Bookstore stories thread?

[Anonymous No.12756643]

[Anonymous No.12756746]

>>12756643
I bought a book once

[Anonymous No.12756767]

>woman tells me what her favourite book is
>laugh at her and tell her it's as meaningless to me as a horse's favourite book

to be honest, I'd actually be interested in a horse that could read though

[Anonymous No.12756771]

>>12756746
Cringe and neoliberalpilled

[Anonymous No.12756783]

>>12756643
worked in a second-hand bookshop once.
sorting out a stack of crap old books someone dropped in and I found a few hundred pounds stuffed into one of the books - thank you sir!

[Anonymous No.12756790]

>work in a booksop
>customer order a book about sex between handicapped people
>we receive it, tell the customer
>he comes, opens it
>"there's no pictures ?"
>goes away

[Anonymous No.12756803]

>move the bibles to the true crime section

heh

[Anonymous No.12756810]

>be me
>go to kirmizikedi (Turkish barnes & noble equivalent)
>walking around fiction section looking for something
>cannot find it
>I awkwardly approach attractive female employee engrossed in putting books on the shelf
>e-excuse me, do you know where I can find...
>she is smiling at me sweetly and proceeds to have a polite conversation
>h-heh...yes, I think the american beat poets were derivative of whitman too...
>penis is pressing against my pants
>suddenly a gentleman walks directly between us, facing her with his back turned to me
>excuse me is this guy bothering you? he says in english
>he is an enormous KARA BOĞA, epitome of masculinity
>his muscles bulge out of his shirt
>completely usurps my place in the conversation
>playfully touches her arm, soon puts it casually around her
>"what do you work in a bookstore for? you like books?"
>"yeah i'm here on vacation for a few days"
>vainly attempt to crane my neck over to catch her eye
>she is looking at him with obvious desire, completely engrossed in the conversation
>he has this enormous grin on his face, his teeth are so white
>the memes are all true
>KARA BOĞA usurps me and destroyes my confidence totally
>exit the store in shame

Why this has to happen every time I just want conversation in bookstore?

[Anonymous No.12756818]

>>12756643
>go to bookstore
>look at history section
>write down price of paperbacks
>go home and buy hardcovers for less online

[Anonymous No.12756861]

>>12756643
>be me
>go to book store
>just want to look at sci-fi section
>women's romance novels/erotica fiction take up most of one side of aisle, rest is sf/fantasy
>Can't get in aisle because middle aged women look through romance books then turn to other side and examine sci go books expecting more romance, put them down, and leave
>more women enter aisle and cycle repeats
Everytime

[Anonymous No.12756892]

>>12756803
not very suspenseful, the author shows us straight away that the Jews killed Jesus (albeit all of mankind was in on it).

[Anonymous No.12756899]

>>12756643
Not really a story but the second hand store I used to volunteer for (Vinnie's) threw out like 90% of the books that were donated. They kept mum books like Patricia Cornwell and Danielle Steele shit like that for the shelves but everything else went in the bin. I got a lot of good books from the bin pile but its pretty terrible that they throw stuff out like that.

[Anonymous No.12756937]

>>12756899
Space and demand. Libraries throw out tons of books all the time because of issues with spacing.
Bookstores also earn somewhere around 80% of their total earnings on a few select big sellers.

[Anonymous No.12756962]

>>12756899
Vinny de Paul?
you Irish mate?

[Anonymous No.12756972]

>>12756643
I jizzed in a sock in a bookstore

[Anonymous No.12756999]

>>12756937
Yeah I get that there's reason to it, it's just a shame to see them go straight into the dumpster. A lot of those big name mum books hardly moved anyway so I feel they were screwing themselves.

>>12756962
Yee from Vincent de Paul but is a secondhand store / community assistance place here in Australia.

