Record Store Etiquette...

I know a lot of people out there have preconceived notions about record store employees being rude, jerks, or douche bags. So for the sake of my hundreds... dozens... or um... singles? of readers I type this blog.

I've come to realize, through talking to teachers (especially foreign language teachers), that many confrontations that occur between patrons and employees in places of business are because many people aren't familiar with different forms of custom, mores, code or general etiquette. Or they just plain don't read Dear, Abby. So in order to try and help the situation I will do two things...

!. Try not to assume too much about customers that "bug" me.

@. Post a list of record store etiquette ™®©Θ

Here we gooooooooooooooooooo!!!!1!!!1

1. Give it the old "college try" before you ask...
- I know my store (and stores of similar size) can be intimidating. But, I really can't stand when people come in and automatically want help (Unless it's Christmas and you have a list. (and don't talk (j/k)))

2. PUSH BACK YOUR ROWS
- It makes my store look like shit when you don't do it, and as awesome as it would be to get paid $10.50 per hour to do just this it's just annoying.

3. We don't have it.
- If I checked the new, used and, very rarely, the budget section we don't have it. I don't know when we'll get it. I can only request it. I'm not (W)houdini and hence cannot pull it out of a top hat or my ass.

4. PUSH BACK YOUR ROWS!

5. *Keep it short.
- As much as I would love to hear about how much you loved this song when you were a fair young maiden with plenty of gentlemen callers, I have lot's of stuff to do and customers to help.

6. P.B.Y.R. !

7. Don't assume we're psychic/magic.
- I wasn't rollin' in the Bentley with you when 94.9 played that song by that person that one time... call up Chuy Gomez and ask him, or get one of those phones that recognizes every time Lil Wayne farts.

8. P.B.Y.R.

9. I forgot where this goes...
-Unless you have Alzheimer's I don't believe you. We're not Walmart or Home Depot.

So guys... if you just follow these simple rules (especially 2, 4, 6, and 8), maybe you'll start
thinking we're not bad people. This post will probably be edited a lot over the coming... my employment at a record store. At least people can maybe (hopefully) google record store etiquette™®©Θ



--c!