The fact that a comic store employee, which could be thought of as the head weirdo at most stores, is going to pass judgment on customers whose patronage actually support his/her store is a shame.

That weirdo you are poking fun at probably earns a considerable amount more than your job pays so maybe your judgments are made from your bitter feelings of how your life is going.

The fact that most comic store owners and employees look down at their customers is the reason so few are considered a friendly local store. Do I find the antics and conversations of comic shops boring and tiresome? Yes most of the time. My son and I normally make the purchases we want and hurry out. The one saving grace is the store manager who does know his customers are his livelihood and he takes the time to know a little about each no mater how he may really feel about them. He is the only reason I have not gone to on-line purchases. My eleven year old looks up to him because the owner treats my son as a person and knows his likes and dislikes. Maybe your customer is trying to have such a bond with you and giving you an insight, albeit a strange one, into his make up.

I certainly don’t know you or your store and I may be completely off base. Lord knows it wouldn’t be the first or last time. You may be a well adjusted young lady who is being harassed by a gentleman who is trying weak and unusual ways to garner your interest. You may be a well adjusted person who is trying to break into the comic business by keeping her thumb on the pulse of the industry. You may not have enough metal in your body to set off a metal detector at 100 paces.

I am not foolish enough to believe my post will change your view of the customer but maybe you may want to look at your career choice. If you cannot take weird antics and strange conversations I would tend to believe you’re in the wrong job.

I mean no disrespect in my comments on comic customers or store keepers. I myself admit that I am far from mainstream and I am sure others have considered me a geek or worse at times. I may be worse then most because I am not a sociable weirdo and tend to stay to myself and my family.

I reply. “Yes, there is. I should know - I’ve had to shelve it often enough.”

I really don’t know why I haven’t been fired yet.

(yeah, ok, that was only sorta on topic….but it was funny, right?)

But speaking of things that have been cancelled and returned (justifiably or not)…are you going to use your Nextwave-gun for pushing “Manhunter” in the store too? ‘Cause that is one kickass book that really deserves its second chance.

Yes, even #7. But it was a joke.

CalvinPitt: You see, there’s chatting and there’s LOOKIT ME I’M COOL TOO GUYS! I’m sure you don’t regale the employees with your mad skillz or, even better, tell them if you’re GOING TO TAKE A SHOWER AFTER YOU’VE LEFT THE STORE.
A little above and beyond show talk and more assuming a level of familiarity that’s not fun.

John Constantine: Oh Jesus. There’s a reason I haven’t said anything on that. But how could I have missed the Constant Quoters? Simpsons have fallen off the radar for the more random and circumstantial Family Guy quotes.
Some days you just wonder why you crawled out of the long boxes.

“Comb the sweet tarts out of your beard and you’re on!”

…or the ones who have a quote from “The Simpsons” for every occasion.

I have no idea where you are, but I wish I could send my bad comic store staff off to hang out with your bad customers and let us get on with life.