Weird things customers say in bookshops
CUSTOMER: Doesn’t it bother you, being surrounded by books all day? I think I’d be paranoid they were all going to jump off the shelves and kill me.
BOOKSELLER: . . .
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CUSTOMER: What’s your name?
BOOKSELLER: Jen.
CUSTOMER: Hmmm. I don’t like that name. Is it ok if I call you something else?
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CUSTOMER (to her friend, upon opening a copy of the Lord of the Rings): Oh, look, this one’s got a map in the front.
CUSTOMER’S FRIEND: Oh, yeah. Where’s it of?
CUSTOMER: Mor… Mor-dor.
CUSTOMER’S FRIEND: Oh. Where’s that then?
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BOOKSELLER: Can I help you at all?
CUSTOMER: No, I don’t think you’re qualified. I need a psychiatrist; that’s the only help I need.
BOOKSELLER: . . . OK.
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CUSTOMER: Do you have this children’s book I’ve heard about? It’s supposed to be very good. It’s called ‘Lionel Richie and the Wardrobe.’
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BOY: Mummy, can I have this book?
WOMAN: Go and see if your dad will buy it for you.
BOY: Dad! Mummy says if you don’t buy me this book, then you can’t sleep in her bed tonight!
There is - of course - a book about this:
Weird things customers say in bookshops
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