Crystal Ball

[lykomancer]

Let me predict for you my half of the dialogue for most of my day:

"Maybe, that depends."
"If your name is on this list."
"Well, did you reserve a copy of the book at this store?"
"Then no, sorry."
"I didn't do it. Blame corporate for not ordering enough."
"Sorry, man."
"Sure you can talk to a manager."

Comments

[ronsard.livejournal.com]

I thought no. 1 said 'Give up' at first :/

[charliemarlowe.livejournal.com]

I actually only had one guy have a fit. He told me in this particularly nasty voice, that it was my fault for not ordering enough. I wanted to tell him that I am so low on the list of people who order that I'm actually microscopic. I told my assistant manager the story and he said that I could blame him next time. Unfortunately, no one got mad after that.

Instead, I mostly got people who gave me a look when I told them that we only had copies for people who reserved them. A lot of teenager sighs.