"Do you miss being a bookseller?"
“Do you miss being a bookseller?”
I miss the books. I miss the stacks and stacks of new books, the bookcases, the odd-and-original finds that can only happen when you’re surrounded by 50,000 titles and even though you’ve worked there for years you still haven’t quite seen everything yet.
I miss my co-workers: booksellers are the most interesting people. Some of them are so introverted you have to practically corner them to get a conversation started; others are so extroverted you can’t get them to shut up. But they all have something to say, something to add, and they all read books.
On rare occasions, I miss the customers.
But do I miss the business of bookselling? Hell no.
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Ah. One other thing I miss is the income. And searching for a job in this economy is still rather difficult.
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