She doesn't really qualify as sucky, I guess, just rude.
I was working the kids' register, which is unusual. This woman comes up with a baby in the stroller and says, "Do you think Harry (Potter) will die in the last book?"
Now, I read the first 5 HP books with waning interest, and after the 5th one I completely lost interest. I haven't read the 6th one. When I try to explain this people they usually start in on the "But the next one is better and it's soooo good you should get back into it etc, etc."
That's fine if you love HP, but I have stacks of books lying around that I haven't yet read, that I want to read more than HP 6 & 7. Someday I may feel like finishing the series, and I will do it then.
But to avoid all the fuss, I usually just tell people I haven't read them. Which is what I told this woman.
Her mouth literally dropped open. It was as if I had told her I sacrifice babies to the Great Lord Satan.
Then she says, in a very snarky tone, "Oh, I thought you had to READ if you worked here." (I work in a bookstore)
I replied, "I am the adult Fiction Manager. I read a lot, but I don't read many children's books."
She walked off in a huff. I know I shouldn't have said anything, but she pissed me off.
I was working the kids' register, which is unusual. This woman comes up with a baby in the stroller and says, "Do you think Harry (Potter) will die in the last book?"
Now, I read the first 5 HP books with waning interest, and after the 5th one I completely lost interest. I haven't read the 6th one. When I try to explain this people they usually start in on the "But the next one is better and it's soooo good you should get back into it etc, etc."
That's fine if you love HP, but I have stacks of books lying around that I haven't yet read, that I want to read more than HP 6 & 7. Someday I may feel like finishing the series, and I will do it then.
But to avoid all the fuss, I usually just tell people I haven't read them. Which is what I told this woman.
Her mouth literally dropped open. It was as if I had told her I sacrifice babies to the Great Lord Satan.
Then she says, in a very snarky tone, "Oh, I thought you had to READ if you worked here." (I work in a bookstore)
I replied, "I am the adult Fiction Manager. I read a lot, but I don't read many children's books."
She walked off in a huff. I know I shouldn't have said anything, but she pissed me off.

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