Jane Ey-re-animation
Books & Reading, Bookstore, Dallas, Editors' Choice, Funny, Students, Texas, USA | Right
| April 19, 2011
(It’s the end of the summer. A high-school-aged customer comes in.)
Customer: “Hi, I’m looking for Frankenstein by ‘J somebody’.”
Me: “Actually, that was written by Mary Shelley. We have several copies.”
Customer: “No, it’s written by ‘J somebody’. Look it up.”
(I look it up. It’s definitely written by Mary Shelley.)
Customer: “Hang on, I’ll call my mom.”
(He comes back.)
Customer: “It’s Frankenstein by Jane Eyre.”
Me: “Sorry, sweetheart, looks like you have to read two books.”
Customer: “Aw, man!”
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