May 19, 2008
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The Book Store
Last night I talked to Jerry until two, I think. We were just talking about random stuff but I felt a little bit embarrassed when I asked him, really awkwardly I might add, why he didn’t sign online last night. I just was wondering where he went off to especially when he told me the day before he wasn’t going to go online I assumed that he had some sort of sleep over or hangout that night. Turns out, he didn’t and he just took a break from being online which is totally cool with me. The thing is I might have appeared clingy with that question which is rather embaressing and I think I am pretty far from clingy.
I have to say that since we have only been dating for about a month and I do feel that he is opening up a lot. I also feel really weird that we are dating and he is “now starting” to open up. I usually wait for people to open up during friendship so I am really comfortable with them while we are dating. So this is all really just throwing me off of what I am usually used to.
Yesterday Jerry really surprised me because we were talking about something kind of inappropriate and I said I really don’t feel comfortable talking about this in general but what we were talking about I won’t say. I was expecting him to get all irritated and whatever but he said no it’s ok, I understand. I wonder if he really means it or just saying that. Only time will tell.
So there is this guy from my old school who I have been talking to for a while now though MySpace. It is really funny that we naturally call each other dear and he calls me hun, which I find cute. We actually just exchanged numbers recently and he might call me tonight. I am really excited but I am loyal to Jerry though and I am giving Jerry time to grow with me, or whatever you want to say.
Yesterday I went to Barnes & Noble which was really fun. I read My Secret: A Post Secret Book and finished it in the store which was pretty awesome. I added it to my “already read” section on my Shelfari and put 5 out of 5 star rating and favorite it. I bought some awesome SparkNotes on HTML and study tactics in attempts on getting though some really boring school books I have to read.
So here is the funny part. I am walking across the store back and forth because I am checking in with my dad and telling him what time it is and when we should go home ect. And this guy who works there was saying the regular questions like, are you finding everything alright? Is there a particular book you need? If you need anything I will be right around here but he was really implying can I help you to ease my boredom. I didn’t think much of it the first time but the second time he scared the freak out of me because I was walking into the midsection of the store, where they have an open space and featured book tables. I was staring at a cute summer tote, that was big enough to hold books and I can bring to the beach without getting my books wet. The guy surprised me because he was lurking between some shelves and said are you sure you’re finding everything alright? In that really board, save me tone and I said yes thank you and my dad was finally done browsing and I left the store laughing my head off.
Comments (2)
Sorry to have to break this to you, but as someone who worked retail for years, the ‘roaming’ you discribed is very often a tactic used by shoplifters when they are scoping out a store. He was just doing his job (1) being sure that you, the customer, was being served and (2) being sure that he was protecting the inventory. All employees are taught to “control shrinkage”. The best way is to make sure the suspected or suspiciously behaving patron is kept under continuous direct observation. They are not trying to ‘catch’ people, just ‘stop’ them before anything is lost. So they give the person lots of personal attention. I’m a quirky shopper and have had to deal with this kind of scenario several times. I must admit that once I become aware of it, I do yank their chain a bit. lol
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