Scene: City centre bookstore. Beth is looking for a novel and can’t find it, so goes to the information desk.
*Annnnndddd Action!*
Beth: Excuse me, I’m looking for Novel X by Author Y. Could you tell me where it’s shelved?
Staff member does a little something on his computer.
Staff Member: I’m afraid we don’t stock Novel X. You see, there’s no market for it, no one would buy it.
Beth: Oh. Well I’m standing here right now and I want to buy it. Do you think you could order it for me?
Staff Member: Em. Well. I guess I could. But, I mean, you could just go home and order it off Play.com, right?
Beth: Em. Well. I guess I could. Ok, well I think I will do that, so I’m going to leave now and take your profits with me. Thanks for your help!
what an arse.
I don’t know if that adventure was a as much a product of the recession as it is the increasingly disastrous state of customer service. I’m not even 30 yet and I can still “remember the days” when customer service wasn’t THAT bad!
Amy – Such clarity!
AR – lol – I meant that service such as that is a contributor, not a product. It really was dire!
Does he realize what the economy is like? On a different note, I went into my local book store that I LOVE and they had a sign on the door welcoming “Barnes and Noble” customers because it went out of business (the one on the same street) Go small business!
You know things are bad when I just bought a sweater at Ann Taylor loft for $2.00! Yes I did say $2.00! People were going crazy they had pants for $5.00. I have to say though i think it might be more a product of laziness more than anything, Some people just don’t even care as long as they get a pay check.
The mind boggles. I expect that kind of thing in NL but not in Dublin