It could have been worse - the allusion could have been to The Police. Or Michael Jackson.
The first customer through the door this morning was looking for a copy of a book called Mozart's Women. The second wanted to know if we had any books *on* Katie Price. The third wanted to know if I could do a print out of books on Peru and the fourth came in to pick up a copy of Personal Recovery and Mental illness. The last time we had Mozart's Women was June 2006 - I took an order. The last time we had any books on Katie Price was never was when we had 10 signed copies of the first one. Hot cakes and all that. I explained that there were 480 books listed with Peru in the title and that we might need to narrow it down a bit. The Mental Illness book, a paperback, cost £35.00 and we probably got a discount on it of about 5 pee. So it goes. As I'm fond of saying, it's a life of contrasts up here on the hill. And it looks like we need some fresh flowers.
And followers. You can show us some love on our new Facebook page. If you like.
Could you explain to a poor confused Canadian the appeal of Katie Price? Aside from her bustline, I mean. Is this like the equally inexplicable appeal of Paris Hilton? What has this woman done to merit all this attention? I'm really asking; I haven't a clue...
Posted by: Persephone | June 18, 2009 at 10:08 PM
This morning, as I was hoovering behind closed ( but not locked) gates, a closed door in a mostly dark shop, a woman barged in and asked "Are you open?" At least she had the decency to be embarrassed when I told her to wait outside until 9 o'clock.
And then she complained that "all the new books are in hardback." Yes madam.
Posted by: Haircutgirl | June 19, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Try this; near The Stock Exchange at the height of IRA activity there's an explosion followed by smoke (turns out that it's a power cable drilled through during work on Liverpool St Station). Plunged into darkness with smoke filling the place. Sirens blaring. Man enters, browses obliviously in the near pitch blackness then comes to counter. "Are you open?"
Posted by: MikeP | June 29, 2009 at 06:17 AM