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I’m moving to a different state and my brother Jacob has helped me out here and drew my comic for me! Give him some love on twitter @explodeyman So this discount change has taken effect as of now. I can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was hired in January of 2001. It’s getting closer and closer to that 20 year milestone for me. Over nearly two decades of working for The Bookstore though, I haven’t had the chance to get any training in cafe[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
V-Carts are fairly convenient contraptions that allow us to move a good 200 pounds of books around the sales floor easily. You don’t need to do too much upkeep for them either. Very few moving parts. Of the few moving[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One annoyance that crops up almost on the daily is when a “customer” comes in to buy a small cup of coffee or a newspaper and proceeds to pay for the item with a 50 or 100 dollar bill. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This cookie sale has been going on for quite a while now. It seems like one just has to walk into the store and you’re handed a coupon for an extra cookie. It must be doing something right for it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There are people who come into The Bookstore asking casually about where the restrooms are, for a just in case scenario. Others come in with a determined look, concentrating on making sure things are under control, that ask where the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The baristas have to take out the trash regularly from the in store cafe, and with our cafe being the “island style” in the middle of the store set up, there are no close exits for them to take the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been working at the Stevens Creek store location for over five years now and I can say that ALL of the good options for food are gone. The crappy pepperoni pizza has been replaced by even crappier “healthy” flat[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I find too many half finished cups of coffee left abandoned on our shelves in The Bookstore. There has to be some sort of mental goof that happens with customers and their drinks when they’re in a bookstore. Coffee nowadays[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The state of California in which I currently reside has water/drought problems. My wife tells me most of the state is a semi-arid desert environment. We don’t get rain as frequently as we need and we have huge portions of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Help support the site by going to Patreon! You get to see cool extra stuff seen only there and nowhere else!! Pumpkin Spice. People love this stuff. They hoard this stuff. But many of these people who love pumpkin spice[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Help support the comic here on Patreon! Extra drawings and comics, giraffe doodles on the weekly, you could even be in the comic strip itself!!! Working in the Cafe department is like distilled customer service. It’s all been boiled down[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Help support the site on Patreon! You get extra stuff when you become a Patron! Cool stuff like extra comics, giraffe doodles, and you could even be part of the comic! Check it out! You won’t regret it! I got[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Help support the comic here! Any and every little bit helps! This situation actually happened to my wife. She was working in the cafe and trying her very best to explain to the customer what black teas we sell. This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Support the site! Mike: Bookseller has a Patreon! Extra drawings and stuff await patrons! You could even be in the comic like Joseph and Evil Chris! One of the complaints I hear from my cafe coworkers is that a lot[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Help support Mike: Bookseller! You could be in the comic or get fun giraffe drawings! Having a customer or two walk up to the customer service desk and hand you trash is no big deal. It’s welcome even. When a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Help Mike: Bookseller out and Mike: Bookseller will help you out by giving you more comics! There are certain cafe workers in there that once you see them you know you’re order is safe. Better than safe. …and then there[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Please help Mike: Bookseller become more successful! You get to see cool stuff! Giraffes, extra doodles, possibly even your own character added to the cast! The Bookstore cafe menu is constantly in flux. We just had a few new items[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Help support Mike: Bookseller! Perhaps join the cast like Evil Chris here, or check out all the cool giraffe drawings I do! You could even get one of those sent to you every month! There have been some upset customers[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Help the site! You get to see cool stuff I promise! I don’t know how many times I’ve seen this happen. People park in a bookstore parking lot, walk into the cafe with The Bookstore name all over the place,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s a new flavored syrup that came out a few days ago, smoked butterscotch. Now, there are people who like butterscotch and there are those that don’t. I enjoy a butterscotchery confection from time to time. It’s not my favorite[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wouldn’t it be fun to have pastries named after popular books and literary figures? The stupid puns and portmanteaus would be amazing. It would also mean that we’d find better pastry options. Or, I hope we would. That cannoli is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There aren’t too many options in the cafe I’d consider eating anymore. Lemon bars are gone, chocolate croissants are gone, and worst of all, the cream puffs are gone. They kept the gross cannolis, there’s a new disgusting chipotle brownie…[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
New category changes happened…again… Which is a thing you can set your watch by. It happens with such frequency. We now have Business Motivation as a subsection again. It went away for a bit, but now it’s back! And Business[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I still don’t know what to think of this S’mores frappuccino. I’ve had it at least ten times and the only instance of me enjoying that drink was when a new hire in the cafe messed it up.
