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I have a Patreon! I was walking from the break room to the stock room when my brain caught up to my ears. Christmas music was playing at work through the overhead speakers. My blood started to boil. We’re barely[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was helping an elderly woman track down a copy of “Lincoln in the Bardo” a couple weeks back, we are fairly short staffed at the moment too. Phones ring until the ONE bookseller available on the floor can answer[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Every time that photo turns up on my Facebook feed I grind my teeth. It’s not a funny joke for those on a closing shift. We’re usually understaffed and already having to deal with a call out or two. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Help support the comic! You could see all sorts of awesome cool stuff! Drawings and extra comics and doodles, early comics, even appearances in the strip! I’ve not had much to complain about calling customers that their special order came[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Help support the site! With enough support I could avoid facing angry customers like this guy in the strip! We had a crazy guy go off and punch one of our employees not too long ago. It was a surprise[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Please support Mike: Bookseller through Patreon! It helps a great deal! I’ll hazard a guess that not everyone is aware of this devil company. You may have seen their products here or there, you may have even purchased one or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Your support is helping me out more than you know! Thank you! Help support Mike: Bookseller here! There are some things out there that can drive me crazy like nothing else and one of those things is sound books. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I got an email from a reader a little while back: “I got to work today I was told by all my fellow booksellers that the new store manager was talking crap, “…kids is a disaster, books everywhere, hopefully our[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There is nothing worse than when another human stands up to pee with the toilet seat down. You couldn’t hold it in for another three seconds to lift the seat, you lazy peon? Your bladder was not able to contain[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve had managers react this way a lot through my years at the bookstore. I have no idea what they’re stressed about half the time and when I walk up to ask them a question about whatever, they turn to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I cannot stand Christmas Muzak. It is the worst and whatever in store sample CDs that get played at the bookstore, after they rotate out of play, I will personally be snapping them all in half. I hate this crap[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been able to avoid these types of customers for the most part. But when I do have to deal with these lousy people it’s a huge struggle for me not to “make” more red shirts… With the holidays now[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For all of those instructions from home office saying that a ten inch Lego box will fit on a seven inch tall shelf, or how the flimsy cardboard displays they say will hold forty copies of the World Atlas, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It never fails. Every time, EVERY TIME I have a clear, flat surface, I turn around for ONE SECOND and some idiot throws crap all over it. The clear space isn’t for you drop what you’re doing and run away,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
These are all sadly based off of true stories. Granted, not all of them were perpetrated by a single manager, but it goes without saying, there are a lot of stupid people that get into management positions that have absolutely[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Any time there’s a change in categories for our books and subsections, it is the worst time. Holidays are upon us, earlier than ever, so we’re busy setting up all of THAT crap and we’re expected to change up all[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I just heard about an email stating that they are sending many more copies than we are supposed to hold on shelves in preparation for the upcoming holiday blitz. That’s some good intentions. Get well stocked before it all hits[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It happens every year. It happens earlier every year. I get angrier every year. Holiday creep is the absolute worst. We aren’t allowed to celebrate any other holiday besides Christmas. Just after Independence Day we have to start setting up[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Is anyone else kind of frustrated and VERY tired of how holiday product is handled and delivered? We have such a light month in August, I would think that would be a good time to carefully plan and ship what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s hard to fathom that a manager, or the management team in general doesn’t devolve into passive aggressive threats and outright insults when holding the daily store morning meeting. Now, I have been in stores that have hosted such meetings,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some of the worst customers we have to deal with are those that want to argue, they want to create a scene. They want to find something to complain about. We aren’t getting paid to listen to you, we’re getting[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Really, really, people? I cannot understand how you can’t put the product back exactly where you got it from when you’re still in front of it! ARE YOU REALLY THAT LAZY?!?!
Beulah is an amalgamation of the worst idiots I’ve had the displeasure of calling coworkers. I’ve missed out on breaks due to how the Beulahs of the workplace handle customers or other employees at the register. The question “how did[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Got another great story from Tracie! “There was an accident with one of the store’s fire extinguishers… a customer had knocked into one of the store pillars and the extinguisher on it fell off its poorly constructed stand to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cleaning up poop is the WORST part of working anywhere I would think. And to make the worst part worse…er, you may very well get pegged to clean up anything and everything.
I don’t even bother making New Year’s resolutions. I see no point. We should be constantly trying to improve ourselves, a new year shouldn’t be your starting point. Every day is your starting point. Get something done!
With all of the stuff that gets printed onto the boxes we get into the store it can get pretty confusing and frustrating as to what we’re supposed to do with them. Don’t even get me started on all of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This happened at the worst possible time. Late deliveries, angry customers, overbearing managers, storms, and then what happens? The power goes out. Fantastic. Happy FREAKING Holidays.
Hey, remember the day after Thanksgiving? The day when people started playing Christmas music because that’s the day that officially/unofficially starts the holiday shopping craziness? It’s now starting the day after Halloween. We need to take November back! Thanksgiving must[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What else can I say? Holiday retail is the worstest! Thanks for reading and sharing my poem thing!
Mark my words, within five years we’re going to be setting up Christmas product before Labor day. It’s getting ridiculous. We took down our Halloween displays a week or two ago, set up our Thanksgiving display, and now we’re taking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Further rhyming? What sorcery is this?! I cannot abide that Elf on a Shelf. I hate it so much. It’s only getting worse. The Birthday edition, a reindeer companion, jackets and jerseys… It’s just awful. What’s not awful is this:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Do you know that thing some people do? That “Christmas in July” thing? Yeah. That’s going to be reality within 15 years.
Inspired by an email from Anny Nomous: “I was applying for the Toys and Games lead position at my store, I was known my recommendations. I made my Prestigious “100 club” sales and have tons of fun, good stories about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I got an email from Liz about this whole “Day The Crayons Quit” promotion The Company is heading up: “Lately I’ve been thinking about the special storytimes and activities for this book. The upper levels of management are out of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From what I’ve been hearing, it’s not just my store that’s getting in WAY too many copies of specific titles. The only time I’ve seen 300-plus copies fly off the shelves was with Harry Potter books. Anything besides that doesn’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s always the case. Either we have too many people trying to all do the same thing, or we have a dearth of hours and too many projects to finish. Also: P.D.T. for the uninitiated: Portable Data Transmitter. Or it’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There are way too many copies of any and all John Green books at the store. I don’t know who is responsible for sending us this much. My guess is that someone on the corporate side of things maybe likes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It was a very odd day in the middle of summer to hear that “Chestnuts Roasting” song start to play over the P.A. system. To see our manager dash off to change whatever glitch happened was pretty funny looking back[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I got a sizable email from Allie a little while ago, in one section of it Allie shares a story with me and now I share it with you: ” A customer sees the Natalie Wood DVD box set we[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
