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No offense to all the nerds out there. I know I'm one myself. 
After having my weekly meeting for my research internship, I headed over to the mall area to hit up Borders. I just finished Kushiel's Chosen and wanted to grab Kushiel's Avatar, the last book in the trilogy. I figured I'd peruse and see if there was any other good material.
I find what I'm looking for (including the second Dark Tower book
) and head over to the comic book section to see if they have any copies of Runaways vol2. I find it and am contemplating if I can afford to buy it along with the other two books when I hear this... erm... young "gentleman".
BW1, 2 = Borders workers 1 and 2, respectively
SC= You know
BW1: *leading a customer over to the section they need*
SC: *is short, fat, and has far too much unwashed body hair, barrells into BW1 and blocks her path* EXCUSE ME. *talking so loud the whole store can practically hear him* I'm looking for <prattles off some book with a ridiculous name> and I can't find it I WANT YOU TO LOOK IN THE BACK.
BW1: *taken aback, regains her composure* Sir, I'd be happy to help you. However, I'm already helping this customer, so I'll be a minute.
SC: BUT I WANT YOU TO LOOK FOR <prattles off long title again> IN THE BACK.
BW1: And I will sir, as soon as I help this customer out. *flees*
I didn't get a good look at their interaction because I was too busy listening, but when I looked up the man was standing there by himself, looking incredibly offended. I put my comic back, deeming it too much money, then just spend a few minutes looking at what else they have. Not two minutes later this man AGAIN bombards an employee who is in the middle of doing something.
SC: *traps a man into a corner* I NEED YOU TO HELP ME FIND <prattles off long title> I CANNOT FIND IT AND I ASKED AND THAT WOMAN WAS HELPING SOMEONE ELSE AND NOT ME.
BW2: *looks just bewildered* Er... of course, sir. It'd probably be in this section.
SC: I ALREADY LOOKED THERE AND <prattles off long title AGAIN> IS NOT THERE, I NEED YOU TO LOOK IN THE BACK.
BW2: *weakly* Well, usually we put everything we have out. I don't think it'd be in the back...
SC: I WANT YOU TO LOOK IN THE BAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!
At that point I walked away, because his voice was giving me a massive headache. He had all the qualifications of a SC - ignoring when employees are helping someone else, complaining about it, not accepting that there is no mysterious "back", talking loud enough to interrupt everyone else's shopping - mixed with pure geekery.
The book's title was something like Transformers: The "something" Wars. That one made me
a bit. He was talking in the most ridiculous, snooty voice. As if this Transformers book were god. I walked away boggling. I've never really seen this rare species of SC!
After having my weekly meeting for my research internship, I headed over to the mall area to hit up Borders. I just finished Kushiel's Chosen and wanted to grab Kushiel's Avatar, the last book in the trilogy. I figured I'd peruse and see if there was any other good material.
I find what I'm looking for (including the second Dark Tower book
) and head over to the comic book section to see if they have any copies of Runaways vol2. I find it and am contemplating if I can afford to buy it along with the other two books when I hear this... erm... young "gentleman".BW1, 2 = Borders workers 1 and 2, respectively
SC= You know
BW1: *leading a customer over to the section they need*
SC: *is short, fat, and has far too much unwashed body hair, barrells into BW1 and blocks her path* EXCUSE ME. *talking so loud the whole store can practically hear him* I'm looking for <prattles off some book with a ridiculous name> and I can't find it I WANT YOU TO LOOK IN THE BACK.
BW1: *taken aback, regains her composure* Sir, I'd be happy to help you. However, I'm already helping this customer, so I'll be a minute.
SC: BUT I WANT YOU TO LOOK FOR <prattles off long title again> IN THE BACK.
BW1: And I will sir, as soon as I help this customer out. *flees*
I didn't get a good look at their interaction because I was too busy listening, but when I looked up the man was standing there by himself, looking incredibly offended. I put my comic back, deeming it too much money, then just spend a few minutes looking at what else they have. Not two minutes later this man AGAIN bombards an employee who is in the middle of doing something.
SC: *traps a man into a corner* I NEED YOU TO HELP ME FIND <prattles off long title> I CANNOT FIND IT AND I ASKED AND THAT WOMAN WAS HELPING SOMEONE ELSE AND NOT ME.
BW2: *looks just bewildered* Er... of course, sir. It'd probably be in this section.
SC: I ALREADY LOOKED THERE AND <prattles off long title AGAIN> IS NOT THERE, I NEED YOU TO LOOK IN THE BACK.
BW2: *weakly* Well, usually we put everything we have out. I don't think it'd be in the back...
SC: I WANT YOU TO LOOK IN THE BAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!
At that point I walked away, because his voice was giving me a massive headache. He had all the qualifications of a SC - ignoring when employees are helping someone else, complaining about it, not accepting that there is no mysterious "back", talking loud enough to interrupt everyone else's shopping - mixed with pure geekery.
The book's title was something like Transformers: The "something" Wars. That one made me
a bit. He was talking in the most ridiculous, snooty voice. As if this Transformers book were god. I walked away boggling. I've never really seen this rare species of SC!
). What a complete doof.
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