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…
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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…
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 got an email from Tracie who recounted a story she got from her coworker Rob: “There was about five or so people in line waiting for him to check them out, when this large woman walks up and starts[…]↓ 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…
I got a message from Emily just yesterday about “customers walking past the giant “Buy 2 get the 3rd free DVD sale” posters, and signs and stanchions, and clings, and cashwrap cutouts and then acting surprised when they are buying[…]↓ 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…
The one thing that people look forward to when scheduled for inventory is being able to wear sensible clothes. Something comfy. They’re also happy to not have to wear collared shirts or dress slacks. They get to wear NORMAL clothes.[…]↓ 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…
I’ve seen a few stories out there of customers getting too angry and throwing their very hot drinks at employees. Not cool, customers. Also not cool: getting the folks who are handling your food a bit miffed at how you’re[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I had an email a while back telling me a story of how demeaning cafe customers can be to booksellers. Is there some weird line between how people treat regular retail workers compared to retail workers who deal with food?[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
