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I really wish that the cashier at Barnes & Noble would talk to me about the books I'm buying.

>> No.876704

Really? I usually wish mine would shut the fuck up.

>> No.876708

Last time I was at Barnes and Nobles it was to buy a compilation of De Sade's writings. I asked the girl at the counter to look it up, see if they had it. She types it in, and asks, "Is his first name Marquis?"
Uh... yeah. Just point me in the right direction, bitch.

>> No.876711

>>876704

Unless it's a cute chick. Then that's a good way to start a conversation that ends with "want to hang out later?"

>> No.876712
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>>876704
word to your mother

>> No.876714

>>876708

I had the same experience.

"Do you have Kafka's diaries?"
"Who?"
"Kafka."
"How do you spell that?"
"K-A-F-K-A."
"Franz?"
"...yes."
"No, we don't have it."

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>>876708
>gets pissed off if someone asks for specifications

>> No.876718

>>876708
I bet she pronounced it mar-keys too.

>> No.876752
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>>876715
>he thinks Marquis is a name and not an aristocratic title

>> No.876756

I worked at a bookshop once. It's too busy for that kind of stuff. It might seems like there are no other customers, but the majority of the job is addressing/shelving/filing returns/ringing people about orders etc. Actual desk work is usually a pretty small part of it which tends to eat into the other things if you aren't careful.

>> No.876759

>>876708
There's more than one de Sade on the system you flaming faggot.

>> No.876762

>>876759

see

>>876752

Goddmnot, summer /lit/..

>> No.876766

i can't remember the last time i bought a book from B&N because i don't like getting ripped off.

>> No.876769

>>876766
Where do you buy books from?

>> No.876772

>>876752
No one said that, cunt. You're being a twat.

Not everyone has heard of every author. If you've never heard of de Sade, there's no fucking reason to assume that Marquis is not a first name. It's not Baron or Duke. It's fucking Marquis. It's not a well known title.

Stop being a pretentious whiny fuck.

>> No.876774

>>876769
locally owned stores and sometimes used from amazon. i try to buy local when i can. booksamillion and B&N are expensive as fuck. i don't like it. i've been doing alright trying to avoid chain stores and shit. it's not easy. lol

>> No.876777

>>876772

Plebeian detected.

>> No.876779

>>876762
>No, John, you are the summer fag
>And then John was a newfag

>> No.876784

>>876766
The last time I bought something from Barnes & Noble it was on clearance, so it was 50% off. When I got to the register, they took another 15% off because I know someone's membership number. I gave the cashier a gift card which still had a few bucks on it, and my total came to 23 cents. I pulled out my debit card to pay (don't carry cash), and the cashier pulled a quarter out of her pocket and put it in the register instead.

It was a good day.

>> No.876785

>>876777
...Really? Wow.

>> No.876789

>>876777
This is why people hate you.

>> No.876791

>>876785

Shit, you didn't know what Marquis means, so you probably didn't get "plebeian" either. Let me attempt to insult you at your own level: you are poop.

>> No.876792

>>876789

You mean the triples?

>> No.876795

>>876791
Bro. You're on a lit board. And you fail at reading comprehension. Go read the post again. He said he understands if someone else is not familiar with the term. He clearly knows what it means. Calm down.

>> No.876797

>>876791
Being 16 sure is fun, isn't it?

>> No.876805

Anyone who has read A Tale of Two Cities, which is pretty much everyone, as it's close to required reading in high school, knows the title 'Marquis'. He's right to call him a plebeian; I'd throw in 'philistine' myself.

>> No.876809

>>876805

"Prole" wouldn't be unfitting, either.

>> No.876813

>>876805
> It's not Baron or Duke. It's fucking Marquis. It's not a well known title.

Does this sound like I'm unaware it's a title?

Also, you're both misusing plebian, but I forgive, since it's become the accepted use, and new words can be oh so exciting. The general population of rome was fairly educated. Have a good day children.

>> No.876820

>>876809
>The term is somewhat, though not always, synonymous with prole.
>From the wiki page for plebe.
>Dohohohohohohohohoh Google makes me look smart.

>> No.876816

SURE IS PRETENTIOUS IN HERE, 16YO FAGGOTS WHO HAVE BEEN REJECTED FROM SOCIAL LIFE AND KNOW FIND REASSURANCE IN THE FACT THAT THEY ARE SUPERIOR BY USING LATIN WORDS

GO HOME. GET A LIFE.

>> No.876822

>>876816
I don't know how I feel that a tripfag is defending me... But... thanks?

>> No.876831

>>876816
SO YOU'LL HATE ME. BECAUSE I CAN TAKE IT. BECAUSE I AM NOT YOUR HERO. I'M A SILENT GUARDIAN, A WATCHFUL PROTECTOR. A DARK KNIGHT.

