| Description |
xii, 171 pages ; 19 cm |
| Summary |
A tragicomic and all-too-revealing collection of essays by writers who have done their time behind the counter and lived to tell their tales. |
| Contents |
Sears, Sbarro's, Sayonara / Wade Rouse -- The final facial / Stewart Lewis -- Minimum-wage drama / Elaine Viets -- Un posto speciale (A special place) / Jim DeRogatis -- Another day at the video store / Kevin Smokler -- Not included with display / Michael Beaumier -- No good deed ... / Anita Liberty -- We weren't really rock stars / Richard Cox -- Other things in mind / James Wagner -- Ear man / Victor Gischler -- Deviant you, deviant me / C.A. Conrad -- Tulip thief / Gary Mex Glazner -- Klaus / Timothy Bracy -- I scream / Colson Whitehead -- How Swede it was : dealing death by pancakes in the midwest / Randall Osborne -- Free spatulas / Wendy Spero -- The adolescent cigarette salesgirl and other wrong moves in the right direction / Hollis Gillespie -- Fine wines and liquors / Becky Poole -- The bad call / Clay Allen -- The popsicle shop / Jane Borden -- Sixteen retail rules / Catie Lazarus. |
| Subject |
Sales personnel -- Humor.
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Selling -- Humor.
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| Added Author |
Martin, Jeff, 1980-
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| ISBN |
9781933368900 |
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193336890X |
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