/lit/ - Literature

Story time /lit/
>be me, working at video rental store
>girl comes in, "do you have The Raven? I need it for an essay for my class"
>me: "yeah we have it. it's pretty good. here you go."
>girl: "this is the one by Edgar Allen Poe, right?"
>me: "well it's about EAP"
>girl: "yeah but it's just the movie version of his story, right? I just don't want to read it."
>realize she has no fucking clue what the story or the movie are about
>grin evilly
>me: "yeah, this is the same thing. it will seem strange at first because he wrote it and he's also the main character, but that's just part of the story."
>girl: "ok, thanks!"
>me: "good luck on your essay!"
>mfw I just guaranteed that bitch an F