Download or read book Tales From Behind the Counter written by Jessica Samuels and published by Jessica Samuels. This book was released on with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Angeline has been working at Kyle's General Store for five years. She has seen it all: crazy, stupid and even mean customers torment her on a daily basis. She has worked in over five different departments with stories for each. There is a chapter where she gives advice on how to survive retail, and shares pet peeves for the departments she has worked in. Join her down memory lane as she tells her stories about crazy customers and the stupid questions they ask. Also, if you think the customer is always right then you've never worked at a place like Kyle's before.
Download or read book Tales from Behind the Counter written by Jessica Samuels and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-07 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you think the customer is always right, you've never worked at a place like Kyle's before. Angeline has seen it all--crazy, stupid, and even mean. For the last five years, customers have tormented her daily in over five departments at her workplace, Kyle's General Store. In one chapter, she gives advice on surviving retail and shares her biggest pet peeves in the departments she has worked in. Join Angeline down memory lane as she tells her stories about crazy customers and the downright stupid questions they ask.
Download or read book Isaly s Chipped Ham Klondikes and Other Tales from Behind the Counter written by Brian Butko and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Isaly's grew from horse-drawn milk wagons to become the world's largest family-owned dairy company. Stores in hundreds of towns and neighborhoods popularized products like Chipped Ham, Skyscraper Cones, and the Klondike Bar. Learn the fascinating histories behind these products and more in this lavishly illustrated book"--
Download or read book Tales from the Gas Station Volume Two written by Jack Townsend and published by Jack Townsend. This book was released on with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nightshift clerk and high-functioning insomniac Jack is back to work, trying his best to keep out of trouble. But when his chain-smoking coworker discovers a mysterious radio signal revealing the guarded secrets of their town, Jack will learn that an annoying new dayshift manager is far from the worst of his problems. In this second installment of the Gas Station saga, Jack finds himself entangled in his most harrowing adventure yet. With the newest crew of coworkers along for the ride and the resident psychopath out for his blood, our hero(?) must navigate the drama of small-town murder conspiracies, vigilante justice, and demonic summoning rituals...whether he wants to or not.
Download or read book The Night Counter written by Alia Yunis and published by Crown. This book was released on 2009-07-14 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An immigrant-ethnic cocktail laced with political oppression, but before shaking, [Alia Yunis] adds Scheherazade, the fabled storyteller who kept herself alive by distracting her tyrannical husband for a thousand and one nights." --Carolyn See, Washington Post After 85 years, Fatima knows that she is dying because for the last 991 days she has been visited by the immortal storyteller from The Arabian Nights, Scheherazade. Just as Scheherazade spun magical stories for 1,001 nights to save her own life, Fatima has spent each night telling Scheherazade her life stories. But with only nine days left before her death, Fatima has a few loose ends to tie up. She must find a wife for her openly gay grandson, teach Arabic (and birth control) to her 17-year-old great-granddaughter, make amends with her estranged husband, and decide which of her troublesome children should inherit her family's home in Lebanon--a house she herself has not seen in nearly 70 years. Fatima’s children are spread far apart and are wrapped up in their own chaotic lives seemingly disinterested in their mother and their inheritances. But as she weaves stories of her husband, children, and grandchildren, Fatima brings together a family that is both capricious and steadfast, affectionate and also smothering, connected yet terribly alone. Taken all together, they present a striking and surprising tapestry of modern Arab American life. Shifting between America and Lebanon over the last hundred years, Alia Yunis crafts a bewitching debut novel imbued with great humanity, imagination, family drama and a touch of magic realism. Be prepared to feel utterly charmed.
