People say the strangest things! Here are a few real customer quotes overhead by British booksellers ....
- A rather smart middle-aged female customer, accompanied by a sullen looking teenager who, having browsed for a while, bought a copy of The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Half an hour after leaving the shop, she reappeared at the counter waving the book and demanding her money back. When one of the shop's staff asked what was wrong, she replied: "It's absolute rubbish - there's not even anything about Italy in it. My daughter is planning to go Euro-railing in the summer and there don't seem to be sections on any of the countries she wants to visit."
- A customer, on seeing a copy of Great Expectations:
"Look, they bring books out on all the TV programmes now."
- "Can you tell me if Anne Frank wrote any other books?"
- "Do you have maps? You know, actual maps. Mappy maps..."
- Customer: I'm quite a staunch feminist you know.
Bookseller: Er.....hello
Customer (handing over a slip of paper): Could you tell me whether you're able to get hold of these 3 titles on feminism for me...
Bookseller: No problem, I can order all three of them and they should be here by tomorrow.
Customer: My goodness, aren't men so much quicker with technology than women!
With thanks to the folks at Independent Booksellers Week
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