Witnessed, in the kids section of Barnes & Noble:
Clerk one to Clerk two, proffering the above book and opining: Look at this. He's getting beat up, and he's crying like a bitch.
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That’s why community bookstores are better. No one is a phrase away from calling Wimpy Kid a pussy.
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Yes indeed. I felt like I found out that Naimond’s mother (The Wire? Right? Mother of the Year? Sample Mother of the Year quote: “You scared of going to baby-booking? You bitch.”) was giving us her take on the Wimpy Kid.
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Wow! I have a semi-related story:
I went to BN to buy something for my bookclub. Once I finished, the cashier said to me instead of thank you, “Stay focused.”
I gave a puzzled look and walked out with a smile.
BN is an odd place sometimes.
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Yikes. I’ll take a community bookstore staffed by people who care about their books, or (heaven help me) an online bookstore where no one has opinions about anything. I don’t need to hear Beavis and Butthead’s take on children’s literature.
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