tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13140037.post1339288274905129710..comments2023-10-31T16:37:29.340+00:00Comments on A Salted: Morning people vs afternoon people.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00597852661913928616noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13140037.post-34626391203138251932007-08-28T23:07:00.000+01:002007-08-28T23:07:00.000+01:00Kellie, I had no idea who Bulgakov was when I star...Kellie, I had no idea who Bulgakov was when I started in bookselling, (but I found out pretty quickly). I hope (for Waterstone's sake) that he was a new member of staff or a weekend 'A' level student rather than a regular full-timer.<BR/><BR/>In fairness though, I have a brilliant children's bookseller who has been with me for over two years, but I doubt if she'd know who wrote 'The Master and Margarita'. She's very bright and well-read, but she's a specialist and sadly we only sell about one copy of Bulgakov's masterpiece per year, so it's probably off her radar.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13140037.post-46552704344162524442007-08-22T16:40:00.000+01:002007-08-22T16:40:00.000+01:00Gosh, nobody has ever bought me flowers, and I pri...Gosh, nobody has ever bought me flowers, and I pride myself on my ace assistance, humph!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00597852661913928616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13140037.post-17695013262679316702007-08-21T11:40:00.000+01:002007-08-21T11:40:00.000+01:00Ah, I remember many mental customers when I worked...Ah, I remember many mental customers when I worked in a bookshop. We used to get a guy coming in semi-regularly asking about obscure books on Elvis. Odd.<BR/><BR/>Did have some lovely people though. I managed to get a book for someone who needed it mega-urgently and she bought me a bunch of flowers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13140037.post-38222096033584176952007-08-21T10:45:00.000+01:002007-08-21T10:45:00.000+01:00Actually, the other day I was in Waterstones and c...Actually, the other day I was in Waterstones and couldn't find a book and I remembered how much you like people asking for advice so I asked the young man behind the counter if he could remind me of the name of the author of The Master and Margarita, so I could find it. He looked at me as if I was talking another language. He'd never heard of it! I'm not a litsnob, but that's a bit of a poor show for someone in a bookshop, no?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, my boyf manages a sports-merchandice outlet where people tell him to fuck off and he has to chase scary shoplifters. So it could be worse, customer-wise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13140037.post-36391269677701947612007-08-19T17:11:00.000+01:002007-08-19T17:11:00.000+01:00True, that's a nice way to put it! TOO LOUD! Don't...True, that's a nice way to put it! TOO LOUD! Don't you ever meet old highschool profs in the bookshop? They used to browse a lot and it was fun, except for THAT German prof! Grrr! She'd come to me and start speaking in German, all grinning! And I'd be like... "erg... Ich bin sehr gut, danke!" That would be the only thing I could say in that language!Gonçalo Veigahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12449433520233251752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13140037.post-23901884314033400742007-08-19T14:34:00.000+01:002007-08-19T14:34:00.000+01:00The arsehole to cool ratio probably shows that mos...The arsehole to cool ratio probably shows that most people are ok, it's just that the arses are SO LOUD!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00597852661913928616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13140037.post-7337564388407208452007-08-19T12:57:00.000+01:002007-08-19T12:57:00.000+01:00It was when I started my working life and jobs tha...It was when I started my working life and jobs that needed dealing with people that I found out I hated them all. One of the things that I really loved about distributing publicity leafleats is that I didn't need to talk to the mail box! Although I have to admit there were some nice costumers in the bookshop! <BR/><BR/>Ah, the things we do for money!! ;)Gonçalo Veigahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12449433520233251752noreply@blogger.com