So I am in the mood for chatting today but as everyone I know seems to be busy or getting ready for bed. I’m going to have to make do with typing and you lucky lucky people get to read my ramblings or, you know, skip over them to a more interesting blog! I don’t mind, I know how much interesting stuff there is out there and unless you’re like me and barely sleep there’s only so much time to read it.
Anyway I was shopping today. Which for me means a quick whizz round the clothes shop where I hate pretty much everything I try on and then on to Barnes and Noble. Where I drift about for hours. Lusting after books. I LOVE new books so pretty and untouched and they smell so good not to mention all the lovely worlds between their pages.
After my B&N overdose I headed to Starbucks for a tall skinny cinnamon dolce latte (phew what a mouthful). Form the window upstairs I watched the Baskin Robbins queue grow longer and longer. They were giving away free cones. I’m wondering what is the longest people will stand in-line for something free? Seemed to be quite a while. Poor Hagan Daz, two doors down, was deserted.
Behind me a very smartly but quirkly dressed man was being interviewed for a job. It seemed a strange venue an interview. He was very very perky. If I ever get a job interview here I think I will have to have several regular cokes beforehand to be upbeat enough (sugar + caffeine makes me a motor mouth and very bouncy). Anyway I eavesdropped away and he was interviewing for Juicy Couture and sales assistants get a 65% discount!!!!!! Do you think B&N offer the same because seriously I would work behind a till for a 65% discount on books.
I don’t think he’ll get the job because he kept interrupting the interviewers anecdotes, to agree, but still I don’t think that’s good interviewing technique.
So I didn’t get much of my book read but it was interesting. I wonder of there are any jobs where you just get to listen to people’s stories I would like that.
12 Comments
April 30, 2008 at 12:05 am
One of my favorite things used to be to hang out at a bookstore here that’s in a restored movie palace. They used to be open until midnight and I would get a latte and a book, find a table on the upper balcony (movie palace, remember) and just hang out, sipping latte, leafing through my book and watching the people down below. Bookstores can be so pleasant!
April 30, 2008 at 1:39 am
Books and movies two of my favourite things, that book store sounds amazing. Love coffee, love reading and love people watching – new style book stores have all three. They are my perfect places.
April 30, 2008 at 1:40 am
you should look into that B&N discount. I know my cousin tried to get a job there because of the discount.
April 30, 2008 at 5:04 am
You’re funny. I had forgotten that I like to eavesdrop. I think I need to hang out in a coffee shop.
PS – should I change your link on my blogroll? I mean, are you staying here now?
April 30, 2008 at 8:39 am
I cannot believe a job interview is conducted in a public place~ doesn’t seem very professional to me~ the guy is probably better off not getting the job!
April 30, 2008 at 11:32 am
I wouldn’t even GO to an interview if it were something like that.
You could tend bar, I’m sure there would be LOTS of interesting stories
I think most retail places give employees discounts (except for food markets) you should check it out!
April 30, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Sounds like a FUN day! I heard about B&R giving away the free ice cream! I think it was last week for us?!?! I dang sure didn’t go! Even though I do love their Rocky Road…YUM-O!
You really should check in to B&N! That would be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO “YOU”!!! I’m sure you get a discount!!!!
April 30, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Finally figured out who you are/were! Whew!
I think working at B/N would be a bad idea for me. I’d just have to sign over my paychecks every week.
April 30, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Damn – 65% off and they probably STILL can’t afford the clothes in Juicy.
May 1, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Frannie – I’m going too
Lisa – Yes this is my new home and eavesdropping is so much fun!
ChrisB- I know I don;t know why they weren’t in the store.
Lisa – I could so not tend bar, I have tried this and bring waitress and I am terrible. UK terrible I’d be fired in the US.
Jeannie – It would be very me!
Melissa – sorry for the confusion I got all paranoid
Julie – Good point, not keen on Juicy clothes either who wants a word plastered over their bottom? I’d rather draw eyes away from mine!
June 15, 2008 at 3:59 pm
I think it’s called a therapist (where you get to listen to people’s stories) and lol, I would like a job like that too. Only maybe less having to go to school and less dealing with disturbed people.
June 15, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Yes but I would be in tears the whole time I am way to emotive to be a therapist. I have a hard enough time when the children in the class pick on each other!