{"id":26822,"date":"2018-08-23T08:00:07","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T12:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=26822"},"modified":"2018-08-23T08:00:07","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T12:00:07","slug":"thursdays-bingo-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=26822","title":{"rendered":"Thursday’s Bingo Action"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We’ve come to Thursday of this week’s ShelfTalker BINGO grid. Each day this week one of us ShelfTalkers has been setting down some heard-at-the-store standouts\u00a0 (see Monday’s squares<\/a>,\u00a0 Tuesday’s squares<\/a>, and Wednesday’s squares<\/a>). Today’s theme is MOSTS, meaning Most exemplary customer declamations made at DDG Booksellers recently.
\nBefore we get to recently, though, we’ll start with…
\nMost memorable quote of all time: (An 11 year old at the register) – “Book writers blow my mind. They just tap tap tap all day long so I can read what they wrote all night long.”
\nMost dramatic declaration. “She died!” ( A teen customer had just finished The Bird and the Blade<\/em> and was shattered that the lead character dies at the end.)
\nMost judicious observation: “There are people, friends of mine, who I considered to be politically and ecologically conscious who I was shocked to learn had purchased bottled water from Amazon.”
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\nMost untrue statement: “What do you mean it’s not available in paperback? Amazon is selling paperback copies for $11.99.” (that turned out to be an ebook-only title)
\n\"\"<\/a>Most haunting exchange:
\nCustomer: Where is your true haunting section?
\nClare: We have several books over here in the Maine section.
\nCustomer: Just these? ! I think you have a whole big section of them somewhere in the store.
\nClare: I’ll check on that. (Goes to the computer and then checks in with me to learn that what we have in Maine is all there is.)
\nClare: No I’m afraid these are the only ones we have.
\nCustomer: Then can someone else help me?
\nMost TMI statement: “I had to stop at the gas station to check my tire pressure. that tpms button can really drive you crazy. Last week I got a nail on the outside of my right front tire. I got it fixed but I’m worried that it didn’t seal properly.”
\nMost unexpected customer demonstration: A 45 year old man on all fours to demonstrate a vehicular push toy to his wife.
\n\"\"<\/a>Most lacking in detail. “Order all the rest of those maps in that series” (this was the opening of a telephone call with no precursor or indicator as to who the caller was)
\nMost striking compliment: She likes Princess Pulverizer almost as much as Princess in Black. (That is, a VERY great deal)
\nMost likely to make a bookseller blush: “I knew Spinning Silver<\/em> was coming out, but I waited until I came to visit this summer to buy it from you.”
\nMost perplexing: How long will it take my son to solve this puzzle? (The puzzle was the Perplexus puzzle)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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