Tales from the Dark Side of Bookstores

Tales from a London bookseller (Jen Campbell):

Customer: Do you have this book *holds up a biography* but without the photographs?

Me: I think the photographs are published alongside the text in every edition.

Customer: Why?

Me: I suppose so you can see what everyone looked like.

Customer: I don't like photographs.

Me: Ok.

Customer: Could you cut them out for me?

Me: .......

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Customer: Hello, I'd like a copy of 'The Water Babies,' with nice illustrations. ...