Download or read book Mina and Angelines Retail Stories written by Jessica Samuels and published by Jessica Samuels. This book was released on with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a two book collection. Tales From Behind the Counter:Angeline has been working at Kyle's General Store for five years. She has seen it all: crazy, stupid and even mean customers torment her on a daily basis. She has worked in over five different departments with stories for each. There is a chapter where she gives advice on how to survive retail, and shares pet peeves for the departments she has worked in. Join her down memory lane as she tells her stories about crazy customers and the stupid questions they ask. Also, if you think the customer is always right then you've never worked at a place like Kyle's before. Mina's Department Store Stories:The customer is not always right! If you have ever worked retail then this is the book for you, department store style. The customers are crazy and the situations are hilarious. It will provide you with tips on how to make a retail worker happy with you. And show you what a day is like in a department store as well as show you stories of rude, crazy and even the stupid things customers say to retail workers. Some will make you laugh and some will make you want a drink. Get ready and let's dive into the wacky world of department store stories
Download or read book From Behind the Counter written by Easton Lee and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Easton Lee was born to a Chinese father and a Jamaican mother of mixed racial heritage in the 1930s at Wait-abit, Trelawny, Jamaica. The family lived in several villages and towns as his parents 'moved shop' in search of a livelihood. Life was different then - no television, no telephones, inadequate road systems, no radio. The life of rural communities revolved and evolved around the church, the school and the village shop. The majority of these shops were owned and operated by Chinese families. Lee recalls that many evenings during his elementary schooldays were spent under the counter of his parents' shop so he could be near to his mother as she attended to customers and helped him with homework. Customers, unaware of his presence, often discussed the village happenings and their private business in the most intimate details, giving him insight and information not otherwise available. His mother who was born at the run of the century fed him with stories and legends she had gleaned from her older relatives. An avid reader and a great storyteller, she often entertained her children and their friends with fascinating tales she had read or had heard in her childhood. His attention later turned to his Chinese heritage with his father and other Chinese relatives providing the link to that source. He found to his amazement that those teachings were not all that different from those of other sources, and in some instances were identical. This lively interest in and knowledge of Jamaican folklore which began in his schooldays was broadened and enhanced when, in adulthood, he went to work with Jamaica Social Welfare Commission, now the Social Development Commission, in a job which took him to every corner of the country. "
Download or read book Mina s Department Store Stories written by Jessica Samuels and published by Jessica Samuels. This book was released on with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The customer is not always right! If you have ever worked retail then this is the book for you, department store style. The customers are crazy and the situations are hilarious. It will provide you with tips on how to make a retail worker happy with you. And show you what a day is like in a department store as well as show you stories of rude, crazy and even the stupid things customers say to retail workers. Some will make you laugh and some will make you want a drink. Get ready and let's dive into the wacky world of department store stories.
Download or read book Tales Behind the Glass written by Jill Warrener and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2024-03-01 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often quirky, containing unexpected, sometimes unnerving twists, these tales can catch the reader unawares. A lonely boy on holiday with his absent mother; an elderly lady still living in her exciting, wartime past; a kindly, old gentleman, trapped inside a body which no longer works; a teenage girl who finds she might possibly be capable of murder, the central characters spring to life in our imaginations as each short tale unfolds. Sometimes you are with the character, in first person, living their thoughts, sometimes you watch from a distance in third person. Sometimes you realise with a jolt that the time frame in which the story is set is not modern-day but is the 1960s, in others you are part of today’s world. Wherever they take you, these are stories that will leave you wondering and may knock you off-balance.
Download or read book Tales of the Darkside written by A. Keener and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would you do if you were talking to a merchant who sold mutilated corpses while his partner measured you for the next grisly batch? What if you were faced with a bomb-happy ghost whose goal is to blast you into the sky? What if you were stuck patrolling the famous Picasso paintings that love to frighten people? Those don't scare you enough? Then perhaps a black widow who just killed her husband would suffice or maybe a grandmother, who believes ancient voodoo will bring her husband back from the dead, is your cup of tea. If those are not enough to entice you, would a plant that could show you your death be of interest? Tales of the Darkside is a collection of gothic short stories. These twelve stories encompass both the thrills and the chills of the Gothic Tradition. You will laugh while chills travel up your spine. For those who are brave of heart or adventurous, read on . if you dare.
Download or read book Tales from Berry Hollow written by Stanton Braverman and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-09-23 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Allan is a redneck woodsman who lives adjacent to the wilderness section of the Shenandoah National Park and comes home one day to find immigration officers waiting to arrest him for being an illegal alien. They serve him with a final order of deportation. The officers want to test the limits of the citizen birthright provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the constitution and have documented that George's ancestors were indentured servants who never reported for work when they arrived, making them and their progeny illegal aliens. The locals in the hollow seek the help of a weekender, James Claiborne, an immigration lawyer in Washington, D.C. Then the adventure begins: difficult legal questions, corruption, and intrigue. Claiborne has to learn about the complicated social structure in the redneck community. He realizes that basically they are similar to any one of the many ethnic groups he works with in his law office who have kept their cultural identity as they merge into mainstream American. It is also a community dealing with its own renaissance and fascinating cultural aspects. When reading the book, you will become part of this cultural movement and begin to understand a community that is part of the American melting pot. 1
Download or read book All My Patients Have Tales written by Jeff Wells and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-04-14 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For those who ever thought about or are now interested in becoming a veterinarian, the author recalls the humbling life of a veterinary student. However, most uplifting and amusing are his descriptions of helping people help their pets. Let Dr Wells take you on this journey.