[Anonymous No.12757005]

>go to bookstore downtown
>it has plenty of esoteric books

Feels good

[Anonymous No.12757142]

>go to bookstore
>bring a copy of Lolita to the counter
>the cashier (20yo art hoe girl) looks at it
>it’s the everymans copy
>she immediately tenses up when she sees the cover
>she asks me if I know what this book is about
>I say “no, just heard it was a good book from a friend”
>of course I’m lying and I know exactly what the book is about
>she senses this and tells me what it’s about and how she heard about it on a NPR podcast
>now I’m at a crossroads: buy the book and have her think I’m a perv, or go home without it
>tell her “oh haha, guess that’s why he reccomended it, I’m a criminal psychology major”
>she says “oh really, so am I”
>she says “what uni do you go to”
>o-oh you know H-Harvard
>I say this thinking that a girl like her could not be at Harvard so she would leave me alone
>”so am I!! I don’t ever see you at lectures”
>t-that’s because I don’t c-come
>”oh well take care then”

That’s how I got out of being labeled a pervert by a cute girl

[Anonymous No.12757158]

>>12757142
She knew the story was bs and wanted to embarrass you. Why do you think she said she was in the same major and school as you?

[Anonymous No.12757169]

>>12757142
>>12757158
Yeah this girl definitely wanted his D, she was just teasing

[Anonymous No.12757172]

>>12757158
It’s just as plausible that she didn’t know

[Anonymous No.12757422]

>>12757142

[Anonymous No.12757465]

>>12756810
Damn Turkish memes are awful.

[Anonymous No.12757485]

>go to bookstore on singles day
>sheepishly make my way to the penis inspection booth
>I passed but I was still nervous despite preparing
>Walk past the people enjoying their crablegs in the jacuzzi section
>Just as I'm about to pass the rope bridge over the manlet pits the store jester stops me
>he pops a set of pynchon teeth in his mouth and hyuks to me
>whatsamattah fella, dontcha like hot tubs? Ahchachacha
>and squirts water in my face out of his toilet lapel and saunters away as the entire store burst out laughing
>I put a tip into the jester jar and make my way to the classics section
>As I'm inspecting Stoner the store trap comes up to me
>I spill my spaghetti and can't really say anything
>trap gives me a weird look
>I try to just walk away with the book
>alarms start going off
>oh god no
>sentenced to 2 weeks in the paper mines for failure to tip the store trap
This is why I use amazon

[Anonymous No.12758098]

>>12756790

[Anonymous No.12758993]

>>12756643
>go to bookshop
>browsing books
>trip over myself and fall into bookshelf
>bookshelf jolts backwards and 20+ books fall on the floor all around me
>everyone is staring at me including staff
>panic and quick-walk out of the shop
>as I'm walking down the street hear a man's voice yell out "Oi mate... you have to come back!"
>keep walking
This happened a year ago now and I'm still worried to go back to the shop in case any of the staff recognise me.

[Anonymous No.12759013]

>>12756643
>walked into a bookstore
>a dog attacks me
>woman says "sorry about that"
>some people were singing or some shit at the front of the shop
>left because it's too cold
I don't have any interesting stories.

[Anonymous No.12759210]

>>12757485
I hate when this happens

[Anonymous No.12759265]

>>12758993
You have more courage than most people. They would all go back just because someone told them to. You are smarter than that and don't just do things because you are told.

[Anonymous No.12759346]

>>12756861
>excuse me

and then you go where you want to go
how hard is it?

[Anonymous No.12759351]

I live in a suburban shithole so the only bookstores here are lifeless Barnes & Nobles that don’t foster interactions and are basically glorified starbucks shops

[Anonymous No.12759359]

>>12759351
My local B&N is just children buying schoolbooks, numales buying starwars toys, and a starbucks. My other local bookstore is some hole in a wall with a bunch of leatherbound books but the selection is a whole lot of weird obscure shit and the books look rundown as fuck. I still prefer the latter but it's in such a weird spot I don't remember where it's located other than the general area (i could probably find it again if I walk around the street for an hour though).

[Anonymous No.12759370]

>>12759351
What city? I want to see if it's really a shithole or people are getting the habit of calling every small town a shithole

I would call New York and Los Angeles shitholes.

[Anonymous No.12759374]

>>12759359
Yep mine is just boomer self help books, toys, and kid stuff. I guess I lied, there’s a Half Price Books that had an okay selection, better than B&N I guess. I need to get out of here but I don’t know where to go...

[Anonymous No.12759377]

>>12759370
>I would call New York and Los Angeles shitholes.
reatrd an d im not even form nyc or LA

[Anonymous No.12759391]

>>12759377

[Anonymous No.12759394]

>>12759391
DELETE THIS, WHITEY

[Anonymous No.12759396]

>>12759265
>>12758993
Yeah I second that. Anon you got this.

