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October 28, 2008 | Twilight, geek things

Last week, boyfriend and I did some shopping. I was dying to know what happened in the last book of the Twilight series or saga as they call it. A stop at Borders was definitely needed to pick up my latest dose of Edward Cullen.

We get to Borders and go our separate ways, I rush of to the land of Edward and he heads towards the magazines. I grab the book and scurry to the counter to pay. There was a guy there probably about my age working the register, blah blah small talk, doesn’t seem to notice that I am 24 year old giddy ass girl clutching a silly young adult novel or does and is trying not to laugh.

Maybe that’s why he felt the need to bust me out.

I use to have one of those Borders rewards cards on my key chain but then realized it was linked to my mom’s account so I decided to make my own. He grabs a card and asks for my email address, I hesitate before speaking, “jamieislovely at gmail dot com”

Then this kid opens his mouth and says:

“Oh that’s cute. It’s nice to have such a high opinion of yourself. That’s healthy.”

I grab my preteen novel of vampire lust, attempt to pick my jaw up off the floor and try not to throw back:

“it’s my secret bloggy code name, shut up!”

Then stopped when I realized how even more geeky it would be to tell someone you have a secret bloggy code name while drooling over fictional vampires…

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haha screw him! you are lovely.

hahahah. i’m pretty sure i’d get the same response with “wellintentionedheartbreaker at live dot com”.

SECRET BLOGGY CODE NAME, ALRIGGGGGHT!

… it’s totally one of those ‘i guess you had to be there for it’ stories. except, changed to ‘you’d have to be a blogger to understand at all.’

DON’T YOU KNOW WHO I AM??

I’m not judging you…I’d do it too.

Totally not dorky at all. Honestly its those who do not have a secret bloggy code name that are truly missing out.

P.S.
Don’t feel bad about your fictional vampire obsession. My best friend and I have become a regular in the young adult section at BN. 26 is still technically a youngish adult, right?

Well, that was highly unprofessional of him. I would have asked to speak to his manager. I think that they ten to frown on their cashiers insulting customers. Unless it was a misguided attempt at flirting with you… in which case it was still highly unprofessional.

People at check-out counters are not allowed to judge you or your purchases! (At least out loud) It’s like check-out people code.

I’m totally seconding Amanda on this one! Everyone knows you refrain from judgment till people are out of your line! But that guy was still a total butthead!

this made me laugh!

why was he trying to make such ridiculous small talk in the first place. Silly kid needs to not be a nosey, sarcastic, asshole.

He works at Borders.
I doubt he’ll ever be a 20something featured blogger.

You win.

And you ARE lovely.

You could have said, “Oh, my super hot, incredibly romantic boyfriend made the account for me!”
Hahah.

I just got Twilight for my birthday yesterday. I’m dying to go home and read it!

Hahahahaha! Love it! I think I know now how you feel…have a blog that I don’t want to tell people about and I have an obsession with Edward Cullen as well. And I’m like 5 years older than you. See…now I’m even more embarrassed. *sigh*

Oh. My. God. That’s the sort of thing that would happen to me if I had a fancy email address, I know it would. Now I’m laughing, because I can SO imagine a guy saying that.

I really think you should have said, “It’s my secret bloggy code name, so SHUT UP!” That woulda made it (even more) interesting.

Hahaha! What a douche! You should have said you think extremely highly of yourself!

And yes you are very lovely.

LOL you almost “outed” yourself

That dude is a DOUCHE! You shoulda smacked him w/your book. Or told him to fuck off. Or or or..

*sigh*

Maybe doing it the nice way works well too.. I guess I’m just not so good at that

I’m with Amanda and Stealthnerd– checkout people are NOT allowed to comment on purchases! So technically this wasn’t a “purchase” issue, but all the checkout small talk can be such a pain.

Mkay, next time your response should be…

“My other email address is jamiecankillyouwithherthumb [at] gmail [dot] com so just keep talking (look at name tag) Jim.” (then pull out notepad and write his name in it without saying another word)

I may have been watching too many episodes of Chuck…

Oh no he didn’t! I probably would have gone ahead and pulled out the blog code name bit. Or maybe make up a lie involving the witness protection program? Dude. I want to punch him in the face a little.

oooooh boy. this sounds like exactly something that would happen to me. yay for twilight

well geeze. there’s someone who doesn’t hold back.

First off, that guy is a jerk. What a doofus to make fun of your email address!

And yes, I used the word doofus!

Second, I got the last book the weekend in came out. i was driving home from Atlanta, GA and arrived in Gainesville with 10 minutes before Borders closed. I ran inside, boyfriend standing at the door shaking his head, paid for the book and then drove the remaining two hours to Orlando.

