A Scene in a Bookstore

Me: Hello, I’m look for the ‘Palliser Novels’ by Anthony Trollope in a boxed set, or maybe an omnibus edition?

Clerk 1: That’s not my section. Mary — Trollope, boxed set?

Clerk 2: No, not in a boxed set. We’ve never sold any Trollope boxed sets.

Me: But I saw one here a few weeks ago. It was all six of the Palliser Novels.

Clerk 2: You’re mistaken, you must have seen that at another bookstore.

Me: No, I’m certain it was this one…

Clerk: Well, Trollope’s in my section and I buy all the books. We’ve never sold any six book box sets of Joanna Trollope.

Me: No, Anthony Trollope. Anthony. He wrote the Palliser Novels — Anthony Trollope.

Clerk 2: That doesn’t sound familiar. Have you checked the shelf?

Me: Yes. There’s lots of them there, but I’m looking for the Palliser box set.

Clerk 2: Really?

Me: He’s — yes. They’re right there. He’s — look. That whole shelf in Classics.

Clerk 2: Oh. That’s not my section.