[Anonymous No.12759401]

I once bought a copy of infinite jest at B&N and there was a booger smeared on one of the pages and a note that said, "This is what you get," in red ink.

[Anonymous No.12759416]

>>12759401
Holy based...

[Anonymous No.12759590]

>>12756643
>Go to local used book store
>Buy a Mishima book
>Old man behind register tells me to read Abe, his favorite Japanese author
>tfw face of another is one of my favorite books now
Thank u old man

[Anonymous No.12759639]

>go to a popular bookstore in DC several years ago
>actually has pretty decent selection, all things considered
>pick up stoner absentmindedly (hadn't heard of it yet)
>elderly bookstore owner, who was putting the new arrivals away, says "This is a masterful book. You should read it immediately."
>think, hell why not
>read it all that afternoon and love it

>>12759590
why are old bookstore owners so based. there's another one I went to, run by this elderly widow who started the store with her deceased husband, who giggled when she caught me and my friend leafing through a big and illustrated copy of Fanny Hill

[Anonymous No.12759659]

>>12759639
oh and if you're ever in DC, the best bookstore is Bridge Street Books. it's pricey but somehow has a fuckin fantastic critical theory/phil section in a really damn small space

[Anonymous No.12759821]

>Be me
>At Powell's, scoping out some Bolaño.
>Pick up Antwerp and skim through some pages.
>"Oh that one's really good," says a female voice to my right.
>"Y-you too."
>"Huh?"
>Get myself together, stand up. "What I meant to say was he always said that--"
>"The only novel that doesn't embarrass me is Antwerp," we say in unison.
>Her eyes light up.
>"It's great to meet someone else who likes it," I say.
>"I know right," she says. "Oh."
>A scrawny, gawky guy comes up behind her, glaring at me.
>"This is my boyfriend, [whatever the fuck his name was.]"
>Be polite, greet him.
>Continue conversation for a few moments then let it die off.
>Scuttle away.
>Buy Antwerp.
>Go home.
>Sit on the edge of my bed with the book on my lap, staring at it in silence.

[Anonymous No.12760118]

>>12759346
If you think there's room in a narrow aisle between 3 or 4 OVERWEIGHT middle aged women you're wrong

[Anonymous No.12760225]

>need a copy of the Iliad
>can't see one on the shelf
>ask woman at counter if they have it
>she walks over to the shelf that I already looked at and picks up the Odyssey
>her: "is this what you're looking for?"
>me: "no that's the Odyssey, I need the Iliad"

Unbelievable.

[Anonymous No.12760414]

>Visiting family
>Massive and excellent local used book store is having a going out of business sale and selling books for literal pennies on the dollar
>Walked in reminding myself that I had to fly back home
>Walked out with ~80lb of books and $50 poorer

Send help

[Anonymous No.12760418]

>>12759013
kafkaesque

[Anonymous No.12760532]

>>12759359
>weird obscure shit
post weird obscure shit

[Anonymous No.12760534]

>>12759659
>a fuckin fantastic critical theory/phil section in a really damn small space
all the queer books in tight corner where you could easily get rogered by some degenerate academic, no thanks mang.

[Anonymous No.12760569]

>>12759401

[Anonymous No.12760705]

>>12759821
This is a well-constructed little story. Very nice.

[Anonymous No.12760949]

>Arrive an hour early to a job interview
>Walk around the city while I wait
>Go into a neat little book shop
>Immediately after picking up a book I very suddenly sneeze all over it
>Cover is a mess
>Put it back and walk out the shop, unsure if anyone saw what happened

[Anonymous No.12760984]

>>12757485
based and surrelistpilled

[Anonymous No.12761027]

I was in a used bookstore in Edinburgh in around early 2016. It was run by these two old English guys. When I walked in they were setting up their card reader for the first time - I was their first ever customer to pay without cash. Needless to say I thought it was very CUTE

[Anonymous No.12761031]

>At second hand bookstore
>Ask old Mediterranean looking owner if he has a copy of the Philokalia
>He has a look on his computer, doesn't have it
>Have a browse at the WWII section, indescribable number of "Holocaust survivor" biographies
>Come back to the checkout 15 minutes later with a copy of Skidelsky's Mosley biography
>"Now anon, that is not very much like Church Fathers is it?
Pretty sure the owner is Jewish and knows that I'm an antisemite now. He doesn't treat me very well when I go in there now.

