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Brick and mortar bookstores have something that ensures that they’ll be around forever: people who will listen to your horrible questions. Imagine, if you will, the average bookstore customer trying to find an item online. (via What If Stupid Bookstore Patrons Had to Use Google? - Urlesque)
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LOL. i hear these stupid questions every day at the barn. my favorite one is when people look at my nametag…and then ask...
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This is uh, exactly right. This google search is what I answer in real life 20+ times per day.
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you’re working in a children’s bookstore,...answer: “Why can’t my child...
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I worked at the Customer Service Desk at the B&N in Union Square for over a year. The conversation shown above was my...
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Can I just say (brag)...I was a really good bookseller once? I could often guess what book...
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