CUSTOMER: Do you have Dr Who and the Secrets of the Hidden Planet of Time? Anyways, I told her that it was very impressive (what?) This time, after reading the first line, she was able to recite the last two pages of the book with only minimal errors (which I didnt point out, judging that to do so would bring more trouble than itd be worth) well, congratulations to her. I work in a clothes shop. Do you know which one I mean? So I showed her Laurel K. Hamilton, Anne Rice, Bram Stoker, etc., and explained these were the ones I knew of. I am sure he was stealing books from somewhere and selling them on he did also try to scam us into buying book tokens back off him. Colin's post is priceless. We controleren wel eerst of ie voldoet aan onze reviewvoorwaarden en niet nep is. I have wanted to read these books since they first came out, but both have been rather elusive to try and find. One would think that those who peruse the many bookshops up and down the breadth of England would be relatively intelligent right? 1.Customer: Excuse me, do you have any signed copies of Shakespeare plays?Bookseller: Erdo you mean signed by the people who performed the play?Customer: No, I mean signed by William Shakespeare. CUSTOMER (holding up a copy of a Harry Potter book): This doesnt have anything weird in it does it? Jen Campbell, who works at a bookstore in London, heard so many crazy things in her line of business that she decided to compile the funniest and most outrageous ones into a book: Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores. Does anything spring to mind?. I wish I could remember more bookshop anecdotes, apart from Dr Baker who phoned every day for a long, irrelevant chat ('Don't tell him your name!') And possibly illegal?
De controles gebeuren automatisch, al kijken er soms mensen mee. Oh this has just brightened up my otherwise boring day especially Colin's story :o). Door op accepteren te klikken ga je hiermee akkoord. When shed got to about 1.30, the phone rang, so I answered it, but got no reply, and got no number from 1471. Then began the long process of paying one pound and seventy-five pence in which she decided to get rid of as many coppers and small coins as possible. (LogOut/ Check if your university has an FT membership to read for free. 
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Very odd. Joyce & Ginnie The Letters of Joyce Grenfell and Virginia Graham, 03. Anyway, shed got to about 1.35 when Id said hello several times and hung up eventually she got to the full one seventy five, and as I was putting the money away in the money-box, she asked me again if I was busy me personally. I cannot wait to get a copy of this. 7.Customer: Do you have any books by Jane Eyre? It was about this moment that I silently thanked Ian for not putting Wuthering Heights out for sale. Customer: No, I mean signed by William Shakespeare. The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow Jerome K. Jerome, 15. Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead Barbara Comyns, 10. Tot 15% korting op elektrisch gereedschap, Bezorging dezelfde dag, 's avonds of in het weekend*, Ophalen bij een bol.com afhaalpunt mogelijk. Hand sanitizer anyone? verzendkosten They were so funny I was so pleased she made them into a book and one that is now doing very well, I believe. Charlotte Mew and Her Friends Penelope Fitzgerald, 45. I nearly wet myself at Colin's story hilarious! Je kunt je cookievoorkeuren altijd weer aanpassen. . Your email address will not be published.
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Because he can fly. That's ok, isn't it? Als een reviewer door een andere partij is vergoed, staat dit in de review zelf. Door op accepteren te klikken ga je hiermee akkoord. Met deze cookies kunnen wij en derde partijen jouw internetgedrag binnen en buiten bol.com volgen en verzamelen. Me: Er do you mean signed by the people who performed the play? CUSTOMER: Because of evolution, sweetheart. As It Was and World Without End Helen Thomas, 18. handig op toilet of als je ergens even moet wachten. Also, Ive copied this entry across from my brothers blog I worked occasionally in a secondhand bookshop during my sixth form, and when I couldnt be there, Colin covered my shifts and thus was left with this woman (Hope this is ok, Col yeah?).
