caught them).
The "Where Are You" couple are two semi-elderly people. They both come into the store together, and then separate,. The rest of the time that they are there, they spend it yelling out, "Where are you?" to the other one! It is quite annoying!!!
In that case, I would get my cow-orkers together to yell 'He's over in Blank' or 'He's upstairs you crazy old bat!'. (Okay, maybe not those last four words)
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We have:
The Quesadilla Couple
Cat Lady (talks to cats when not at the store)
Hammer Lady (carries a hammer in her purse and threatens the customers)
Freaky Motorcycle Guy (aka Two Shots topped w/foam guy)
$&%#@*@#$&*$ (a "problematic" corporate customer)
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people remembering some mystery series where the detective is something generic like an old lady who has a cat, and expecting me to know which series that is.
people remembering some sci-fi or fantasy trilogy they read that contains some really generic element such as elves or interplanetary battles, and expecting me to know which one they're talking about.
it's annoying, it's like these people are so unfamiliar with the genres they supposedly read that they don't realize that they're asking me to find a series based on the fact that it's a total cliche. i tell them that there are easily 20 series' like what they're looking for, and they are always shocked. it's truly amazing to me.
the defeat of the shoplifter is the best story ever.
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*this is the part where u bitch-slap them (...if only!)*
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crap on the floor, and pee, once on a bookshelf, ruining 200 pounds worth of books, and once in the elevator.
OK...that is just fucking sick! What I wanna know is how someone took a shit on a bookshelf (i know...they prolly just put it there or something, but still!)!!!!
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We used to have an Asian (I think Sikh perhaps) couple who would meet upstairs in the back of the shop & canoodle (there's a half-wall, and if you sit on the floor nobody can see what you're doing; there are a couple other "blind spots" they'd also visit). They'd always enter and leave the shop at different times, about 15 minutes apart.
I always speculated that either they were a couple whose parents wouldn't bless their union or a couple who were cheating on their partners.
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The "Where Are You" couple are two semi-elderly people. They both come into the store together, and then separate,. The rest of the time that they are there, they spend it yelling out, "Where are you?" to the other one! It is quite annoying!!!
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