Compare and Contrast

At Dymocks the other day, asked for Barack Obama on CD.  "Oh, his speeches?" says the Doughy Young Thing

"No, his autobiography" says me

"Oh I don't think that's out" say she

"Ah, yes it is"

"Okay I'll look it up" - translation "Bullshit, and I'll prove it"

She moves to the computer and says to her colleague, Spotty Young Thing "Barrack Obama's book on CD!" which sounded like "Hey Dwayne, we got us a live one here"

SYT guffaws, DYT says "Some people have too much time on their hands" (meaning Obama!)

SYT says ""hu, hu, yeah, that'd be worth a millions dollars I reckon"

When the computer conspired with me there was silence until I was told there are none in their store but "Try in the City Mate" says DYT (ie. you're not from around here are ya - so fuck off).

And where was this?  Warringah Mall! 

Compare that to the Borders experience yesterday. The staff person barked at me that the CD would be downstairs in the Audio Book Section (derr!).  Then I finally managed to get the kids downstairs but before I could find the section the same staff person was in my face.  :Did you find it?"he demanded""Ah, not yet, where is the section?".

But he wasn't listening he had charged off, stormed into the Audio Section, snatched the CD from the shelf and shoved it at me as if to say, how could you miss it, imbecile.

That is not my usual experience of Borders where they are always ultra helpful, friendly and interested in whatever you are looking for.   Bu this guy was was unusually brusque and made Comic Book Guy seem empathetic.