[Anonymous No.12761039]

>>12756767
You sound like a social retard

[Anonymous No.12761074]

>>12761031
>>"Now anon, that is not very much like Church Fathers is it?
>he hasn't read his Chrysostom
http://www.yashanet.com/library/fathers.htm

[Anonymous No.12761081]

>>12757142
I bought a copy of Lolita and Penguin's Aristotle at a used store, and the guy at the counter asked me why I was interested in it. I said I heard heard about it a lot through reputation, but never read it.

I still don't know which book he was asking about.

[Anonymous No.12761092]

>>12761074
Everyone who reads them becomes an antisemite

[Anonymous No.12761131]

>>12756643
>went to book store
>bought a book
i know it's little short and boring but i just didn't want to make up shit just to be interesting like most of annons do.

[Anonymous No.12761142]

Only shop that sells books near me is WHSmith. The closest proper book shop near me is a Waterstones I'd either need a 40 minute walk to get to or a bus ride which would cost £5.

The books themselves are also often up to double the price of what you can get online. Often the hardbacks are even cheaper online than the paperbacks in the shop.

What a mess.

In the future there won't be shops. Everything will be done online and delivered to you via an electric car driven by an AI. No human interaction necessary. I hope I will be dead before we get to that state though.

[Anonymous No.12761157]

>>12761131
>>https://psychcentral.com/quizzes/autism-quiz/

[Anonymous No.12761187]

>>12761157

[Anonymous No.12761198]

>>12757422
christ women are cunts. a good bunch of them love watching serial killer docs and then turn around and say shit like this

[Anonymous No.12761204]

>>12758993
get a fake mustache and go back. total alpha move

[Anonymous No.12761293]

>>12761157
>I am a ____ year old Male / Female / Other
If you click Other does it just jump you to your results?

[Anonymous No.12761337]

Ah there was a really good one a couple of months back but it doesn't seem to have been caught by the archives.

[Anonymous No.12761367]

I get the feeling the guy who runs my local bookstore doesn't like me. Perhaps it's because I like to browse, but I never buy anything.

[Anonymous No.12761369]

>>12759639
Back in 2007, i bought Joe Haldeman's Peace and War from Borders. Read it non-stop, on my way home in tube, at home, for the next two-three days. Stoped playing vidya. Just read the book. I dont know how sci-fi rates here, i honestly dont care. But that book kept me reading for several days straight. The only other two "books", because i treated them as one complete long story, were Tolkien's collection (The Hobbit, The Lord of The Rings trilogy and Silmarilion - all in one big, heavy hardback) and The Magician (The Magician, Silverthorn and Darkness over Sethanon). Dont really care how you rate fantasy here too.
Read them non-stop, skipped a few days of college too. No regrets.

[Anonymous No.12761420]

>>12756810
Kara Boga Usurps Me would be a good title for a novel.

[Anonymous No.12761442]

I like the antiquarian bookshops we have in town, but the owners seem to be the most autistic people I have ever seen. They barely say "Hello" when you come in, every interaction (even buying a book) seems like it is a tremendous effort for them. They sit silent on their PC for 10 hours or more a day, when I am in town I sometimes see one of them sitting in his shop after 8 pm.
They have good prices, so I won't complain about their lack of social skills.

>go to pic related
>ask if they currently have anything by John Stuart Mill
>he just says "no"
>go out of the shop and rent it in the uni-library

[Anonymous No.12761446]

>>12761442
>They barely say "Hello" when you come in,

you´re supposed to say it, dumb normie

[Anonymous No.12761454]

>>12756803
Or General Fiction?

[Anonymous No.12761461]

>wage slaving
>walking around during lunch hour to find a new place
>business district full of expensive restaurants and high rent buldings
>find antique store with celing-tall bookshelves
>pretty cool selection
>second floor has a cozy room with rare books
>other rare antiques displayed tastefully
>everything is clean and not dusty at all
>light from big windows
>walking around with only the sound of my boots hitting the polished hardwood floor gazing at the historical miscellanea
>this place is amazing
>come back a few times over a year and find good books for cheap
>decide one day to just go crazy and buy some more expensive rare books
>Closed down
>no explanation of why
>feel really fucking sad

I would have supported them for years.

