Comments on: Shopping for my job

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:23:36 +0000

::snort::

Sometimes, it’s just better not to know.

By: Carrie S.

Carrie S. — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:19:06 +0000

Makes me wonder what it must be like being the new guy in a big home-improvement store. “Hey Jack, we just had a couple in here buying 2-inch wooden dowels, heavy-duty eyebolts, the hardware to hang a porch swing, and a hundred feet of rope. What do you think they were making?” “Well, was either of ‘em wearing a collar?”

By: Emily D.

Emily D. — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:02:10 +0000

ps. Ask Michael this question.

By: Emily D.

Emily D. — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:01:46 +0000

a twin size foam mattress, four gallon sized enema bags, two bottles of glycerin and 200 rubber gloves.

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:19:41 +0000

Oh, come on. You have to share at least one example.

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:19:15 +0000

To be fair, this was a list covering two very different shows. One about Theodore Roosevelt and the other about a playwright haunted by the ghost of Idi Amin.

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:00:49 +0000

Ha ha ha! When I’m bored, I try to come up with strange purchasing combinations that might make a cashier’s eyebrows raise, but that takes the cake. Bravo!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:15:09 +0000

“My shopping list this week included: Taxidermy moose head, KY Jelly, 2 lbs feathers, balloons, fishing line Glock or revolver, and a mousetrap.”

Knocking out a little redneck Christmas shopping?

I don’t think I can top this list. SRSLY.

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:38:23 +0000

Aw… that’s so sweet!

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:45:15 +0000

Teeheehee.

It’s an old joke in the retail business. No one is capable of buying a box of condoms/KY/etc. without picking up something else–as if the something else is going to make the cashier forget that she’s ringing up a box of rubbers!

Here in Utah, where we have a whole gruntload of Mormons, the dutiful husband buys the condoms and a six-pack of caffeine-free soda pop. How romantic!

By: Mike F.

Mike F. — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:05:28 +0000

The cashier was probably wondering what kind of surprises they are giving away in those boxes these days.

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:44:38 +0000

It would probably be similar to the look I got from the cashier when I bought six tubes of KY jelly and a box of cracker jacks.

By: Mike F.

Mike F. — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:39:26 +0000

Now that is a list! Too bad you can’t pick up all those things at the local supermarket. I can imagine the look you’d get from the cashier when you buy them all together.