Best. Day. Ever.

So today was carpet day. Oh, how I have been dreading carpet day for so many months. However? I LOVE carpet day. I had no register, no cash wrap, no computer. Need help? Can't give it to you! I could FINALLY just send people away.

This was the perfect day to re-write all the staff selections cards. I took a library cart and a chair from the cafe to make in inpromptu desk, then set to work. And let me tell you: I am astounded--absolutely ASTOUNDED--by how many people approached me and asked, "Do you work here?"

Let's see. I'm using a library cart as a desk. Say I didn't work here...can you picture someone walking in off the street, viewing the nice remodeled cafe, and saying, "Hey, this big wooden cart looks like a great place to study for my psych test! Yes, I will just drag a chair over and set up shop in between racks and racks of books! That works PERFECTLY!!"

What also tended to confuse people was that there was no longer a register. There are FORTY carts of books and everything is pushed aside, but people still think they should be able to pay. I was sitting at my cart-desk and someone came up and handed me a BU sweatshirt. "Thank you?" I said, thinking it had been misplaced.
"I want to buy this." She clearly noticed the lack of register because she added, "Can I use a card, or just cash?"

Uh...yeah. You can use cash. Cash that I will store in my pocket and then go shopping with.

The other insane question deals with the computer. People would approach me, glance at the cart, peer around where I was writing, and say, "Do you have a computer in there?" Yes. Computers are typically stored in plywood carts. This isn't a large bookstore in the middle of Boston, this is...hell, I don't even know where a place would keep a computer on a library cart.
"No, don't have a computer. You can go to the second floor to look up a book."
"So I can't do it down here?"
I'm not even sure how to answer this question without using the words "are you blind" and "are you deaf." Cause seriously? OB.SER.VAT.ION.

Don't ask stupid questions. I have no use for stupid questions.