10 bookstore employees reveal their wildest stories ' and it proves truth is stranger than fiction

From an outsider's perspective, booksellers may appear to have the perfect job. Don't they just get to sit around reading all day, and sometimes enjoying enlightened conversations with fellow bibliophiles' That would be nice, but the reality of life as a bookseller is a little wilder.When I worked as a bookseller in a small town about a decade ago, the customers and fellow booksellers made the whole experience a blast. I searched Reddit for similar stories from booksellers. As usual, the internet did not disappoint.Used books can be worth serious cash if you're lucky."One thing I had a hand in bringing into the store (literally) was about, oh, 10 or so Easton Press versions of books like 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' and (she decided to keep it anyway) 'The Bell Jar. Now.' If you work in a used bookstore, you know that no one simply sells their Easton Press collectionthis is the decadent book version of collecting old, rare cars. "I mean, it's cheaper, but, for a book, buying an Easton Press book (new) involves paying in installments that, on the low end is four or so installments of $45, and for the stuff in a set can go into over five installments of way over $100 an installment."I took one look at the stuff in the trunk of her car and had to hold back a gasp. When I saw Ken Kesey and Sylvia Plath I think I turned a shade of envious green. Turns out that lady had NO IDEA what she had, and was selling off her (late) husband's old library. I bet he was spinning in his grave!"I felt bad that she had no idea what she had, but really, I'm glad that we have them and are able to sell them to someone who is knowledgeable about how wonderful these books are and not keep them in a box somewhere. So glad she just didn't chuck them or sell them in a garage sale!Redditor Dis13Sometimes booksellers are expected to do the impossible."Customers expect us to have every book ever printed and know what they are based on the covers color."Redditor minnick27Booksellers seriously care about their stock."We have a graphic novel section, it's my baby, I love it and I love my hardcovers, I also love the fact they are shrink wrapped to prevent damage and issues like that, the fact that most of them are pretty expensive. "Anyway, one day I found this kid who was trying to undo the shrink wrap, and I told him politely to please not do that, and he kind of nodded his little head. I wander away, and come back and find him still opening it, and I told him seriously not to do that, so he put it down and I wandered away again. "Third time's the charm, I walk past just as he rips it open, holding the book by the dust jacket but the book itself goes flying and lands on the top of its spine/ "I walk up,grab the book off the floor, grab the dust jacket out of his hands and stare him dead in the eyes and tell him 'This is why you listen to bearded men!' and storm off."Redditor RaymobileSee the rest of the story at Business Insider
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