"You don't seem like a reader"

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...is what someone just said to me at the bookstore where I work. He was buying 2 Anne Rice books. Should I be inordinately insulted? 'Cause I am.

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:16 (twenty years ago)

do you read a lot?

― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:18 (twenty years ago)

did you know this guy? this is an odd thing to say to someone, esp someone who works in a BOOKSTORE

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:18 (twenty years ago)

you should've said "really? are all 'readers' as fat, stupid, and rude as you are?"

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:19 (twenty years ago)

I'd've looked pointedly at the Anne Rice books, then said "And you obviously aren't."

― Ferlin Husky (noodle vague), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:19 (twenty years ago)

Just look superciliously at his Anne Rice novels, smile sweetly, and say, "Nor do you, friend. Nor do you."

― Michael White (Hereward), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:19 (twenty years ago)

'i dunno, you just have that air of illiteracy'

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:21 (twenty years ago)

..and then you can sell the guy's bones at the local pet store!

― donut debonair (donut), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:21 (twenty years ago)

he was totally hitting on you

― ()ops (()()ps), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:23 (twenty years ago)

Morley, remember when L/-\ra, you and I parked in front of Powell's Technical Books for the Thinking Fellers show, and L/-\ra had her art car with the 5 1/4" floppy discs, and this dignified professor guy walked out, stared at the car, and said "That's the most RIDICULOUS thing I've ever seen. Good job." and then walked away in dignified disgust? Was it that guy at the bookstore?

― donut debonair (donut), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:25 (twenty years ago)

Really, you should have just hit him in the face with a rake.

― Fish fingers all in a line (kenan), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:26 (twenty years ago)

xpost Both times.

― Fish fingers all in a line (kenan), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:26 (twenty years ago)

he was totally hitting on you

So that's how gibbons flirt.

― Leon the Fatboy (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:29 (twenty years ago)

I'm really wondering about the context here. He just said that while you were ringing him up?

― Don't Ever Antagonize The Horny (AaronHz), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:30 (twenty years ago)

Morley, I don't like being the one to raise this point, but do you think it was racially motivated? Was the dude white?

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:30 (twenty years ago)

this is an odd thing to say to someone, esp someone who works in a BOOKSTORE

especially when you're buying books that can be found in a SUPERMARKET.

― Don't Ever Antagonize The Horny (AaronHz), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:31 (twenty years ago)

Maybe he meant 'breeder'.

― Michael White (Hereward), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:32 (twenty years ago)

disgustingly enough oops is OTM here

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:33 (twenty years ago)

I think you misheard him and he really said "You don't seem like Aretha".

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:40 (twenty years ago)

"You don't see my urethra."

― Don't Ever Antagonize The Horny (AaronHz), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:41 (twenty years ago)

I thought he was a laydee at first. Maybe he still is

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:41 (twenty years ago)

xxxpost no, Donut, 'twas not the floppy disc dude

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:42 (twenty years ago)

You should have asked him where he buys his bras.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:42 (twenty years ago)

Are you sure it wasn't Anne Rice herself?

― Don't Ever Antagonize The Horny (AaronHz), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:44 (twenty years ago)

(does she still weigh 900lbs?)

― Don't Ever Antagonize The Horny (AaronHz), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:44 (twenty years ago)

Maybe it was a resurrection of late 70s Brian Eno singing that to her in a snarling ironic way?

― donut debonair (donut), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:45 (twenty years ago)

Was it this guy?

http://www.pixyland.org/peterpan/Imagezz/peter_stand_small.jpg

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:46 (twenty years ago)

http://www.ritachu.com/jon/Pictures/weirdal/alshow/ep3601-emo.jpg

Maybe this guy? Perhaps he was setting up a weirdly timbred surreal self-put down joke?

― donut debonair (donut), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:48 (twenty years ago)

(OH MY HE HAS UPDATED HIS FASHION PAGE HOORAY)

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:49 (twenty years ago)

(Haha, the hot linking denial message is funnier than the actual pic!)

― donut debonair (donut), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:49 (twenty years ago)

I didn't know the Ramones were into that stuff.

