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title: "Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores"
brand: "jennifer campbell"
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# Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores

**Brand:** jennifer campbell
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## Customer Reviews

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    Would make a nice gift for a (former?) bookseller
  

*by R***E on Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2020*

Cute, would make a nice gift for someone who has worked in a bookstore.Having worked in an indie/literary bookstore in the '80's, and a used/rare bookstore part-time at the same time, a lot of this rang a bell for me.  But, as some of the lesser reviews here point out, at times some of the items exhibit a bit of snobbery to them.Not funny "laugh out loud" kind of thing.  More like, "roll your eyes at people and smile" funny, and thank God you're so much better than them, as you feel blessed working for minuimum wage at a bookstore.My own favorite stories, a guy ranting at me that the book on ham radios was a book tha every American needed to read, and that it was out of print was part of a Communist plot, and he wanted to talk to the manager.  Uhhh, we sell them sir, not publish them.  His wife, who seems to have seen this all before, dragged him out of the store.In the used/rare store, most of our paperbacks half-priced.  But we had a handful of '50's and '60's paperback First Editions, or hard to find, or never again reprinted titles that were priced accordingly.  Some guy came to the counter complaining that a $0.15 pb we had on the shelf was priced at like $8.  How dare we!  He wasn't having any of it when I tried to explain to him why we had decided on that price.Quick, easy read - can be done easily in one sitting, if not 2.  The stories tend to become a bit redundant after a bit - and the ending line of, "Bookseller: ........" is over used.2 out of 5 is "it Was OK".

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    Should have checked out the blog or borrowed from the library - oh well
  

*by C***T on Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2017*

People say the darnedest things - and sometimes in bookstores. Jen Campbell compiled a bunch of the craziest ones she's heard and started a blog - which apparently got famous due to Neil Gaiman (!!) discovering it. She was then tapped to produce a book, which she augmented with stories from other booksellers (thought fortunately, I'd say a good 75% or better are hers).I added this book to my Goodreads shelf on September 3, 2014, along with the book "I Work at a Public Library". I'm not entirely certain why I added this book - maybe there was a review that instigated it or I found it from a blog I read at the time. I'm not sure - but the point of me mentioning when I added it is that, 3 years later, it was not nearly worth the 3 year wait nor the price I spent to buy it (sorry). This is definitely a "check out of the library, spend 30 min on and have a chuckle".Although the book is divided up into multiple subjects, the types of entries are usually one of two:1) A customer who doesn't read much makes a "heinous book error" (Tequila Mockingbird!)or2) A customer is a rude a-holeAt least one entry seems to mock bookphiles. The customer comment was something along the lines of "I would love to sleep among the books" - how is that weird at all? I think I've heard that sentiment multiple times unironically on Goodreads!In general, I don't like to laugh at people who are inexperienced or just trying to make small talk but being awkward about it. Hell, I'm that awkward person, so perhaps I'll be the next laugh in her next book.As for the rude a-holes, I don't know whether to laugh or want to strangle them. Asking if you can pee in a bookstore (and doing it), ripping books to get a discount, and so on aren't really funny - they are weird, but more a "this is a vile person" than "what a weird thing - let's have a giggle!"Further, the formatting sometimes made it a challenge to determine how long an entry was. The entries had signifiers at the end to tell when the entry was over, but sometimes, when the entry went across the page, it was a challenge to determine if it was a new entry or the same one.At the end, this book wasn't horrible. I mean, I may not have loved it and may think it was not worth waiting 3 years and spending money on it, but it was amusing - a few modest chuckles. I think what did this book the worst was the hype that led me to put this on my list. I probably should have checked out the blog first, to see if it was the style I liked before buying and reading.Oh well, we all make mistakes. I'll quickly remedy this mistake by taking this off to the used bookstore to sell and get something else.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    SOMETIMES THE DARNDEST THINGS HAPPEN IN BOOKSTORES
  

*by C***L on Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2014*

Suffice it to say, the title of this book says it all. I found it to be a very entertaining book, part of which I read on the subway today, suppressing a chuckle every now and then so as now to draw undue attention to myself from fellow riders. I'd like to cite two excerpts from the book which made me laugh:"Customer: Do you stock Nigella Lawson under 'sex' or 'cooking'?"Bookseller: It's a tough call, isn't it?""Customer (holding up a copy of Ulysses): 'Why is this book so long? Isn't it supposed to be set in a single day? How can this many pages of things happen to one person in one day? I mean, I get up, have breakfast, go to work, come home... sometimes I might go out for a drink, and that's it! And, I mean, that doesn't fill a book, does it?' "This is a book that can be easily read (and savored) in a few hours. Enjoy.

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