We agreed on a late January start date at TSI Software due to my
prospective boss' vacation schedule. The manager of our store
knew I was quitting when I walked in sporting an ear-to-ear
smile.
Manager: You got another job.
Me: You called it.
Manager: Two weeks?
Me: Yup.
The next two weeks were
the most fun I've even had at a job. Nah, I didn't do anything
too crazy, illegal, or otherwise immoral. I did screw with our
less intelligent customers more than usual though.
When I started at Super Crown I figured I'd encounter brighter customers than at
Electronics Boutique/Waldensoftware
based on the literacy requirement. Couldn't have been more wrong.
One problem not present at Electronics Boutique/Waldensoftware
was senior citizen shoplifting, well At least once or twice a month I'd see an
octogenarian walk right out the front door with an unpaid book in hand.
I know this is usually considered a tired stereotype but it really happens.
I never once made any effort to stop them nor did anyone else on the staff.
I only returned to the store to collect a final paycheck.
It's not like I had anything against Super Crown though.
All things considered it was an OK job and they worked around my school schedule.
I just never had a reason to shop there. I didn't really frequent bookstores prior to working there and
with something called "Amazon dot com" arriving on the scene the whole bookstore idea felt obsolete.
In early 2001 Crown Books went out of business. All locations were liquidated by summer, obviously including the location I worked at.
A Tweeter store moved into the location and also closed, I think the building is cursed.
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