the bookstore crew was awesome, the customers? not so much.
some highlights just from this weekend:
1. customer admittedly still on dental office meds. very chatty if you know what i mean.
2. customer who is angry at me and the entire store for her missing a two day coupon opportunity. her final threat after talking to the manager on duty: "i'm not coming back here. i'm going to barnes and noble because they give 30% off." which makes no sense since in the bookstore everything is already HALF the publisher's price BEFORE sale prices.
3. customer who looks at her husband's choice of purchase, gets pissed off and says "if you buy that you're DAMNED!" then puts her choices back on the shelves and LEAVES. we think she even took the car, leaving him in the parkinglot. his choice? the gorillas cd "demon days" which was obviously for their daughter who had quite a bit of metal in her face...
4. for you to get this next one: i am a pagan, and i wear this
since it's less confrontational than a pent would be in this part of the bible belt...a woman wearing a cross asks me what that is on my necklace. i say, it's a stag. she immediately gets all silly over it, "oh! thats wonderful! usually stuff like that is 20 dollars and is only at Bass Pro"... at this point the only cultural reference she might be connecting my pendant to is the trophy hunters groups. this is like almost completely contrary to the reality of it's meaning to me. i laughed inside at the dissonance. i still laugh.
