(Customer is eating peanuts and throwing the shells on the bookstore floor)
Bookseller: "Sir, we don't allow food in the bookstore."
Customer: "This isn't food! It's a snack!" (Submitted by Ann Salisbury, Bienville Books, Mobile, AL)
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15 funny lines from 'Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores'
Here are 15 strange remarks from bookstore customers, compiled by writer and bookstore staff member Jen Campbell.
10. Just peanuts
