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“CUSTOMER:"Will you be open so I can buy the new Harry Potter book?
BOOKSELLER: Yep, we're having a midnight opening.
CUSTOMER: Great! What time?”
― Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
BOOKSELLER: Yep, we're having a midnight opening.
CUSTOMER: Great! What time?”
― Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
“CUSTOMER: Oh, look, these books are all signed. (Pause) I wonder who signed them ?”
― Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
― Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
“Customer: I'm looking for a book for my son. He's six.
Bookseller: How about this one - it's about-
Customer: Yeah, whatever, I'll take it.”
― Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
Bookseller: How about this one - it's about-
Customer: Yeah, whatever, I'll take it.”
― Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
“CUSTOMER: Hi, I just wanted to ask: did Anne Frank ever write a sequel?
BOOKSELLER: ........
CUSTOMER: I really enjoyed her first book.
BOOKSELLER: Her diary?
CUSTOMER: Yes, the diary.
BOOKSELLER: Her diary wasn’t fictional.
CUSTOMER: Really?
BOOKSELLER: Yes... She really dies at the end – that’s why the diary finishes. She was taken to a concentration camp.
CUSTOMER: Oh... that’s terrible.
BOOKSELLER: Yes, it was awful -
CUSTOMER: I mean, it’s such a shame, you know? She was such a good writer.”
― Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
BOOKSELLER: ........
CUSTOMER: I really enjoyed her first book.
BOOKSELLER: Her diary?
CUSTOMER: Yes, the diary.
BOOKSELLER: Her diary wasn’t fictional.
CUSTOMER: Really?
BOOKSELLER: Yes... She really dies at the end – that’s why the diary finishes. She was taken to a concentration camp.
CUSTOMER: Oh... that’s terrible.
BOOKSELLER: Yes, it was awful -
CUSTOMER: I mean, it’s such a shame, you know? She was such a good writer.”
― Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
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