ITT: Odd bookstore interactions and stories
>go down to small town book store with wife (maybe 200 books total inside)
>immediately after opening the door we hear a large middle aged woman yelling
>tells the old woman at the counter that they need more James Patterson books
>walks out to leave the store maybe 5 or 6 times only to rush back to the counter to use the word "genius" as much as she can in a single sentence to express her love for James Patterson
>old woman tries to end the conversation multiple times but the lady won't leave
>store is too small to listen to the woman howl so we leave
>go to bookstore
>look around for about 10 minutes
>find a book I'm interested in
>go to counter to pay for it
>leave store
>drive home
>stop at hardware store to get a couple of supplies before going home
>go home
>get lunch later with friend
>go to another bookstore after
>store owner is spooky
>at Barnes wandering around
>Jerusalem over in the sci-fi/fantasy section catches my eye
>check out the new meme
>its literally twice as big as it needs to be
>while I'm flipping through this old-people-Bible of a book some guy pushes past me
>i'm the only one in the aisle so it's obvious he's trying to low-key get my attention
>middle aged overweight neckbeard in sweatpants and novelty shirt puts a Jerusalem sized book back on the shelf loudly
>"OOHHHH MAANN. BRILLIANT BOOK. SUCH A BRILLIANT BOOK I FANT BELIEVE I FINISHED THE WHOLE THING IN ONE DAY. BEAUTIFUL.
>he leaves and I go see what this redditor is on about
>The Complete Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
I hope he saw me laughing
>talking with friend in book store
>describe book that I've heard of but don't remember the name
>from behind the shelf a bald man in a wheel chair rolled around
>answers my question and rolls away back to another aisle
I believe I met my guardian angel that day
>Go to bookstore with girlfriend
>She's reading the foreword of some existentialist book
>There's an anime section next to her
>Grab a hentai doujin and sit next to hear making loud sounds of approval
>Girlfriend looks up from her book and looks at the book, goes completely red and pretend she hasn't seen it
>Start pushing her book away with the doujin >"What do you thinks about this Japanese literary work?"
>She escapes to the philosophy section
>>8930116
what book was it?
>Go the bookstore
>Buy books
>Leave
Such is life
>>8930163
I forget tbqh. It was a few years ago
>>8930137
keking so hard right now
>buying books