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2003-06-03 - 10:17 p.m.
Current music: LIVE - "She"
Looks like I might be getting a job with one of my co-workers. The deal is, she is moving to another café in Downtown Honolulu, where she will be managing that store. So, she's kinda looking for workers that she may already know and know they can be independent, and won't have to train them as though they are new to the work. Since I've worked in the café at work, it shouldn't be too hard. The shop will be a coffee and pastry place, unlike our store, which serves sandwiches and wraps and other things besides coffee and pastries. Hopefully it'll all work out, because I am really tired of looking for a second job.
I had this tough customer tonight. She was looking for Latin music, then asked for Cesaria Evora. Evora is in African music, so I take her there. The lady picks up The Very Best of Cesaria Evora, but the CD case cover is cracked. I tell her that I would be able to replace it, since that is the only copy available. She then starts complaining about the cost of CDs, and I told her that some of the CDs she was looking at are actually cheaper than the average CD price nowadays. Anyway, she continued to look through that section, and her phone rings, so I go away to do other work. She comes back to me, and tells me "The girl said that you can change the CD case, because I am getting this as a gift for someone." I lead her back to the Evora section, mumbling to myself "She said? that was me." Sigh. While she was on the phone, I had spotted more of the CD she wanted, so I just grabbed an unbroken copy and handed it to her.
That's not the end.... She then asked me about Brazilian music, and so I showed her the section. She started looking through those and asked me what was good. I was about to suggest João Gilberto or Antonio Carlos Jobim, when she starts talking aloud, to herself, about the prices of CDs and as she scanned the names on the name cards, she exclaims, "OH, GILBERTO IS GOOD." (Yes, caps to indicate she's very loud. She really doesn't have to be. I'm standing right next to her.) She starts flipping through the Gilberto albums, once again complaining about CD prices, and asks me if I knew who else was it that worked with Gilberto... some jazz vocalist.... I was going to mention Stan Getz, because he did work with both Gilberto and Jobim, but since she said vocalist, I wasn't sure who she was speaking of. She then picks a Gilberto CD that is cheap, saying this would be sufficient for a gift. Fine. THEN... she asks me about Argentinan music, and that she wanted to get a Samba CD. I take her to the section, and the first disc she picks up turns out to be $5.99, which seems to make her happy. She flips through more CDs and finds one that is a two-disc set, "the best samba album ever, as seen on TV". That one is $19.99, and I mention that those are a lot of times good collections if you're just trying to get the feel of the music. She actually agrees to pick it up (after I say two CDs for 20 bucks, that's one CD for 10 bucks).
"STAN GETZ! THAT'S THE GUY I WAS TALKING ABOUT!" He's in jazz, so I take her to the jazz section. I show her the first Getz/Gilberto CD I see in his section, and she, once again, complains about the price. "Isn't there something cheaper?" So, I start flipping through the CDs, and find one of the Getz/Jobim CDs and she says "Oh, this one is good. I'll get this."
"Total this up for me, because I want to make sure I have enough money to buy some books, too." What the hell am I, your personal slave? Okay, so I grab the calculator and tally up her CDs while she goes to the book section to look for an audio book (which I already TOLD her we don't have). She comes back, holding two copies of the Evora CD she was going to get, only the two in her hand had $15.99 Sale Price stickers. ARGH. So, we re-tally her CDs, then she hears the Led Zeppelin live recordings 3-CD set (the new one, everyone should get it) playing on the overhead speakers.... "What is this? I want to get this." I tally it up for her, again, and send her to the register.
If not for the fact she decided to get the Led Zeppelin CD, I would've been completely been annoyed with her.
That's one way of lengthening my entry.
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