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  • rachel_waring
    rachel_waring
    Oy.

    What fettle lass?

    God bless the Internet. Any daft bugger can hang an anonymous chap on a peg without even knowing him. A lovely faceless mob we've got here! An inspired Shirley Jackson would be scribbling like mad into her notebook.

    Such a lot of silliness! It's the bookstore chap writing. The one who ought to be thrown in gulag from the sound of it.

    Well. To be honest I didn't, in fact, know the dog was outside. Guilty as charged. The door opens and closes all day long. Sometimes the dogs wander out and we don't notice. They don't often stop and leave an itinerary before slipping out.

    Anyway. Best to avoid an acrimonious back and forth. I would like to apologize to you. For my rudeness, bluntness, and crassness. My name is Stefan, and I promise you I'm not (often) a surly boor. Must have caught me at a lousy moment.

    Yes, allow me to apologize for any nonsense I spouted, and allow me to belatedly thank you for lassoing our wayward pup before he ended up beneath the treads of a Volvo wagon.

    Still, a virtual apology isn't the same as one delivered in person. I am working in the shop today (Saturday) until 5 p.m. and I will be here tomorrow from 1 p.m. until closing at 8 p.m.

    I would be happy to rewind the tape, and this time I promise to be civil.

    You can also ring me at 718-783-3075. Again, I will be here until 5 this evening.

    Talk soon,

    Stefan
    Community Bookstore of Park Slope
  • pitu
    pitu
    gak. I had not even considered the unattended dog poop, unattended.

    nice to see a public apology from Stefan/Rachel_Waring but much nicer to see better neighborly behavior (to be clear, I mean minding the dogs) from now on, which is not what I'm reading above

    This "faceless mob" is called an internet community, and I don't think you've been treated unfairly. Your first experience was with a real life person at your store, and leaving the dogs on their own appears to be what you intend to keep doing.
  • caseopele
    caseopele
    Stefan has no control over the dogs being at the store and does his best to keep them inside while running the store.
  • rachel_waring
    rachel_waring
    Dear pitu:

    But we DO mind the dogs. We do.

    We mind and care for the dogs and the rabbit (he's the fellow to be wary of, by the way: vicious dear beast with adorably homicidal impulses) and Sir Marjorie Lambshanks (the cat) and the bearded dragon.

    The crickets, I confess, we are lousy to. We lock them up with the dragon. They are doomed. Their mournful chorusing at night sends a shiver down a bookseller's spine.

    We try our best. Sometimes the store is quite busy and a small mop-shaped pup wanders off and begins savaging whole flocks of histrionic high school girls and we don't notice. And sometimes people kindly scoop up the mop and bring him back and the silly fellow named Stefan is rude and crummy.

    I'm not entirely serious about the faceless mob bit. Just a bit of cheeky piss-taking. I don't actually give a toss.

    But I'm entirely sincere about the desire to apologize in person for my rudeness.

    Once again:

    718-783-3075.

    And I will be in the shop all weekend. Please do drop by. I'll even treat you to a cup of tea and a dog biscuit (we haven't any other kind at the moment).

    Warmly,
    Stefan
  • MOD
    MOD
    And on that note, you have the Owner and her contact info.
    Have a nice weekend everyone.
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