[Anonymous No.12761466]

>>12761446
I do, and they nearly never respond. That's what I meant, sorry if that wasn't clear.

[Anonymous No.12761477]

>>12756643
When I went to buy the Kamasutra the employees kept staring at me and it made me uncomfortable. I tried to lay it face down and kept looking away when the woman rung it up.

[Anonymous No.12761492]

>>12756767
based anon

[Anonymous No.12761795]

>>12761477
if you can't even look at a woman in the face when buying the book, good luck trying to get a woman to try out the positions involved...

[Anonymous No.12761811]

>>12761795
He bought it for the cultural significance, not practical utility.

[Anonymous No.12761817]

>>12761811
i was being charitable, he bought it to have a cultural wank is what he did.

[Anonymous No.12761853]

>>12761817
▶ yeah well ill be charatable by hopping on your dick a suctioning the cum all up my arse

[Anonymous No.12761854]

Went to Foyles in London yesterday, bought this nice edition of Pale Fire, The Left Hand of Darkness, and some Shushaku Endo books. Great place, I'd go regularly, but I live in the country.

[Anonymous No.12761860]

>>12761853
did you learn that particular trick from the kama sutra, pray tell?

[Anonymous No.12761868]

>>12761795
It was an older woman and it wasn't a sexy glance as much as a really, stern and judgmental glance She left right after looking at it and some guy rang it up though.
>>12761811
>>12761817
I was just interested in reading it and it was during a sale.

[Anonymous No.12761875]

>>12761868
>a really, stern and judgmental glance
ooer, some love that older woman schoolmarm charm, ya know. pic somewhat related

[Anonymous No.12761885]

>>12761875
I bought pic related at a donation run store, run by volunteers.
Some kindly old lady asked me what it was, I said it was fiction and that the show was popular so I wanted to read the book. She smiled at me and said the cover was really pretty.

[Anonymous No.12761893]

>>12761885
You got a perty mouth, anon.

[Anonymous No.12762238]

>>12756861
the women menace has to be stopped

[Anonymous No.12762253]

>>12761885
>She smiled at me and said the cover was really pretty.
she knew Kiss-shot was best girl

[Anonymous No.12762279]

>>12759370
NY and LA are hellholes, shit holes are generally reserved for run-down rust-belt cities

[Anonymous No.12762353]

>>12761198
Kerouac is legitmately garbage

[Anonymous No.12762401]

>>12757142
Next time I go to a book shop I should try to find and purchase such book and see what the results are.

[Anonymous No.12762409]

>>12756643
> go to the only bookstore in towm
> it's out of buissiness
> thinks about nuking my city

[Anonymous No.12762412]

>>12756972
Did you have to take a sock of your foot while in the store?

[Anonymous No.12762459]

>>12761142
Try charity book shops in a University town.

[Anonymous No.12762537]

>>12761854
Yeah, the Charing Cross store is really nice. Could do with one or two more places to sit near the shelves, but it's comfortable and well stocked with cool stuff. Plus you never really wait for service there.

[Anonymous No.12763185]

>>12760414
That's amazing Anon, but I'm afraid you won't find that kind of help here.

[Anonymous No.12763265]

My local bookstore was rated the second most beautiful book store in the country by a reasonable national newspaper. The exhibits are generally quite good and they seem to have good editions.

I've never been inside, people scare me.

[Anonymous No.12763269]

>>12759659
I recieved three high-fives for buying Deleuze there. Highly recommended.

[Anonymous No.12763357]

>At a Barnes & Noble philosophy section.
>Two older guys are looking at the spirituality books directly across the shelves.
>They are bonding about their acid trips
>"I saw a fox and I thought of you"
>I want to ask them where to find acid, since I'm new in town, but i know that would be rude and weird
>instead pretend Nozick ever says anything interesting until they leave.

>>12761157
32 points!