― Michael White (Hereward), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:51 (twenty years ago)

next time sic the boss on 'im (Morley knows EXACTLY what I'm talking about here)

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:54 (twenty years ago)

oh wait that means she'll start talking to you about it NEGATIVE NEGATIVE DELETE DELETE FORGET I SAID ANYTHING

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:54 (twenty years ago)

http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/twilightzone/timelg.jpg

This is what readers look like, BTW.

― andy --, Tuesday, 1 March 2005 22:58 (twenty years ago)

Matos, the boss would just find something else to talk to Morley about anyway... UNDO THAT DELETE!

― donut debonair (donut), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 23:07 (twenty years ago)

maybe he just meant you don't seem look like yr an anne rice reader?

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 23:09 (twenty years ago)

Maybe he meant that you don't seem like you're into spanking?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 23:16 (twenty years ago)

The only photo I remember of Donna, you were wearing glasses => you look like a reader!

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 00:06 (twenty years ago)

"I'm not a reader, I'm a lover"

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 00:08 (twenty years ago)

I wasn't there to see this go down (although I theoretically could have been), so I didn't hear the inflection in the guy's tone.. but it wouldn't be shocking at all for a Seattle dude to say something retarded/borderline-insulting as a way to try to pick up a girl (I should know! I probably speak from experience, as far as the retarded part goes.), so ()ops/Tom could be OTM.

― donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 00:10 (twenty years ago)

or maybe the guy asked "You don't seem like a leader" and was looking to act the part of the South American junta leader sex god guy in that Electric Six video...

― donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 00:12 (twenty years ago)

the "seattle" qualifier there is a bit unncecessary

― ()ops (()()ps), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 00:16 (twenty years ago)

i speak from experience

― ()ops (()()ps), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 00:16 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, now that I think about it, maybe it was along the lines of, "Hey, what's an attractive woman like you doing in a nerdy old bookstore?"

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 00:19 (twenty years ago)

Nah, I reckon its more like "Anne Rice fan arrogant and thick enough to think he's actually more intelligent than most".

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 01:03 (twenty years ago)

But I wanted to be the Dance Commander!!

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 01:05 (twenty years ago)

(xpost, obv)

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 01:06 (twenty years ago)

"seem" is the operative word. does it refer to your personality, intelligence, or looks. it's a compliment for at least one of these, probably two.

― ryan (ryan), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 01:07 (twenty years ago)

The title of this thread reminds me of the following inverse "Cool Like Me" experiment I accidentally performed at the local independent bookstore. I've been in there many, many times over the years, often just to browse but I've also spent plenty of money actually buying stuff. They pretty much always leave me alone until I get to the register, at which point they are usually pleasant enough, with the following curious exception. A few times I've gone in there slighty dorkily dressed because I was coming from the gym, which was around the corner (and which, FYI, I've not seen the inside of for a long time now) and these few times they have invariably called out to me, as if I gave the impression of being out of place: "Can I help you find something, sir?" I'm always tempted to play along and ask for some kind of airport potboiler, but I just can't go there.

― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 01:14 (twenty years ago)

The title of this thread reminds me of the following inverse "Cool Like Me" experiment I accidentally performed at the local independent bookstore. I've been in there many, many times over the years, often just to browse but I've also spent plenty of money actually buying stuff. They pretty much always leave me alone until I get to the register, at which point they are usually pleasant enough, with the following curious exception. A few times I've gone in there slighty dorkily dressed because I was coming from the gym, which was around the corner (and which, FYI, I've not seen the inside of for a long time now) and each of these few times they have invariably called out to me, from behind the register to the middle of the floor, as if I gave the impression of being out of place: "Can I help you find something, sir?" I'm always tempted to play along and ask for some kind of airport potboiler, but I just can't go there.

― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 02:01 (twenty years ago)

Was it vampire Anne Rice or bondage Anne Rice, if you even noticed?

― Don't Ever Antagonize The Horny (AaronHz), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 02:05 (twenty years ago)

oh, I noticed- Interview w/the Vampire and something else like that. No porn. Thank God. I have enough bad visuals

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 02:08 (twenty years ago)

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