Put That As A Death Note On His Resume
(I work in a small brick-and-mortar bookstore in my town. We hire a new guy, who only lasts for three days because enough staff complain about him. I only work one day with him, but he gets fired the next day after exchanges like this.)
New Guy: “I seriously don’t understand why people buy books anymore.”
Me: “Then why do you work in a bookstore?”
New Guy: “No, no, no. I like books; I just don’t see why other people like them.”
Me: “Are you kidding?”
New Guy: “Well, when [Manager] asked me in my interview if I read books, I told her lots, but I think the last physical book I read was Death Note back in 2003.”
Me: “Death Note didn’t get published in North America until 2005.”
New Guy: “Huh. It was more recently than I thought; 2005 is pretty good.”
Me: “That was 12 years ago.”
New Guy: “Well, do you read all the time, then? When did you last finish a book?”
Me: “I am currently reading Universal Harvester—” *which is in my hands* “—and I just finished reading Misery by Stephen King a week or two ago.”
New Guy: “So, is, like, everyone here book people?”
Me: “YES! THAT’S WHY WE WORK IN A BOOKSTORE!”
New Guy: “Oh. I’m just here because I need money, and it looked like you guys didn’t do anything. I played video games professionally for the last seven years, so I like not having to work that much.”
Me: “You are in the wrong place, then, man.”
New Guy: “That’s what they told me when I flunked out of computer science. I still told them all to go eff themselves.”
Question of the Week
Have you ever served a bad customer who got what they deserved?
