Brash bookworms boldly break open boxes

[snackbandit]

Once again, I shall regale you all with my tales from the Humane Society fundraisers.

So, we have a bi-annual booksale to raise money for the humane society. All of the books we sell are donated by the community. We usually hold this sale in the mall, with the fiction books spread out over several tables set up in a square and then children's books and others in the middle.

Now, we probably have a few thousand paperbacks out for people to browse through. If one of our sections starts to look kinda skimpy, I'll bust out my car keys and slice open a few of the cardboard boxes we pack the books into, that we store beneath the tables. These ARE NOT visible to the public, as they are hidden by a long tablecloth on either side.

Well, I guess our book selection wasn't good enough for some people. I was asked by a woman where the Daniel Steele's were, I showed her, and when I turned around, what do you think I saw?

Three people, on their knees, rummaging around under the tables, opening up our sealed boxes. One of them was using a boxcutter. Seriously, who runs around with a boxcutter in their pocket? I look at them.

Me: Um, excuse me. We would really you rather not do that.
SC1: Well, you don't have anything already out!
Me: Ma'am, most of what is in those boxes is exactly the same as the rest of what we already have set up on the tables. Please put those away.
SC1: *huffs, wanders away*
SC2, SC3: *look sheepish, continue to shop normally*


Also, just because I ask you if you need help finding anything doesn't mean I'm hitting on you. Please stop asking me to be your girlfriend (this happened twice in one day. What, do dusty old books make guys horny, or something?)

[Apathy]

What, do dusty old books make guys horny, or something?

People are into a lot of weird stuff.

[Hobbs]

[looks at the title]

Did you used to play Sim City...? possibly the 2000 game?

[RetailWorkhorse]

Seriously, who runs around with a boxcutter in their pocket?

*Sheepishly raises hand*

[powerboy]

Seriously, who runs around with a boxcutter in their pocket?

I use one of these types of box cutters


So I always have it on me.

[RetailWorkhorse]

*Great big full-of-Awe eyeballs*

Woooooooow. I want one of those.

[PhotoChick]

Woooooooow. I want one of those.

Here you go!



Sold at your Local Home Depot. Or if you prefer Lowes, they've got the same thing the brand will be Kolbalt instead.

I used to have a nice looking Kolbalt one that I used at work ("borrowing" from the boyfriend at the time) until my boss at Home Depot got annoyed at marked down a Husky brand one so I wouldn't use the "tool of the enemy" as he called it.

[poofy_puff]

Gotta get me one of those for the next book sale!

I carry a tape-measure, post-its, all kinds of neat stuff. i should really have a boxcutter!

[depechemodefan]

The OP reminds me of tiem I went to a Half-Price Books tent sale. There were boxes under the tables but not hidden. One fat ass mother of 2 starts to pull boxes and open them. An employee starts to tell her something but then stops and says, "oh, ok" or "oh, never mind" like he was afraid of her. She started to bitch that employees are keeping people away from books. Her two kids (8, 12? or 12, 14? can't remember the ages) are just standing there. I don't know if she doesn't allow them away from her sight or they are just afraid of mommy.

[Chromatix]

Those knives aren't box-cutters - they're esentially folding Stanley knives, with standard razor blades in them. Yee-ouch. The point of a box-cutter, AFAIK, is to avoid damaging anything inside the box.

With that said, I do carry a "pocket multitool" most of the time. It comes in handy in all sorts of ways - though it doesn't have a dedicated box-cutting tool on it.

[Hobbs]

This is my knife. I love taking it out in front of customers, especially SCs. (Note: only when i have to, like to open a box or they want me to remove a tag etc...). IF only I could carry a piece

[karma_gypsy]

Where did the SCs get the idea that it was o.k. to go rifling through unopened boxes anyway? That's like going inside someone's home when they're having a garage sale (and everything is limited to the garage and/or yard) ...

It's just roooood!

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I use one of these types of box cutters


So I always have it on me.

I have one kinda like that from a company called Monroe Truck Equipment.

I've used it a couple times at work and found it a bit too unwieldy to use, plus the blade is pretty dull.

I always used to use one of those boxcutters that looks like a big stick of gum, but I'm no longer allowed to, thanks to certain co-workers past and present who can't seem to operate a Q-Tip without landing themselves in the emergency room.

[StanFlouride]

I use one of these types of box cutters


So I always have it on me.

That is standard issue at my hardware store. It gives me a feeling of comfort to know its in my pocket and when my gf and I were hassled one night it definitely made the guy back off.
It's not a Crocodile Dundee knife but the sight of that razor-sharp tip is a pretty effective deterrent.

[Fandangoose]

Snackbandit, I didn't know you were alliterate!