A couple came in with a self-published book they wanted us to stock, which happens sometimes.
I explained that we weren't in the market, being a used bookstore, and pointed them towards the the last surviving non-chain store in town.
They were chipper and energetic, as self-promoters must be, and after I'd directed them to their best bet for a sale the fellow in the funny hat looked around the store, then gestured wide with both arms and said,
"So....what's the story here?"
I gaped for a moment, as I will when confronted with non sequiturs, eventually replying
"Um....we're a used bookstore...that's the story."
"Oh...HA HA HA HA!"
And off they went.
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