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fandomtownies2017-09-15 01:14 pm
livingartifact) wrote in fandomtownies2017-09-15 01:14 pm
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The Magic Box, Friday
Jenkins was doing the books today at the Magic Box.
Unfortunately, this being an inherited magic shop and not a more traditional business meant that "doing the books" referred not to accounting, but to relocating the texts that had wandered off overnight and giving them a good talking to about behaving properly.
"Yes, I understand that the dewey decimal system is technically an arbitrary system of classification, but there is in fact no such thing as an unarbitrary classification system. We've made all of it up as we went along. Now, if you have some other reasonably logical manner in which to arrange yourselves, we might talk about a reorganization, but simply rearranging yourselves willy-nilly for funsies is neither charming nor effective with regards to customer service. If any of you have any hope of ever being sold and actually used for your intended purposes, I recommend you calm down and behave."
There was a moment of silence as the books continued to sit on their shelves, looking inanimate.
Jenkins nodded firmly. "I'm glad we had this little talk."
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Unfortunately, this being an inherited magic shop and not a more traditional business meant that "doing the books" referred not to accounting, but to relocating the texts that had wandered off overnight and giving them a good talking to about behaving properly.
"Yes, I understand that the dewey decimal system is technically an arbitrary system of classification, but there is in fact no such thing as an unarbitrary classification system. We've made all of it up as we went along. Now, if you have some other reasonably logical manner in which to arrange yourselves, we might talk about a reorganization, but simply rearranging yourselves willy-nilly for funsies is neither charming nor effective with regards to customer service. If any of you have any hope of ever being sold and actually used for your intended purposes, I recommend you calm down and behave."
There was a moment of silence as the books continued to sit on their shelves, looking inanimate.
Jenkins nodded firmly. "I'm glad we had this little talk."
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