tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34163212.post6463608560762659893..comments2023-10-12T07:14:49.671-05:00Comments on Scuffed slippers and wormy books....: 'Tis the Season: That's more like itMelissa Wardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04761668159421575198noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34163212.post-80674744805006853532010-12-17T14:16:09.509-06:002010-12-17T14:16:09.509-06:00@Biblibio - that one was more of a generalization,...@Biblibio - that one was more of a generalization, but often...the book isn't close to the color/location the customer remembers so we get to play 20 questions! Sometimes we figure it out, sometimes the customer is diappointed. Working at the bookstore is tiring but sometimes it's really rewarding (those stories aren't nearly as funny, tho).Melissa Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04761668159421575198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34163212.post-59871587049972130982010-12-17T06:15:47.282-06:002010-12-17T06:15:47.282-06:00I'm just impressed you managed to figure out t...I'm just impressed you managed to figure out that the book was really yellow, meaning you... <i>identified</i> it. I tip my hat.<br /><br />I remember as a kid I wanted to work in a bookstore, but it seems somewhat exhausting...Meytal Radzinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15805413335735169073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34163212.post-85304633658639091462010-12-16T13:10:21.559-06:002010-12-16T13:10:21.559-06:00@Avid Reader - I do a lot of dep breating...some d...@Avid Reader - I do a lot of dep breating...some days. Other days we just happen to have a cardboard crusher for recycling the shipping cartons...so we go in receiving and thow boxes around/into the crusher.Melissa Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04761668159421575198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34163212.post-17470400254328949802010-12-16T12:59:02.732-06:002010-12-16T12:59:02.732-06:00These just kill me. I can’t believe you didn’t phy...These just kill me. I can’t believe you didn’t physical assault more of these customers. I would have had a hard time not slapping them.Melissa (Avid Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02119628715475021774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34163212.post-79445167746132356632010-12-15T01:13:41.514-06:002010-12-15T01:13:41.514-06:00Came over from Bookfan (and her scrumptious presen...Came over from Bookfan (and her scrumptious presents!!!) Love this post.Mysticahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10941269615559681014noreply@blogger.com