>> No.876847

>>876822

You're now in league with a tripfag who writes with cruise control ON, and thinks he's the motherfucking batman. How does this make you feel?

>> No.876860

>>876820
Google DOES make me look smart. I thought that was why it was invented.

>> No.876862

>>876813
>he can't spell 'plebeian' correctly

>> No.876966

I like talking to the one at my B&N. she's always the one that ends up checking me out when I'm buying something really gay (Queer by Burroughs, or Tropic of Cancer, Lady Gaga: Behind the Fame, etc.), but at least she hasn't called me a faggot yet.

>> No.876970

>>876966
faggot.

>> No.876978

>>876966
Fag.

>> No.876987

>>876966
fagget.

>> No.877052

>>876862

He is one, what did you expect?

>> No.877069

>>876966
I love you, bro. I'm not gay and I read a lot of queer books. How could I skip on on Burroughs, Genet, Bataille, Lorca, Kerouac, etc.?

>> No.877089

>>877069
lol.
gaylord.

>> No.877107

>>877089
haha you got me.

>> No.879068

>>876831
.........

BATMAN?!

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>>876831
You are the hero gotham deserves. Pic related, it's what you look like.

>> No.879201

You guys seem like dicks. I would a popular corporate bookstore in Canada and whenever I vaguely recognize a title I try to make some small talk about it, usually only positive things.

Makes my job interesting and it gives the customer the impression that they're not merely a customer.

tl;dr you're not gonna fuck girls at bookstores by buying fancy classics

>> No.879205

>>879201
>> I work

fuck.

>> No.879328

I should try to time my visits to 4chan for when the americans are sleeping.

>> No.879386

>>879328
Good idea.

>> No.879401

>>879328
I do this too, and I'm an American :twisted:

>> No.879404

>>879401
Another American here to jump on that bandwagon.

>> No.879442
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879442

maybe your shitty country should just make an imageboard worth visiting and you wont have the problem of dealing with US on OURS?

and all you self loathing faggots....enjoy being a starry-eyed teenager.

>> No.879466

>>879442
Y'see, I read this kind of thing and all I hear in my head is indignant burbling. It's just not that endearing.

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>>879442

AMERICA, FUCK YEAH! BORN IN THE U S A! DON'T TREAD ON ME!

>> No.879477

>>879466
Okay.

I really don't care.

>> No.879478
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>> No.879777

Start the conversation. We will. We've probably at least heard of it.

>> No.880507

>>879777
OP here. I would but I wouldn't really know what to say and I think it would be awkward if I just started talking about the book.

>> No.881753

If I recognise the book that the person is buying, then I do sometimes speak to them.

>> No.881779

>>879777
Will you talk to me about John Barth or Philip Roth even if I look like a crack addict?

>> No.881816

>>879442
>data is 2 years old

ITS TOTALLY STILL RELEVANT

>> No.881847

>>876784

i don't know why everyone else in this thread got so mad but that sounds awesome man, congrats

>> No.881873

/lit/ is full of pretentious faggots, but it's ok because we're ALL pretentious faggots

and holy shit.
>>876784
You are like the master book buyer.

>> No.884090

heh.....

>> No.884378
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>>876696
I'm a cashier at a B&N and I bet you are the kind of asshole who tries to strike up a conversation while there is a line behind you.

SPOILER ALERT: There are other customers and normal people appreciate being rung up quickly.

I actually mention the books someone is buying only about once every two weeks. And only about once a month do I exchange more than a sentence about them. When I do this it is to recommend something else because B&N is a goddamn business.

If you want to chat, find someone at customer service, they aren't under time constraints. Though, we will probably just tolerate you as you verbally jack off all over the copy of Gravity's Rainbow you will probably not buy and wind up leaving somewhere else for us to put away.

In conclusion, fuck you.

>> No.884387

>>876696
>Hey! I'm going to read books while other, lesser people are watching TV! Give me attention and praise!

>> No.884427

/v/irgin here

trust me, you don't

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884437

>>879442
just who ARE the OTHERS

>> No.884440

>>884378

way to be a cocksucker for a business that doesn't give a damn about you and has you being cold to the people that make it possible you have your little job

>> No.884450

Whoa whoa whoa

People BUY books?

>> No.884454

>>884450

I know rite?

>> No.884498

>>884440
>implying any business gives a damn about its employees
>implying up-selling isn't part of my job
>implying I'm anything but kind and polite to all my customers
>finally, implying anyone likes listening to the pretentious ramblings of c/lit/s

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>>884450

>> No.884580

>>884498

I'm not going to waste my time breaking it down, but none of the shit you listed was implied. At all.

OP never implied that he wanted the clerk to spend an inordinate amount of time talking books with him, nor is there any reason to assume he wants you to talk to him while there's a line.

Have you ever stopped to think that adding a little bit of personal touch to the exchange might go a long way toward upselling, you cantankerous cunt?