Monday, August 22, 2011

denied!

I tried to sell a small pile of used books at the local used bookstore. The tubby, slow-moving guy at the cashier's desk went through my pile and flatly declared, "There's nothin' here that I need." He replaced the books in my cardboard box, then didn't look at me again as I said a cheery goodbye and exited.

The last time I was there, I think I met this guy's wife. She was a hell of a lot friendlier.


_
at

3 comments:

  1. ElissonAugust 22, 2011 at 8:10:00 AM GMT+9

    Must've been your set of boshintang cookbooks that put him off. What a douche-bag.

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnneAugust 23, 2011 at 9:12:00 AM GMT+9

    Shouldn't have been a pile, Kevin. Presentation is all. :)

    ReplyDelete
  3. MavenAugust 23, 2011 at 11:58:00 AM GMT+9

    By the way, any books that you can't sell off, why not consider PaperbackSwap.com? You can upload the books to your bookshelf, and if you're not interested in swapping them out for credits to then be used towards taking books off the shelves of other folks, you always can donate the credits to service people over seas, as I believe they have a program in place to do so. Just suggesting it, just in case you cannot find a suitable place to donate or sell the books, at least they can be put to good use.

    ReplyDelete

READ THIS BEFORE COMMENTING!

All comments are subject to approval before they are published, so they will not appear immediately. Comments should be civil, relevant, and substantive. Anonymous comments are not allowed and will be unceremoniously deleted. For more on my comments policy, please see this entry on my other blog.

AND A NEW RULE (per this post): comments critical of Trump's lying must include criticism of Biden's or Kamala's or some prominent leftie's lying on a one-for-one basis! Failure to be balanced means your comment will not be published.