The librarian and other Bookstore questions

Today, at the bookstore, I was asked for the umpteenth time, "Are you a retired librarian?"  This time the customer was a librarian!  I've had people asking me if I was a librarian, since I was a teenager.  I've always been stymied by the question, and have always just said, "No".

Recently, I was telling one of the managers, who I've worked with for over 8 years, that in August I'll start getting a retirement check from a company I worked for many years ago.  The company is no longer in business, so this is a pleasant surprise; and I have no idea how much the check will be.  I told her it was from one of the automotive companies I worked for.  She said, "Oh, when you were a grease monkey".  I said, "Yes".


This week, when I took my break in the back room, our Cafe manager was telling an Assistant manager that she'd ridden a Harley for the first time, and she loved it.  The Assistant manager told her, Janice used to ride.  The Cafe manager turned to me and said, "Really"?  I said," Yes".

There’s nothing like stereo-types; and breaking them.

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