"This is a judgement-free zone."

Thank you, Bull Moose Sanford, for:

• Having a $3 copy of Wrong Turn (Eliza Dushku in a white tank top fighting inbred hillbillies = Josh is so happy) AND
• Having Season Five of 90210 for less than $20 (I cannot pay more than $20 on such awful television, yet it makes me so happy) AND
• For staffing your store with such cheerful, friendly employees.

I really mean it about that last one: In a lot of music/movie stores, buying such a ridiculous combination would have earned me The Look, if I'd even been lucky enough to get any sort of personal attention. But at Bull Moose Sanford, my choice resulted in the above quote AND a gigglefest between me, Josh and the three people at the counter.

ETA: I just realized that I didn't mention -- and this is key, so I can't believe I didn't say it originally -- that the cashier said that in response to some crack *I* made about my truly embarrassing purchases.

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[LG]

I once had a checkout person at a used bookstore look at the pile of books and manga I was buying and say, as he was adding everything up, "Wow, you're a big nerd, aren't you?" The store is two hours from where I live, so I only got there maybe a couple times a year, tops. If it had been someplace I went to more regularly, I would have gone to management to have a chat. I kind of wanted to anyway, but by that point I just wanted to leave. It's too bad good, non-judgmental customer service is not actually a given.

[Leila]

Ugh, lame. Retail is a hard job -- I worked it for years, so I generally have a pretty good handle on the daily crap clerks have to take -- but sometimes I'm horrified by stuff that I overhear. This place, though, is special: It's a joy to go there, and it really seems like the employees genuinely like working there.

And I just realized that I didn't mention -- and this is key, so I can't believe I didn't say it originally -- that the cashier said the bit about the Judgement-Free Zone in response to some crack *I* made about my truly embarrassing purchases, so he was trying to make me feel better and comfortable and stuff. He also told Josh that he liked his style, and was basically just all-around-adorably-nice.

[Auntie M.]

In the words of the immortal Luke Spencer: "The thing about judgment, cupcake, is it's a boomerang and sooner or later, it comes right back and smacks you in the face."

[Tricia]

I LOVE Bull Moose, too. Have you checked out the expanded store in Scarborough with the book section? Went there last month when they had the Maine YA authors there for a signing. Found lots of goodies!

[Leila]

I haven't been yet, though I keep meaning to go, like, every weekend! It's going to have to happen soon.