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- How far from romantic it is. (It's no stepping on a wall ladder and rolling over like in that one Beauty and the Beast scene.)
- How dusty the whole place can get very quickly. Literally, you're just breathing in dust all day.
- How very dry your hands can become because of all the books and dust (as you may notice, it's not very humid inside of one for good reasons)
- You don't read during your shift most of the time.
- How very dry your hands can become because of all the books and dust (as you may notice, it's not very humid inside of one for good reasons)
- You don't read during your shift most of the time.
- You have homework: reading. Albeit, it's any book that you want.
- How heavy books get.
- So many paper cuts and cardboard cuts.
- You're a nerd, they're a nerd, everyone is a nerd.
- How much stuff we receive on a daily basis and how fast they can sell out.
- New books are published on a Tuesday and new music come out on a Friday.
- It's still very much a retail business.
- You're a nerd, they're a nerd, everyone is a nerd.
- How much stuff we receive on a daily basis and how fast they can sell out.
- New books are published on a Tuesday and new music come out on a Friday.
- It's still very much a retail business.
- You have to love reading in the first place to even be working here.
- The smell of books is amazing and very calming.
- Also the smell of books can be like a laxative called the Mariko Aoki phenomenon. Mix that with coffee and our bathrooms are always seeing brown every single day.
- It's hard to choose something for employee recommendations because there are so many books you want to recommend.
- Yes, people still buy books, a bookstore isn't just for looking around in.
- It's hard to choose something for employee recommendations because there are so many books you want to recommend.
- Yes, people still buy books, a bookstore isn't just for looking around in.
- Book tok + covid pandemic = very high sales. And it's still going strong. It also helps the fact that people realize that looking at a screen all day can be very tiring.
- Bookstores are community centers that Amazon did not realize when they temporarily had their brick-and-mortar stores.
- All the interesting book requests we can get.
- Bookstores are community centers that Amazon did not realize when they temporarily had their brick-and-mortar stores.
- All the interesting book requests we can get.
- Big bookstore chains are just as important because it's one of the few places that can truly offer a wide selection of anything and everything like indie authors, local authors, manga, and even music, games, and gift product.
- There is a 100% chance that there's a book for that, but unfortunately we most likely don't have it if it's super obscure or out of print.
- There's a lot of stuff you want to buy, but can't quite afford with your paycheck even with the discount.
- There is a 100% chance that there's a book for that, but unfortunately we most likely don't have it if it's super obscure or out of print.
- There's a lot of stuff you want to buy, but can't quite afford with your paycheck even with the discount.
- There are quite a bit of people who will mistake a bookstore for the library, even if there is a library literally right next door to you.
- There are more movies and shows based on books than you've expected.
- There's most likely a book for everybody you know if you look hard enough.
- How many political/domestic affairs books have come out since Trump has become president (a bit unheard of for a president) and it's mainly the older generation buying them.
- How many books James Patterson "writes" in a year (it's a lot more than Stephen King and Nora Roberts.)
- There are more movies and shows based on books than you've expected.
- There's most likely a book for everybody you know if you look hard enough.
- How many political/domestic affairs books have come out since Trump has become president (a bit unheard of for a president) and it's mainly the older generation buying them.
- How many books James Patterson "writes" in a year (it's a lot more than Stephen King and Nora Roberts.)
- James Patterson loves to release his books on a Monday instead of the usual Tuesday date that everyone else follows.
- How an author can be in multiple genres at once.
- How the same title can be in multiple places at once (like both kids and adult or kids and young adult), all that's different is the cover and the size.
- There's also a magazine for everything.
- There's most likely a game for it too and a plush animal and a bookmark and just buy the whole gift department, please.
- How very, very, very busy it can get during the holiday season.
- How an author can be in multiple genres at once.
- How the same title can be in multiple places at once (like both kids and adult or kids and young adult), all that's different is the cover and the size.
- There's also a magazine for everything.
- There's most likely a game for it too and a plush animal and a bookmark and just buy the whole gift department, please.
- How very, very, very busy it can get during the holiday season.
- It's better to start your shopping early so you can easily get what you want in time.
- How awkward it can be sometimes to talk to customers. (Oh the stories I can tell with that.)
- How messy the book floor can get very quickly.
- How awkward it can be sometimes to talk to customers. (Oh the stories I can tell with that.)
- How messy the book floor can get very quickly.
- How sometimes you can't even trust the computer about if you have the correct amount of so and so in the store.
- Bibles, Robert Greene books, manga, and coloring books. What do they have in common? People love stealing them for whatever reason.
- It feels like I'm a security guard more times than naught.
- The people who work in a bookstore still very much enjoy being and shopping in a bookstore despite all the craziness.
- How very fulfilling it is when someone picks up a book that you've personally recommended and they actually love it.
- How very fulfilling it is when someone picks up a book that you've personally recommended and they actually love it.
And now the weather:
~ Stacy N.
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