In Desperate Need Of Books

(A teenager is looking for a book with her mother. The mother approaches me.)

Customer’s Mum: “Hi, do you have books by Cheryl Cole?”

Me: “I don’t think she’s released any yet. We do have some biographies about her life, though. Let me show you.”

Teen Customer: “I’m meant to write some dumb essay for English on a true story written by the person.”

Me: “Ah, so you’d be looking for an autobiography.”

(Both customers stare at me blank.)

Me: “… I’m afraid she hasn’t released an autobiography yet. The only biography we have on her is this unauthorized one.”

Customer’s Mum: “Oh! See? Unauthorized! That means she wrote it herself, right?”