> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.hypebot.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Why Your Local Record Store Clerk Is Having A Worse Monday Than You
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/why-your-local-record-store-clerk-is-having-a-worse-monday-than-you/
- Published: 2015-03-02T13:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-03-02T13:00:00.000Z
- Description: The service industry is a special kind of challenging, particularly retail. There is no telling who or what could walk through your door. The kind folks at Dangerous Minds have spent. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/03/why-your-local-record-store-clerk-is-having-a-worse-monday
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Indie Music, Music Business, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28

[![Txesco_montalt_IDIOTS](https://a0.typepad.com/6a01901b9a0100970b01b8d0e073c0970c-150wi "Txesco_montalt_IDIOTS")](http://a0.typepad.com/6a01901b9a0100970b01b8d0e073c0970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)The service industry is a special kind of challenging, **particularly retail**. There is no telling who or what could walk through your door. The kind folks at [Dangerous Minds](http://dangerousminds.net/comments/how%5Fyour%5Fpretentious%5Flocal%5Frecord%5Fstore?ref=hypebot.com) have spent **2002 – 2014 documenting some of the finest idiocracy** to grace their record store. 

One too many morons made their way into this record store, so the **staff started keeping a journal of the stupidest phone calls**, weirdest questions, and rudest customers they encountered. Having started this endeavor in 2002, multiple volumes have been penned. Enjoy a few of the highlights (and be thankful you're reading these entries – not writing them).

**Happy Monday, folks! Don't be an idiot.**

Customer: “Why are there only 12 songs on this CD?”   
Clerk: “Uh, that’s just how many songs are on it.”   
Customer: “So, there’s six songs per side?”

[![Record_store_front](http://a1.typepad.com/6a01901b9a0100970b01bb07faf481970d-150wi "Record_store_front")](http://a1.typepad.com/6a01901b9a0100970b01bb07faf481970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

(phone call)   
Customer: “Do you have constellation music?”   
Clerk: “Constellation music?”   
Customer: “You know… A variety.”

A guy comes in and wants to order a TV-only-offer CD. He brings in the 1-800 number from the commercial and asks if we can call it in for him.

A young white woman’s inquiry about *Reggae*:   
“Y’all got that Reggae guy? …He’s black.”

Customer: “Do y’all have any cuban music? Like Kenny Chesney or Jimmy Buffett but without the Kenny Chesney and the Jimmy Buffett.”

Clerk: “No I’m sorry I can’t buy any of these (caked in mildew and ratshit) records.”   
Customer: “Well, how about you just give me $20 and throw them all away?”   
Clerk: “…”

Customer has an inquiry about the Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions:   
Customer: “What does BBC session mean?”   
Clerk: “Well, it would have been a session recorded for British BBC radio.”   
Customer: “So is it in English?”

Read the full story [here.](http://dangerousminds.net/comments/how%5Fyour%5Fpretentious%5Flocal%5Frecord%5Fstore?ref=hypebot.com)