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Meg: NECC Bookstore, this is Meg. How can I help you?

Woman: I was wondering if you carried 1.5 liter bottles of water?

Meg: ...Like to drink???

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WHY?!?!
Why do you have to be rude and nasty? Can't you just be polite? Is it really that hard? Does it somehow make you feel better to ruin my day? Can't you see that I'm trying? Does that matter at all?

Next time please take your head phones out, speak nicely, don't accuse me, and for goodness sake have some patience.
I don't like dealing with you just as much as you don't like paying for your books.
The one difference is this: I get paid to deal with you! You just shell out cash! That amuses me!!

So, thank you for taking up 15 minutes of my time and allowing me to earn less than $2. I appreciate you!

Really?!

Today someone asked where the books were!!!!!! That's almost as good as "where are the shelves" and "is this the bookstore?"

SFA

I love it when you ask someone for their Social Security number.
"Can I have your social and I need to see an Id please."
"Um.............. can I give you my School id number?"
"No. I need your Social."
"Oh...."

Then there's the person that leans in way to close and whispers their numbers after glancing both ways to make sure no one is too close. My favorite thing to do is repeat it louder. Kinda defeats the secrecy. Do people really think that someone is behind them with a pad of paper writing it down?! If you are going to NECC, you probably don't have a ton of money, especially if you are using Financial Aid.

Price Differences

Today I had a customer argue with me over a $5 difference in price for a book. Then a couple minutes later another lady argued with me over a $1 difference. Then, as if that wasn't enough, another lady argued with me about a freakin $0.80 difference!!!!!! After she left I curled up in a ball under Tina's desk. Someone asked where I was and she said I was under there and then she says, "Yes, I really just said Meg is under my desk." It was very funny... in hindsight...

Yet again...

I had another saran wrap customer. This time he not only saran wrapped his books.. he pulled the stickers off the original plastic and re-stuck them to the saran wrap. Just thought I should share that.....

Saran Wrap

Today someone came in with one of the algebra packages and wanted to return it. He had opened it, but seemed to think that we are all idiots at the bookstore. The book was saran wrapped very neatly. I pretended that I had to ask my manager about allowing him to return the book and proceeded to march it around the bookstore. Tina had a coughing fit she laughed so hard. Heather and George couldn't believe it. So, I walked back to the window, carefully unwrapped the saran wrap, and calmly told the guy, "Next time you return your books can you please try to keep them in their original plastic?"