Yeah, I need it that bad.

oh if that sales clerk only knew that power of oh how lovely!!!

Wait, was he being a jerk or was he trying to be funny or was he trying to be sincere? Either way, screw him! He sucks. You ARE lovely.

it’s totally healthy to be geeky and in love with edward and have a blog. i am all of the above as well.

Ha ha. Good almost response.

I’m tired of the people who think they’re chicer- or hipper-than-thou because they work at Borders/Barnes and Noble or Whole Foods. It’s still big corporation, and I’m pretty sure none of them offer “enlightenment” as part of the benefit package.

HA! That’s so awesome, and I know exactly how you feel! When I tell my tech guys at work that I have a blog and I’m learning all the cool geeky web stuff I can, they love it. When I tell random folks that don’t work in the online business, they think I’m super nerdy. And not in the cool way. PS – I’m super excited to read these books that you and others keep raving about (whether I win them from you or have to buy them myself!).

patronising git.

funny story though!!!

I swear, Borders employees at Ted’s store are much nicer. They never mock me about hanging out in the young adult section…of course, that could be because I’m married to their boss!

He should have known he was in the presence of greatness.

He will never see hair like yours again!!!

I too have bloggy code name and drool over Edward Cullen, you are not alone! We could totally take Mr. I’m too Cool to Read Vampire Novels.

He was flirting with you. When they are mean to you it means they like you. lol.

I would have said ‘Oh yeah! Shove it in your pie-hole, Book Boy’.

hahaha and that’s why I have two email addresses.

and that is why my email is simpliekrazed. it tends to shut them up… they don’t wanna know why i’m “simpliekrazed”!!!

hmmmm, I don’t think he should make such comments! what a wanker!

aaaahhhh thank you for the Tuesday night chuckles! hilarious

Your post just made me laugh out loud. That is hilarious! I can’t believe he would make a comment though. Talk about bad customer service. Every time I bought one of the Twilight books I was waiting for a comment…luckily I was spared.

Enjoy the fourth book! I’m almost finished with it and it’s amazing!

that not exactly professional of him.
But you should have thrown back, ‘don’t you know who i am, i’m famous on the interwebz’

You should have said – look, if you don’t think I’m lovely, that’s your problem.

That was pretty funny – and you are lovely

Are you kidding me? He said that? Ask him if he has a high opinion of himself as a virgin living in his mother’s basement. That and point him out to me so I can take off my belt for a beating, please watch for security.

I wouldn’t worry aobut the drooling-over-vampires thing, at the very least. I’d say about 95% of the female population over the age of 10 is in exactly the same boat.

(I’m one of the 5%. I get the vampire love thing, but Meyer’s writing does nothing for me.)

You totally are lovely and snotty employees should keep their opinions to themselves. That said, I hate giving people either of my personal e-mail addresses (I have a few school/business ones with just my name) because they’re kind of silly and I always get embarrassed. Oh, the life of a blogger

the things we do for edward cullen.

(which is pretty much anything. literally, anything.)

If you think that’s bad, my husband gives my email address to people buying sports stuff from him. He *has* to explain that raspberrykitty at aol dot com is NOT his email address lol. He uses it though, so it kinda is his too

He probably wouldn’t have understood. They never do.

Yeah I know what you mean…I’d have to go with Lippy or StupidJimmy. I don’t think that would be healthy, huh?

He should have kept his lame comment to himself and asked for your autograph!

lol – that’s hilarious.

i blush when i give my email address out – because it starts with ‘cheapthrills’….

ha! Looking forward to your Breaking Dawn review… none of my friends have jumped on the ‘i heart Edward’ bandwagon yet, so I have NO ONE to discuss with! (yeah yeah, I know there are several thousand twilight sites out there… I’m kind of intimidated by the super fans)

Yeah, because lovely is along the same veins as “greatest” and “better than you”.
Clearly.

I laughed so hard at this post, I nearly peed myself (too much coffee I think). Everytime I went to buy one of the books I felt gitty and thought that someone might ask me about buying a YA book. I even had a back up story just in case. No on ever asked, but just gave me weird looks.
Who cares what other people think, because I love Edward too. I got my mother, and most of my friends hooked on it too.

Haha, I’ve just started the twilight series, I’m glad I’m in store for something good. like your blog x

I’m so glad this stuff happens to someone besides me!

Haha. Wow. You gotta love the stuff people say. And you get points for your defense/comeback.

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I too have bloggy code name and drool over Edward Cullen, you are not alone! We could totally take Mr. I'm too Cool to Read Vampire Novels.

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