failure at America! (and sociopaths)
I had a lady come into work today looking for a state quarter book. No big deal--I showed her the section with all the coin-collecting stuff and put some of the quarter books in her hands.
Well, that wasn't it. She wanted a quarter book with a picture of the states.
I'm industrious. I dug one up and handed it to her as well.
Well, that wasn't it either. She wanted one with all the states, and spots for all the quarters. Like the ones from Washington DC, and Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
When I kindly pointed out that no, none of those are states and won't be getting quarters, she refused to believe me.
I managed to leave without insulting her to her face. If Borders was giving raises this year, I'd say I deserve a big one.
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Boredom at work and restricted access to Jim Butcher (We couldn't get or keep any of his earlier works in for any given time) meant I turned to Jeff Lindsey's Dexter series. I liked the first book, though the ending seemed rushed. The second book, Dearly Devoted Dexter, started with a clunk and meandered for a bit before picking up any sort of pace, and Lindsey picked up a particular predilection for perpetually shrieking IN ALL CAPS. ALL THE TIME. I'm not allowed to take a pen to the books I haven't bought and was thus saddened to the point that I had to come home and huggle my CMS.
I probably would've stopped the series there if we'd gotten Butcher's Fool Moon in, or another of Friedman's Feast of Souls . . . but alas, Borders Group seems to have problems with keeping the authors I like in stock. So instead I picked up the third, Dexter in the Dark . . . aaaaand I got cranky. ( Spoilers, again! )
Lindesy supposedly has a fourth book coming out in August. I don't think I'll look into it unless I get phenomenally bored--and even then, it's not likely.
(But I still own the first, and those first few pages still make me happy.)
Well, that wasn't it. She wanted a quarter book with a picture of the states.
I'm industrious. I dug one up and handed it to her as well.
Well, that wasn't it either. She wanted one with all the states, and spots for all the quarters. Like the ones from Washington DC, and Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
When I kindly pointed out that no, none of those are states and won't be getting quarters, she refused to believe me.
I managed to leave without insulting her to her face. If Borders was giving raises this year, I'd say I deserve a big one.
~~
Boredom at work and restricted access to Jim Butcher (We couldn't get or keep any of his earlier works in for any given time) meant I turned to Jeff Lindsey's Dexter series. I liked the first book, though the ending seemed rushed. The second book, Dearly Devoted Dexter, started with a clunk and meandered for a bit before picking up any sort of pace, and Lindsey picked up a particular predilection for perpetually shrieking IN ALL CAPS. ALL THE TIME. I'm not allowed to take a pen to the books I haven't bought and was thus saddened to the point that I had to come home and huggle my CMS.
I probably would've stopped the series there if we'd gotten Butcher's Fool Moon in, or another of Friedman's Feast of Souls . . . but alas, Borders Group seems to have problems with keeping the authors I like in stock. So instead I picked up the third, Dexter in the Dark . . . aaaaand I got cranky. ( Spoilers, again! )
Lindesy supposedly has a fourth book coming out in August. I don't think I'll look into it unless I get phenomenally bored--and even then, it's not likely.
(But I still own the first, and those first few pages still make me happy.)