The shock came last week, on Tuesday afternoon. On my way to work, I had dropped by the ATM machine at the bank near the store to withdraw some money. The withdrawal failed. The machine claimed that I had no money in my account. Since I knew that there was at least $300 in it, [...]
I had thought that my friends were kidding when they mentioned squid ink pasta. Had I ever wondered whether squid ink would be edible, I would probably have guessed that it wasn’t. Apparently it is. (Whether it would be kosher is a different question. And I don’t think it would be vegan friendly. I don’t [...]
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From the author of 19th Nervous Breakdown: Making Human Connections in the Landscape of Commerce
"Customers have told me that I approach bookselling like a ministry. Sometimes I find people exactly what they want; I hope that sometimes I find what they need. And helping the store make a profit is probably a good thing, too. But what I look for is the human contact, the communication, the chance to help people leave the store happier than they came in."