[Anonymous No.12763367]

>>12760225
Kek

[Anonymous No.12763814]

>>12763357
>rude and weird
these guys take acid, how weird is asking a random question compared to tripping? as to rude, they're druggies for gods sake.

[Anonymous No.12763825]

>>12761027
Blackwell books in Edinburgh is GOAT

[Anonymous No.12763859]

>>12757422
I could understand Kerouac but I thought Ginsberg was right up the fourth wave feminist alley.

[Anonymous No.12763866]

>>12756643
>Be at bookstore
>Glance at copy of "12 Rules For Life"; know it's popular and am curious about it
>Homosexual man with blue hair wearing sundress sees me looking at the book and starts yelling at me
>Get chased out of the store

[Anonymous No.12763898]

>>12756643
I worked in an Oxfam (Charity shop a la goodwill) bookshop from 08-12, at one point about one fifth of the donated books were 50 shades no lie. My manager put up a special reminder to check them for stains.

[Anonymous No.12763910]

>>12757142
>>now I’m at a crossroads: buy the book and have her think I’m a perv, or go home without it
>>tell her “oh haha, guess that’s why he reccomended it, I’m a criminal psychology major”
>>she says “oh really, so am I”

[Anonymous No.12763939]

>>12761854
How much was it? I live nearby and would buy one tomorrow if i could get that exact cover

[Anonymous No.12764039]

>>12763866
sure, buddy

[Anonymous No.12764286]

>>12757485
cant say my last singles day was any different

[Anonymous No.12764342]

so my one friend and I were really into history when we were younger and every couple of months his mom would bring us to half price books and we'd check out the history section for like half an hour. normally we'd just make fun of the fact that every single book on Germany was ww2 history or how there's no books on brown people cause we were some real intellectuals (we still do this). anyways, there was one book that caught our attention one time called Il Duce and his women. it was just the title, so fucking spectacular that we couldn't ignore it. so the first time we saw it we laughed and went off without another thought. then we came back and laughed again, and again, and again for a period of maybe 2 years, every time seeing it marked down. it was like chicken--how far down do they go in an attempt to sell it before just yeeting out? anyways, one time we come in and it's not there. no sign of it. to this day, every time we go there, we still just ask who the hell bought Il Duce and his women.
As it turns out it's apparently a decent biography of Mussolini with a weird title. But it's enough of a title to remember it.

[Anonymous No.12764487]

>Be me.
>It's 2005.
>Work in music dept. of B&N.
>Sweet discount on books.
>Get hammered all night one Saturday before Sunday a.m. shift.
>Go home super late/early.
>Smoke weed until have to shower.
>Puke in shower while cleaning.
>At work, on time, great attitude, as usual.
>Get shift rolling, Josh Grobin on in-store play.
>Think about hot trash-bag giving me the cold shoulder that was at the party last night.
>Start jacking off behind CD aisle where I can perfectly see escalator and music entrance.
>Drop load all over end cap sales picks.
>After climax start to seriously consider all the cameras recently installed to catch in-house thief.
>It's 2005.

[Anonymous No.12764572]

>>12756771
The horseshoe ends with Tony Blair

[Anonymous No.12764703]

>>12763866
>man
why did you assume his gender, bigot?

[Anonymous No.12764705]

>>12756892
there was a will-they won't-they with barabbas scene, and the amount of copycat criminals he spawned was incredible

[Anonymous No.12764742]

>>12759590
>be me
>pleb tier sf fan
>go to used book store, ask for recs
>old guy points me to firefall series
>love it, love the idea of singularity
>want to know more, stumble across accelerationism and land
>cand understand shit
>decide to get working knowledge of relevant philosophy before returning
i've given up on accelerationism for now, just making my way through western canon and loving it

[Anonymous No.12764752]

>>12760949
based and plaguepilled

[Anonymous No.12764770]

>>12763357

That unironically might have been me and my friend. Was this in Dallas by any chance?

