Strange booksale

[nzlemming]

So, I go in search of the book this morning. The plan - take She Who Might Just Hit Me If I Say Wobbled Again and a visiting friend into work, then drop into a bookstore and get a copy fresh out of the box. Simple enough, and I even had a Dymocks voucher for half the cost! But Wife and Associate want to be in town for 8-8:30 and Dymocks doesn't

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[cabaiste84]

You should have come to the bookshop where I work, matey. We had 500 copies. *smug* Excepting that we sold out three times today, twice before I arrived at work at 1pm. My boss would murder me if she knew I told you this, but the publishers screwed up our order, so it kinda arrived in dribs and drabs throughout the day, which kinda pissed a few people off.

At one stage, we had 390 copies arriving in an air ambulance, which landed in Wellington at 4pm, and didn't get to us until an hour later. Even more pissed off people.

But hey, we sold about 180 copies by the end of the day. Happy times. I'm the New Zealand category manager, so that'll send my sales figures sky high, methinks.

So yeah, that was my day. The joys of working at a government bookshop, eh? You should come and pay me a visit sometime. ;)

[nzlemming]

Lambton Quay? My LadyWife used to be the manager there umpty million years ago when we got wed

[harrismint]

Is there no-one left in this town who hasn't worked in a bookshop????

[big_ted]

Don't think I've every worked in a bookshop. Does a library count?

[labellementeuse]

Let us know how you find it!

I do do the morning shift, as a matter of fact, but I'm in Christchurch for the next few days visiting a very ill friend.