--Books by Pastor John MacArthur
--Needs PIN so she can download ebooks
--books by Black authors
--“Do you have a book on origami? You know, making folds and making animals?”
--Books by Mary Hunt Jackson. We eventually figure out she’s looking for
Helen Hunt Jackson, author of Ramona.
--“Um, this book is missing a few pages.” In fact it is
missing pages 1-64. I’ll get you another
copy. (Adventures of Tom Sawyer)
--“Can you help me? I
can’t find the N’s.”
--ebook help
--Hi Marian, I remember you from two years ago. I missed you. God bless you. Can you help me find some books on Leonardo
da Vinci and Jimi Hendrix? I remember you.
God bless you. Thank you. God bless you.
--“Do you have math books?
I need to get my brain…worked up.”
--Laundry Guy, with hiccups: “Do you know how a dishwasher
works? Is it that first the wash gets
the food off, then the rinse gets the soap off, then the sanitizer gets the
germs off?” Me: “Basically, yes.” (This
is just one of several similar conversations)
--Guy with one dark glasses lens and one clear: “I’m so
sorry to bother you. Can you help me find something to make with pop tops? I have about ten pounds of them.”
--Can you look up 641.5972 ORT?
--Phone: Where does the sound come from that the monolith
makes in 2001: a Space Odyssey? (“My name’s Joe but I go by Uncle Joe”)
--The Harbinger by Jonathan Cahn
--Guy who always wants lists of SF authors’ works printed
out from fantasticfiction.com wants some more lists. He must have hundreds by now.
--Older lady: “Who is the author of 50 Shades of Grey?”
Me: “E.L. James, but there’s a long waiting list…”
OL (to a young guy, maybe her grandson?): “Sweetie, there’s a waiting list.”
Me: (internally): “OMG ew.”
Me: “E.L. James, but there’s a long waiting list…”
OL (to a young guy, maybe her grandson?): “Sweetie, there’s a waiting list.”
Me: (internally): “OMG ew.”
1 comment:
LOL. My favorite was the PW story that labeled 50 Shades "Hot Seller for Mother's Day."
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