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books, bookstores, humour, jokes, life, unemployment, writing
I used to work in a bookstore called Borders in Australia before they went bankrupt and closed all their stores (*shrieks dramatically, tears stream down my face as I scream ‘WHY??? THE ERA OF BOOKS WILL NEVER DIE!). I have never been a librarian and have never been a frequent visitor of libraries (even though I would’ve liked). When my family went shopping I was always in the book store buying my books or in the gaming stores.
I found these Judgemental Book Sellers/Librarian images on the internet and I thought I would share. Some are funny, some are tacky but overall I think most people who are part of the writing community can get a laugh out of one of them! 🙂 Click.
Strangely people really did come to you with these kinds of proposals. Often they would state some obscure description such as… ‘The book has a stripey cover… it’s old… my uncle loved it… do you know which one I’m talking about?’
‘No sorry, do you have a title?’
‘Oh and it’s about a teenage boy!’
Like that is going to help me.
Strangely enough sometimes those obscure descriptions are right enough for a colleague of mine to be like ‘Oh yes I know what you’re talking about!’. It was part of the training, to understand obscure descriptions of books.
There are numerous ‘Snooki’ jokes on the site and although I find them humorous I think there are better ones. As an ex-bookseller (*begins wailing again and banging my fists against the wall.* You’ll never take me and my books alive!!!) I can really relate to some of them, and as a buyer of books I can as well. Did anyone else find one of them funny? Or, want to share my grief over bookstores closing down (and subsequently, losing jobs)?
– Ermisenda Alvarez
Eliabeth: If I could add images in the comment’s section, I would not hijack the end of Ermisenda’s post, but I really do have to share the ones that made me laugh the hardest:
Ermilia 
Honestly. That is as bad as someone I know who worked at the ER at the hospital getting a phone call about what time they closed the ER.
That’s a good one. I remember a friend of mine at school once asked ‘How much are the $1 drinks?’. Hilarious.
(Eliabeth responding) I did that in Japan at a hyaku-en (100 yen) store where everything is 100 yen, but you have to understand, in America not everything in a dollar store is a dollar.
Haha, these are awesome! It’s like students expecting teachers to know everything about everything! Also, congrats you two. I’ve nominated you for a Liebster Blog Award http://boyssmell.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/liebster-blog-award/
Thanks so much for the blog award! Elia and myself are very grateful.
At the bookstore, as a worker, customers thought I knew every book at the top of my head and our stock levels. I agree that teachers must go through a similar experience with their students. Thanks for commenting and the award!