The Diary of a Bookseller

THURSDAY, 13 NOVEMBER

Online orders: 4

Books found: 2

Ran down the stairs at 8.55 a.m. to answer the telephone, which had been ringing for a while. En route I managed to spill tea all over my crotch. I reached the telephone to be asked, ‘Do you know what time the next bus for Wigtown leaves Newton Stewart?’

Wrote grovelling apologies to the two Amazon customers whose orders I couldn’t find, in the hope of avoiding negative feedback.

As I was attempting to put up a poster up in the shop for the Random Book Club, I noticed that the staple gun didn’t appear to be working, so I tested it on my hand, at which point it decided to work.

Till total £34.50

3 customers