[Anonymous No.12764795]

>>12764742
Thats a neat kind of rabbit hole. So the firewall series is good? Never heard of it but sounds intriguing if it got you into accelerationism and land

[Anonymous No.12765285]

>>12761454
xD

[Anonymous No.12765612]

>>12756803
Oh shit a friend and I had actually done this when in college.
>Gone to watch a movie
>Reached an hour early
>Decided to check out a book store close by
>Felt like idiots a few minutes in
>My Camp in Religion
>Bible in fiction
>Qoran in crime thriller
>Lolita in romance
>taocp in periodicals

[Anonymous No.12765712]

True story:
>be teenager
>want to buy literature
>young qt employee approaches me
>"Can I help you find anything?"
>"Uh, I think it's called 'The Count of Monte Crisco.'
>she chuckles
>"Count of Monte Cristo, you mean?"
>she touches my arm and laughs gently
>"Follow me," she says. "There's nothing wrong with being a virgin."
>fucking kill me.

[Anonymous No.12765737]

>>12761204
this. you cant lose

[Anonymous No.12765753]

>>12763939
it was £12.99 and not £8.99 like the others for some reason, maybe because it seems to be an American edition - no English prices on the back. Either way it was the last one of that edition on display so I hope they have more for you

[Anonymous No.12765791]

>>12758993
>"Oi mate... you have to come back!"

[Anonymous No.12765830]

>>12765753
Cheers fren, I will go to check before I see my godfather this afternoon

[Anonymous No.12767099]

>>12765830
>godfather
good book by the way

[Anonymous No.12767277]

>>12756643
is this a pic of citylights in san francisco? dank

[Anonymous No.12767366]

>>12756643
Why would I buy at a bookstore when amazon is 2/3 the price?

[Anonymous No.12767379]

>>12756643
>be me
>24, single
>work in bookstore for 3 years when we get a new female coworker
>she's pretty cute
>and underage (she's 16 and AOC is 17 where i live)
>work with her on a lot of nights and become pretty good friends
>one night am working the register with coworker
>customer walks up, looks 16-17 year old (found out she's 17), with a Jon Waters dvd
>she's pretty cute too
>even though I check her out, she's constantly looking over at my coworker and they're both trying not to giggle
>obviously they know each other, but I don't acknowledge it and ask the customer girl if she's seen pink flamingos
>with a big smile "yes I have, anon, I love that movie"
>talk a little about movies then she leaves
>think nothing much of it
>week goes by when Jon Waters girl comes in again
>walks right over to me and asks where the philosophy section is
>show her and ask if she's looking for a certain book
>"Anything you have on Heidegger"
>grab Being and Time, she's very pleased
>tell her about a book on him that I thought was helpful
>"Oh, I've read that one as well, actually"
>acting kind of nervous but clearly wants to talk more
>we're pretty busy though, so I tell her to have nice day and walk away
>few minutes later underage coworker walks over and pulls me aside
>girl I helped is her best friend
>"she's really likes you, anon"
>tell her nothing'll ever happen, not gonna date a girl in high school
>couple days later girl comes in again
>first words out of her mouth "The age of consent is 17 in Texas"
>tried to be nice and but proceeded to ramble on to this girl why I won't date her
>laugh about it afterwards, give my coworker shit about it, but it's all I could think about for a few days afterward

This was a couple of months ago, and I just quit that job. Did I do the right thing guys?

[Anonymous No.12767399]

>>12767379
hope you got her number or contact details, buddy.
read your Lolita and get back to us.

[Anonymous No.12767610]

>>12756643
City Lights is the most arrogant and pretentious bookstore I've ever visited

[Anonymous No.12767627]

>>12756643
>>12767610
as an arrogant and pretentious ass, i will say that this is my favorite bookstore of all time. i love the political nonfiction they publish as well. in my opinion this store is an important part of the city.

[Anonymous No.12768430]

>>12767627
>this store is an important part of the city.

in a city full of AIDS and public defecation I guess a bookstore like City Lights would be pretty important

[Anonymous No.12768439]

>>12768430
you wouldn't like it and should probably just stay out

[Anonymous No.12768490]

>>12768439
I've visited and there's a reason I'm not going back

[Anonymous No.12768922]

>>12765753
They didn't, bought the ugly leafing-through-cards cover anyway tho. Might cut it up as Kinbote suggests in the prelude

>>12767099
True. My godfather is just an obese old priest but he is very well-read

[Anonymous No.12768951]

>>12768922
bastards, sorry anon

[Anonymous No.12768952]

>>12768922
Did he diddle your bum while showing you how Alice went down the rabbit hole?

