My Dad's Christmas gift
My Dad gave me a generous Border's gift card for Christmas. I love to read, and having a gift card and a 33% off Borders Rewards coupon is like a little slice of heaven. (I didn't realize it, but I also had $5 in Border's Bucks.)
The new Robert Crais book was released today, and I had to get it — even though I'm half-way through another book, and won't be able to start the new one for a few days. I also got the first books from two series — Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold (I love her Chalion books), and Fer-de-Lance, the first Nero Wolfe book written back in 1934. I love my book series, and if past performance is any guide I should enjoy these two for years to come.
I also got a Robert's Rules of Order In Brief. Just because. The full version is massive, and unless I run for city council I think the shorter version will suit me just fine.
When I got to the registers, there were three cashiers working, and a couple of people in line ahead of me. As I was waiting, one of the customers was getting a new Borders Rewards card, and the cashier asked her for her e-mail address. The customer quietly told her, and the cashier then loudly repeated it so that everyone could hear: sexybooty@...com. Everyone smiled, except the customer...
The man in line two ahead of me got to a cashier, and asked if they had anywhere he could plant a banana so that his friend could come back in twenty years and it would be as fresh as if it was newly picked. The cashier politely apologized, and said they didn't have anywhere for him to plant his banana, and the man thanked him and left.
One of the more interesting visits to Borders in a while...
Thanks, Dad!