You could customer service the heck out of those cafe campers, OR you can play mind games with them. Which one is more fun?
Bring back the cream puff! Bring it back! Bring it back! I sorely miss that confectionery delight. It was the choicest morsel you could buy. I never got sick of that thing. Someone did it seems. Well, that someone is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When you start working at a bookstore that has a cafe, and you get an amazing employee discount, you soon abuse that discount, all the way to the point that you’re absolutely sick of anything that’s on the menu. You’ve[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I had a coworker tell me about this incident as soon as it happened to him. It pretty much played out just like what the comic shows here. I’m thankfully immune to stupidity. I wouldn’t have lasted this long in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m not the only one bothered by the almost real words out there am I? Or how people will add extra letters to words? Like eXpresso and boLth? What a waste of letters.
So, who likes food and literary puns? Two thumbs THIS GUY. Also, who likes buying t shirts?
Got an interesting email from Melissa the other day: “I am so sick of women using their bras as pockets that it makes me wish fanny packs would come back in style! Two nights ago, there was a woman buying[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I love the cream puff served in our cafe. It is ambrosia. It’s the best item on the menu. WHY IS IT SEASONAL?! The cafe manager warned me of the day when we wouldn’t be getting anymore in until next[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Got an email from Harrison the other day and the comic pretty much wrote itself from here: “Hey Mike, I have a story from one of my cafe servers. As he went out to do some table touching, one of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We see them way too frequently, it’s a given that you’ll see at least two a week, if not per day. Free loaders are of course the worst. The poor nursing school student is one thing, but when you see[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This one pretty much was written by Becca’s email. I just had to add the drawings. Becca’s email: “One time a lady went into labor in the cafe at our store and my manager almost had to deliver the baby[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For all the customers who come in to the store bringing your own food and reading our merchandise without paying for ANYTHING, there are libraries that your tax money pays for that would much rather have your patronage.
Every once in a while as I’m walking to and fro on the sales floor I’ll spy a Westgate alumnus amongst the customers, they themselves being a customer now. A certain few of those I make sure to avoid being[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So this is based off of true events but filtered and changed and stuff. A store manager was promoted to a bigger better bookstore replacing a much hated incumbent store manager. Fast forward a year or so later and the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Any time I go to the cafe I can’t help it. I must order a cream puff. For me, the cream puff is the best thing on offer there. It’s sad that they’re only seasonal. That just means I have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The questions directed at us folks working the customer service desk can get pretty dumb, but the questions and comments aimed at the cafe staff can be downright idiotic. “Do your blueberry scones have blueberries in them?” “I got this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jeremy wrote to me about…last month (I’m so sorry! I’ve been dang busy!) with an email about, well, here’s what Jeremy wrote: “Few weeks ago our bookstore chain decided that they wanted all booksellers to participate in “table touching.” For[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Abby emailed me a little while ago with some stories I’m finally getting around to (sorry!!!! life got super busy!) Today’s comic is inspired from Abby’s experience: “I was [working] in Starbucks for this one. A -for lack of better[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This latest comic could be used as a way to introduce people to their retail job or my comic or both! The Holidays are edging closer and closer. I’ve gotten too many Christmas related products in the store in the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I did a comic a little while back about how a lot people complain that the coffee served in our cafes don’t taste like Starbucks. I then received a few interesting comments saying how some people loved the fact that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s provided with sushi, certain salty snacks are flavored with it, it’s a very dry heat. I’m huge into spicy foods. Peppers and curries and all that good stuff. I can’t get enough. But with wasabi, less is just fine.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Among the many complaints I’ve heard and been told about working the cafe, “this doesn’t taste like Starbucks” ranks pretty high. What the WHAT?! How is it already June?!
People have shared cafe stories with me of how poorly they’re treated by customers, the saddest stories are the ones detailing an employee helping a customer find a book earlier, and being treated well, then they cover a break at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