Hilarische quotes van klanten uit een Engelse boekwinkel. I didnt know, so I phoned up Dad, and he knew, so I wrote it down on a PostIt. But not the film cover, please. At least in an academic library there is some sort of filter on the door and yet the oddest people still find their way in. I read Col's anecdote while in a public library, back in 2004, and had to leave because I was laughing too much. But please don't send them to our library ;). August 31st 2004 The shop, I assume so I told her we were quite busy. , . but I wouldnt have believed she could fill a book, almost entirely from her own experience. betaal facturen of We have a repeat patron, a fiftyish lady who is not the sharpest tool in the shed, and is obsessed with vampire lit. Both Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops and More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops have been split into three sections, to separate the weirdness, as it were. 'Can books conduct electricity?' Fabulous! Bij seizoensgebonden mode is het de meest voorkomende prijs tijdens de eerste 2 weken dat het op bol.com te koop staat. Bol.com betaalt niet voor reviews. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. So I went back in, and soon enough she was back, clutching two books and telling me that shed read one of them (A Tale of Two Cities) in school, but wasnt sure if shed read the other (Crime and Punishment). ', Me: 'Well, we're a bookstore, and we do actually want you to buy them, so I think a photocopier would defeat the purpose. Its hilarious. CUSTOMER: Well, I really loved Mein Kampf. Ik moest hardop lachen tijdens het lezen. What books have you read and liked? THEIR DAUGHTER: Why cant I fly, daddy? . Selected Stories Katherine Mansfield, 25. Lees er meer over in ons, More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops. CUSTOMER: I'm looking for a book about the Holocaust; my daughter's very interested in World War II. She said What? and I repeated what I said this was more or less the pattern whenever I said anything, actually so she asked me what our phone number was. en Customer:Hi, Id like to return this book, please. BOOKSELLER: Im afraid I cant find it on our database, or on the British Library catalogue. Wrong, according to author Jen Campbell. From 'Did Beatrix Potter ever write a book about dinosaurs?' She told me that shed memorised it when she was a girl, and that she was also able to recite pages from Wuthering Heights. Its called Lionel Richie and The Wardrobe. God bless the Library of Congress subject headings! I worked at a bookstore for a couple of years, and all of these induced a sense of deja vu. Then she asked me, deadly serious, "What about the ones you don't know?". Before you took me to Ripping Yarns in September, I'd never heard of Jen or her blog but, of course, I looked her up right away once I got home and laughed my way through her old posts though not as hard as I laughed at Colin's story! BOOKSELLER: Well, he was pretty prominent in, , , . Thanks also for the piece by Col, I can't get enough of bookshop tales, I loved Kim's too recently. Required fields are marked *. (), , *. CUSTOMER: No (whispers) - gays. CUSTOMER: Me? The second book is even funnier than the first, and I was stifling giggles throughout. After this she left the shop and, I rather hoped, my life, having told me twice that she would like to see Ians daughter and dog. I'll have to read this. 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CHILD: (Pause) So, did Harry Potter kill Hitler, too?. I remember when I worked on the information desk in Heffers in Cambridge. Je kan in totaal vijf artikelen kiezen. She also only wants books on audio. BOOKSELLER: Yes She really dies at the end thats why the diary finishes., CUSTOMER: Yes. #106: Book or Movie First, and The Feast vs Grand Canyon, Adventures in Reading, Writing and Working from Home, 50: The Lost Europeans Emanuel Litvinoff, 46. Overlook Press. But I havent been able to find them at a reasonable price yet either. 10.Customer: My children are climbing your bookshelves. CUSTOMER: Do you have any Robin Hood stories where he doesnt steal from the rich? CUSTOMER: Peter Pan? , Isn't it brilliant? CUSTOMER: You must get so much time to read, just sitting here surrounded by books. She made her usual reply, so I told her we were quite busy. MOTHER: Hitler? '], first sparked the "Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops" blog, which grew over three years into one bookseller's collection of ridiculous conversations on the shop floor. BOOKSELLER: . BOOKSELLER: Sure. BOOKSELLER: Her diary wasnt fictional. Below, a sampling of some of the most outlandish things heard at Campbell's bookstore and shops across the U.S. and Canada.
Now shes gone, and hasnt come back in the last thirty minutes or so, so I think Im safe. I did not receive review copies of either book, I can never find it in bookshops (I do not know whether I should find this odd or not), and my library does not stock it. This is an antiquarian bookshop, so this is an old edition of the book., CUSTOMER: Im looking for a biography to read thats really interesting. 