[Anonymous No.12768976]

>>12768951
It's ok

>>12768952
On my teenage pilgrimage to rome he catcalled some women when drunk. If I were older he'd have been called out hard tbqh

[Anonymous No.12768988]

>>12768976
Yes, but that still doesn't answer my question.

[Anonymous No.12768997]

>>12768976
>If I were older he'd have been called out hard
why? have you grown into some sort of male feminist? at least he's like a normal Italian man, and not some pervert rogering kids.

[Anonymous No.12769012]

>>12768988
>>12768997
Celibacy is a bad idea and warps sexuality for sure. I think my uncle is a true volcel, though his dog has tried to fuck my legs before

[Anonymous No.12769019]

>>12769012
a person of your disposition could just as easily have given that dog a wank, for the sake of animal rights.

[Anonymous No.12769029]

>>12758993
>people don't recognize this as a copypasta
/lit/ is dying, isn't it?

[Anonymous No.12769038]

>>12769029
this image is 2 years old

[Anonymous No.12769054]

>>12757485
wot

[Anonymous No.12769111]

>>12769038
>also, wasn't nihilism invented by Diogenes?
I'm fucking dying. On another note, did Evola actually release anything of worth?

[Anonymous No.12769138]

>>12769111
>did Evola actually release anything of worth?
yes, everything. use your critical judgement, and explore his orientations, you'll be amply rewarded.

[Anonymous No.12769193]

>innabookstore
>suddenly feel uneasy
>it smells of blood and copper
>get spooped
>NOPE the fuck out
>le true story xD

[Anonymous No.12769332]

>browsing around at a used bookstore
>see a bowl of pet food on a table
>think that's odd
>a cat appears, jumps on the table, eats, and looks at me
>"what are you looking for?"
>"do you have the conference of the birds?"
>"sorry, haven't heard of that"
>jumps off the table and runs away

[Anonymous No.12770482]

>>12756767

[Anonymous No.12770547]

>>12762409
Detonate your vest

[Anonymous No.12772349]

>>12761031
Was this in Wichita, Kansas?

[Anonymous No.12772550]

>>12764770

naw, miami. but I'm very happy for you

[Anonymous No.12772590]

>Be me
>Go to local book barn in the middle of the woods (pic related)
>Chilly but sunny autumn day
>Walk in and get hit by the smell of old books
>Bach is playing on the radio
>Browse for well over an hour
>Walk out with some nice old books
>Comfy.jpg

[Anonymous No.12772594]

The last time I bought a book from a bookstore was when I was 17 and I bought Stoner. The young cashier girl smiled at me really sweetly. Where the fuck did it all go so wrong? The same girl probably wouldn't be able to hide her contempt for me now.

[Anonymous No.12772632]

>go to a local bookstore that I havent visited ever
>so many classics
>buy a stack (pic related)
>compliment the shop to the owner
>he takes 4 euros off my purchase
Comfy

[Anonymous No.12772772]

>>12757422
I am all about inwardly thinking I'm the cat's pajamas and everyone else has the pissant taste. But that's just nasty ass elitism and what kind of girl uses the word fuck boi, ugh that's really disgusting.

[Anonymous No.12772785]

>>12772632
Irish, are we?

[Anonymous No.12772792]

>>12772785
Nope. Finnish.

[Anonymous No.12772795]

>>12760225
The Illiad was much better too. Glory and war and epic gods intervening and such.
The Odyssey was just some butthurt dude going on a nonsensical killing spree.

[Anonymous No.12772813]

>>12772792
I really like your band Baulta mate.

[Anonymous No.12772816]

>>12772813

[Anonymous No.12772825]

>>12767379
It doesn't sound like you have a strong connection with her, despite your mutual philosophical interests (which if she's read Hegel seem pretty rare).

17 year olds on average are pretty damn immature, so that can be a turnoff. But if you won't take her to the bonezone simply because she's 17, being fixated on the number, I'm not sure if that reasoning holds. 24 is pretty young too dude, in the long run you're still just a kid.

[Anonymous No.12773555]

>>12760984
Lol

[Anonymous No.12774018]

>>12761442

Is this in Sherbrooke?

[Anonymous No.12774072]

>>12769193
Kek underrated