* dcross - David Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > From: Struan Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 04 January 2001 14:50 > > > * at 04/01 13:26 +0000 David Hodgkinson said: > > > > > > It took me three bookshops on Charing Cross Road to get a > > > perl library together for the guys I'm working with, but > > > I managed it without having to go into Foyle's. Yeah! > > > > er, what's wrong with foyles if it's not a silly question? > > Typical customer enquiry in Foyles: > > Customer: Can you tell me where your books on [insert random subject] are? > Foyles Bod: Who are they published by? > C: Huh? > FB: All of our books are classified by publisher. We find that's easier for > finding a specific book. > C: But I don't know what book I want. I just want to look at all of the > books on [insert random subject] and compare them. > FB: Then you'll have to visit each publisher's section indiviudally. > C (mutters to self): Or I could just go next door to Waterstones. > yes, but it does have a certain beauty to it -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