Download or read book Jingle Tales written by Linda Mooney and published by Linda Mooney. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories Included are: PENNIES - With donations running low for the shelter, Monica tries to find another means to raise enough money to at least buy the children Christmas gifts, when an old man named George helps her discover the value of a penny. ELF NUTS - The story was meant to help her children cope through the Christmas holidays. She never expected the miracle that followed. TALLY MARKS - In a post-apocalyptic future, a small group of survivors discover the true meaning of Christmas.
Download or read book Lake Superior Tales written by Mikel B. Classen and published by Loving Healing Press. This book was released on 2018-12-01 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join us for epic adventures in the U.P. on land and lakes! Pirates, thieves, shipwrecks, sexy women, lost gold, and adventures on the Lake Superior frontier await you! In this book, you’ll sail on a ship full of gold, outwit deadly shapeshifters, battle frontier outlaws and even meet the mysterious agent that Andrew Jackson called "the meanest man" he ever knew. Packed with action, adventure, humor, and suspense, this book has something for every reader. Journey to the wilds of the Lake Superior shoreline through ten stories that span the 19th century through present day including "The Wreck of the Marie Jenny," "The Bigg Man," "Wolf Killer," and "Bullets Shine Silver in the Moonlight." Mikel B. Classen is a longtime resident of Sault Sainte Marie in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. His intimacy of the region, the history and its culture gives this book a feel of authenticity that is rarely seen. As a writer, journalist, columnist, photographer, and editor with more than 30 years experience, his breadth of knowledge is unparalleled. "It's clear that Mikel B. Classen knows and loves the Lake Superior area of Michigan and brings it to life in a delightful way. If you want frequent laughs, unusual characters who jump off the page, and the fruit of a highly creative mind, you’ve got to read this little book." -- Bob Rich, author, Looking Through Water From Modern History Press Learn more at www.MikelClassen.com
Download or read book Fulton Tales written by Linda Garrison Brown and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-02-08 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neatly tucked away off highway 43, in the south Alabama woods, sits the small sawmill town of Fulton. As you gaze at the wooden buildings you are taken back to a slower, kinder time when the lines between right and wrong were more defined Fulton Tales is a collection of sixteen unpretentious stories, delightfully seen through the eyes of a young boy growing up in this special place. Randall Brown was that boy. These stories were written by Linda Garrison Brown, Randalls wife of thirty nine years. Find a comfy chair and journey back to the Deep South of the 50s and 60s.
Download or read book Lobster Tales written by George Evans and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-01-09 with total page 757 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theres A Lobster Loose! For more than ten years, five would-be writers have somehow managed to discard infirmity, tragedy, parental and spousal responsibility, sucky jobs, suckier prospects, literary rejection and the basic planetary pull of lifes gravity to join one another in a unique collective of literary hooliganism that may not rival The Round Table, but certainly involves congregating around a table. Enter The Loose Lobster and this collection of essays, short stories, screenplay excerpts and other words which simply defy classification. Enjoy the read.
Download or read book Madeline City and Other Tales written by Steven Maus and published by Steven Maus. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Madeline City is situated inside a ring of steep mountains and all but covered by the constant clouds that serve as a reminder of the dreary conditions of all who live within the walls. While the people of Bater District, Gnight District, and other less privileged areas of the city suffer by fighting, stealing, and drinking their way through life, the officers of the church execute their Prelate's orders to bring the entire city under militant, fanatical rule. But just who is the goddess Madeline? Or rather, who was she? No longer among her people, she once brought peace, love, and prosperity to her city, but was moved to abandon them after they tarried in their allegiance to her long ago. Now the Magmenian Rebellion claims her as their champion as they strive to overthrow the church's stranglehold on the city, and the Augsburg Church cites divine duty as they scour the alleys and slums, seeking to imprison anyone who would refuse to submit to her holy law. And so it is the innocent and the oppressed who star in this collection about a people seeking to understand the forces at work in their world.
