I was helping my mom with her errands for work yesterday; at one point she shooed me over to the Borders in the mall down the street.
So I was getting my monthly manga and SF allotment (I tend to buy used books, but a new trade PB had just come out and I had to have it ), and am at the registers when an old guy waltzes in, stands in front of the registers and starts yelling.
OM: Old man
C: Cashier
E: Employee called from the floor
C: *looking at me* I can help the next per--
OM barges in.
OM: Show me the Jimmy Carter book!
C: (not quite sure exactly what he means)
OM: The Jimmy Carter book!
C: Peace Not Apartheid?
OM: You can't expect me to know what it's called!
C: *pages another employee to the front* This employee can help you sir.
OM: Yeah, I want a book and that girl over there's not helping me.
C:
OM: It's the Jimmy Carter book.
E: Oh, Peace Not Apartheid? Yes, we should have that in stock. It's right over--
OM: Take me to it!
E:
OM: I want you to find the book and bring it to me! Also show me the price!
C: Sir, I can tell you the price right now. It's--
OM: No! How do I know what the price is if it's not printed on the book! (eh?)
I didn't see the resolution of this as I got rung out and left, but I could still hear the OM complaining about something or another. The book in question was on one of the tables he had to have walked past to get to the registers.
So I was getting my monthly manga and SF allotment (I tend to buy used books, but a new trade PB had just come out and I had to have it ), and am at the registers when an old guy waltzes in, stands in front of the registers and starts yelling.
OM: Old man
C: Cashier
E: Employee called from the floor
C: *looking at me* I can help the next per--
OM barges in.
OM: Show me the Jimmy Carter book!
C: (not quite sure exactly what he means)
OM: The Jimmy Carter book!
C: Peace Not Apartheid?
OM: You can't expect me to know what it's called!
C: *pages another employee to the front* This employee can help you sir.
OM: Yeah, I want a book and that girl over there's not helping me.
C:
OM: It's the Jimmy Carter book.
E: Oh, Peace Not Apartheid? Yes, we should have that in stock. It's right over--
OM: Take me to it!
E:
OM: I want you to find the book and bring it to me! Also show me the price!
C: Sir, I can tell you the price right now. It's--
OM: No! How do I know what the price is if it's not printed on the book! (eh?)
I didn't see the resolution of this as I got rung out and left, but I could still hear the OM complaining about something or another. The book in question was on one of the tables he had to have walked past to get to the registers.
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