More True Bookstore Stories!
Because I hosted events in the 90s, my ass has been inappropriately grabbed by both A Rock Star Who Used To Wear A Lot Of Makeup, and A Former Nixon Speechwriter Turned Monotone Comedic Actor/Game Show Host
Because I hosted events in the 90s, my ass has been inappropriately grabbed by both A Rock Star Who Used To Wear A Lot Of Makeup, and A Former Nixon Speechwriter Turned Monotone Comedic Actor/Game Show Host
Don't worry about booksellers judging what you buy – we don't really care, we accept all voracious readers. But the music department is DEFINITELY judging you, and talking about it in the breakroom
A bookseller at one place I worked had watched The Exorcist EVERY DAY for, at that point, 10 years. This was 20+ years ago, but I'll bet he's watching it right now
At a Ted Nugent cookbook signing (yes, really), I had to escort multiple people armed with crossbows from the store (they wanted him to sign them). Nuge was wearing a not even a little concealed holster with some sorta gun, and corporate made me let him, despite policy, because $
I can promise you, either customers or staff have fucked in whatever part of the bookstore you are standing in (on the sales floor, in offices, stockrooms - wherever).
The accuracy of title/author information given to you by a customer is inversely proportionate to their confidence in the accuracy of that information
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