Another Movie Addict's posts
Posted in The sanctuary
Posted 6 years ago
[ Ya! But seriously, that was a really good way to not get a sale. -w- He must be really desperate. Although they were very nice hardbacks. ]
Posted in Don't Do This Yo
Posted 6 years ago
[ Yesterday I went out to see Endgame, but we had some time to kill in town before that. Friends and I decided to chill in Barnes and Noble for a little while, since I wanted to snag myself a birthday present to me anyway.
Well as we get in through the front door's of the store, there's an author standing next to a display of his book. He starts to talk to us. After a brief discussion about his book, we wonder off. He follows us. Talking about how my friend's fiance is a serious book buyer, and basically stroking the ego. My friend and I take the chance to wander off further. I'm actually looking for something specific.
The author spots me again as I'm browsing the romance section (don't judge me). He keeps pushing his book into my hands to read the back. Now I don't normally choose books based on their synopsis blurb. I like to start reading it there in the store, and if I'm hooked then I buy it. He keeps talking about how it's historically accurate and that I'll learn something about the American Civil War. I like history, not the Civil War though. More of a Plantagenet Dynasty kind of person. He's still following me and trying really hard to get me to buy his book. Like he even said 'You look like a serious reader/buyer' thing he said to my friend's fiance.
It gets to the point where I don't even want to go over to that side of the store anymore. I did choose a book. Hehehe I chose smutty trash. Take that author dude!
And that folks is how you turn a potential customer off. Pushiness is not okay. tl;dr Author harassed me trying to me to buy his book about a murder during the Civil War. ]
Posted in The sanctuary
Posted 6 years ago
[ Well he was stationed at the door/register, so he saw me choose something else. ]
Posted in The sanctuary
Posted 6 years ago
[ Mhmm. I don't feel bad about choosing something else. ]
Posted in The sanctuary
Posted 6 years ago
[ Same. It was just so annoying. I get it, he really really wanted a sale. But pushing like that will only turn people off. ]
Posted in The sanctuary
Posted 6 years ago
[ He kept talking about how I'd learn about the Civil War through his book, that it had a compelling murder mystery. And honestly, I don't trust what an old white guy has to say about the American Civil War. >w> Also I just prefer England's earlier history. Far more interesting. ]
Posted in The sanctuary
Posted 6 years ago
[ I honestly thought about it. Lol just went and bought a smutty trash novel instead. ]
Posted in The sanctuary
Posted 6 years ago
[ So we went to Barnes and Noble today, to kill time before Endgame. And there's this author there promoting and signing his book. He follows me around a bit trying really really hard to get me to buy his book. "You look like a serious reader!" was his main pitch. said that to me and a friend's fiance. Whenever he saw me, he'd go into his pitch. That it was a book based in the Civil War so I could learn something, while a murder mystery took place. Told him I wasn't interested the nicest way possible a few times. Still kept trying to push me into buying his book.
Got where I just didn't want to go over to that side of the store. ]
Posted in .:: ♡ Közi’s Magical Sweets Shoppe ♡ ::.
Posted 6 years ago
[ Yep. Epic temptation though. lol ]
Posted in .:: ♡ Közi’s Magical Sweets Shoppe ♡ ::.
Posted 6 years ago
[ Meh we were there to kill time. ]
Posted in .:: ♡ Közi’s Magical Sweets Shoppe ♡ ::.
Posted 6 years ago
[ It really was, like I didn't want to go over there at all. Just to avoid this guy. ]
Posted in .:: ♡ Közi’s Magical Sweets Shoppe ♡ ::.
Posted 6 years ago
[ I told him I wasn't interested, but he kept pushing. ]
Posted in .:: ♡ Közi’s Magical Sweets Shoppe ♡ ::.
Posted 6 years ago
[ I guess so. They were nice hardbacks, I just wasn't interested in a Civil War murder mystery. ]
Posted in .:: ♡ Közi’s Magical Sweets Shoppe ♡ ::.
Posted 6 years ago
[ Nope. Even though he kept putting it in my hand, trying to get me to read the back. He really really wanted a sale. ]