tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post9117959274560039255..comments2010-03-11T15:28:52.770-05:00Josette at Halushkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16790825543155685363noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-18328926870305242222010-03-11T15:28:52.396-05:002010-03-11T15:28:52.396-05:00Anonymous - OMG! That&#39;s horrible! And no, not funny at all! <br /><br />The worst I&#39;ve encountered is a woman who didn&#39;t know whether she was having a panic attack or a heart attack. That was pretty scary!Jozet at Halushkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16790825543155685363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-65892391804433950692010-03-11T15:05:03.333-05:002010-03-11T15:05:03.333-05:00(Falling asleep on the comfy chairs for five hours, and then becoming irate when an employee gently nudges you to see whether or not you are dead.)<br /><br />We had a guy in the store for the whole day. When it was tine to close, we couldn&#39;t wake him up. He died on the way to the hospital. I was going to try to make this sound funny, but decided it really wasn&#39;t.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-49493003811204151602009-03-26T12:33:00.000-04:002009-03-26T12:33:00.000-04:00You forgot those people who take books from the sex section and purposely leave them in the kids section underneath kids books so that a bookseller wouldn't see them as they walked by. FAIL.s-boohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17720079453805361744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-50652376241018319492009-03-25T00:10:00.000-04:002009-03-25T00:10:00.000-04:00I have never worked in a bookstore. I have, however, spent a lot of time hanging around in bookstores. All of these ring hilariously (sometimes not so much...) true!dianeinjapanhttp://dianeclark.typepad.com/popcorn_and_sushi/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-81724660700975190202009-03-23T19:06:00.000-04:002009-03-23T19:06:00.000-04:00another former bookseller, i was 28 and an old lady (almost 70) came up to me with the new danielle steele novel and asked, "is this any good". i was a newbie and said "i don't know". in an incredulous huff she said, "you mean you haven't read it?"jimgottusohttp://jimgottuso.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-89605294287872356592009-03-13T07:31:00.000-04:002009-03-13T07:31:00.000-04:00I dream of one day being able to snap people's cell phones in half when they blather away incessantly while standing at a cash register. It makes my bone marrow boil. I don't need to hear some loudmouthed dick chatter away ABOUT NOTHING- seriously, save your banal conversations for when strangers can't listen to them.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18220527543066483356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10673240.post-2237827764819301132009-03-11T21:11:00.000-04:002009-03-11T21:11:00.000-04:00Love it. Former bookseller here and I've heard them all. Although it would have been nice if more people would have shameless flattered our good looks. Might have gotten them more enthusiastic assistance and/or discounts.Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07649785222746456308noreply@blogger.com