Unfiltered Story #320838

This is a couple of years ago. I had just, the week before, started working in a bookstore.

An author came in and asked me if we had his books so he could sign them (he had not let us know beforehand that he was coming in).

Me: which books have you written?

Him: You don´t recognise me? I´m in here all the time! I´ve signed a lot of books here!

Me: I just started last week, so no, I don´t recognise you.

Turned out he was a reasonably big author. And yes, I´m a big reader. But not of crime fiction. Luckily most authors who would come in would usually look for their books, then come to us and say something like “Hi. I´m (author). Do you have any of my books you´d like me to sign?

Him: