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secondlinaJust something I drew after reading way too many poems about the Celts. They be awesome.
In other news, I have a Christmas tree. Since the whole party is happening at my house this year, we put extra effort into decorating. So, plenty of festive lights and candy canes for my belly! ...I may need to buy some more before the 25th gets here.
On the bad side, I urgently need to purchase jeans. Mine are either too tight (at least when I wear my winter long johns underneath) or full of holes. I also need to buy some pentel refills for inking. So that means... DUN DUN DUN. I need to enter a mall. And I worked so hard to avoid that during my Christmas shopping. Looks like i'm back to this :
Thing drawn 1 years ago : still appropriate.
It gets crowded and WEIRD during the holidays when you work in a store. We had this one lady that asked us for a blue book. The only thing she knew about the book was that it was blue. We also get people who ask us about books that don't yet exist. Or that ask things like "where's the section of books written by Quebecois people for eight year olds?" (like books are that specific? What about taste?) and this older lady asked us for crucifixes. Because apparently bookstores should sell those. The list goes on. Thank GOD for the friendly people among the weirdos.
I'm also a bit tired of explaining to people that we are not a library, we are a bookstore. It's surprising, but we get at least a person a day who does not grasp this concept (and it's not all kids either). So no, you can eat in the bookstore, or borrow the books, or read for hours, or drop off your kids and leave, or have us write your research papers. FER PETE'S SAKE.
Still love my job though.
:D
- Isa
In other news, I have a Christmas tree. Since the whole party is happening at my house this year, we put extra effort into decorating. So, plenty of festive lights and candy canes for my belly! ...I may need to buy some more before the 25th gets here.
On the bad side, I urgently need to purchase jeans. Mine are either too tight (at least when I wear my winter long johns underneath) or full of holes. I also need to buy some pentel refills for inking. So that means... DUN DUN DUN. I need to enter a mall. And I worked so hard to avoid that during my Christmas shopping. Looks like i'm back to this :
Thing drawn 1 years ago : still appropriate.
It gets crowded and WEIRD during the holidays when you work in a store. We had this one lady that asked us for a blue book. The only thing she knew about the book was that it was blue. We also get people who ask us about books that don't yet exist. Or that ask things like "where's the section of books written by Quebecois people for eight year olds?" (like books are that specific? What about taste?) and this older lady asked us for crucifixes. Because apparently bookstores should sell those. The list goes on. Thank GOD for the friendly people among the weirdos.
I'm also a bit tired of explaining to people that we are not a library, we are a bookstore. It's surprising, but we get at least a person a day who does not grasp this concept (and it's not all kids either). So no, you can eat in the bookstore, or borrow the books, or read for hours, or drop off your kids and leave, or have us write your research papers. FER PETE'S SAKE.
Still love my job though.
:D
- Isa
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Date: 2011-12-07 04:53 am (UTC)That's why I like to do my shopping online as much as possible. No having to wrestle my way through crowds. Yeesh!
Are we gonna see pictures of your tree? I'll show you mine if you show me yours... *eyebrow waggle*
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Date: 2011-12-08 04:04 am (UTC)*cackles*
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Date: 2011-12-08 04:33 am (UTC)My tree is nice and trimmed...
;D
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Date: 2011-12-07 05:13 am (UTC)I usually buy stuff online too, especially Pentel refills, although mostly because it's cheaper and not because I like avoiding people (much).
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Date: 2011-12-08 04:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-07 06:14 am (UTC)I've heard a story about someone in a bookstore looking for a book, but all they knew about it was the color. You really can't go by that at all, silly people! I'm hoping once the Christmas season is over, the crazier people will go back in to hiding.
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Date: 2011-12-07 03:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-07 04:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-07 04:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-08 04:07 am (UTC)They usually do go back to their caves after it's over.
I'm trying out a new technique this week. Every time I get a vague description, i'll just hand them one of our good books that sorta fits it. That way, they get a good book and leave happy instead of pester me for a million years and leave frustrated.
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Date: 2011-12-07 06:18 am (UTC)And I left all my jeans at home...I wonder if I'll still be able to fit in them once I go on leave again. <<;
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Date: 2011-12-08 04:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-07 07:03 am (UTC)Your stories remind me of some of my sister's Borders stories. She'd constantly get customers who would approach her with requests like this...
"I'm looking for a book about a guy and a girl who fall in love. And then stuff happens to keep them apart. But they overcome it and get together in the end."
...and then they'd get indignant when she couldn't identify the exact book they were looking for based on a vague description! >_<
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Date: 2011-12-07 03:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-08 04:09 am (UTC)As I was telling Diane, i,m trying something new - When I get vague descriptions like that, I just hand them one of our good books that I know fits the bill. That way, I don't have to look, they get something good and the conversation ends quickly. At worse, we do returns.
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Date: 2011-12-07 07:49 am (UTC)I still can't believe that 2011 is almost over. Where the heck did the year GO??
<------ It went that-a-way! o_O!!
*L* Aw, due credit credit goes to the retail workers during the holidays! One of my friends used to work at Borders, and he also did a comic strip for the local paper. I swear about 85% of his material came from amusing encounters with customers... XD
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Date: 2011-12-08 04:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-07 10:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-07 03:06 pm (UTC)My Mother solved it thus: Two cans of coke and pixy stix were given to the children.
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Date: 2011-12-08 04:10 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-12-07 02:37 pm (UTC)Cool drawing! You just got to love Celtic imagery. ^_^
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Date: 2011-12-08 04:10 am (UTC)no subject
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