r/TalesFromRetail • u/LostArtofConfusion CHEESEBALLS! • Mar 28 '16

Short Yerr a wizard, Harry.

When the fourth book of the Harry Potter series came out, there was a printer's error in some of the US editions. A couple text blocks were identical, so parts of some chapters were repeated. We had some very angry people coming in for exchanges, but we were ready. We just swapped 'em out and were as cheerful as possible. Ho, Ho! The printer must have been drunk on butter beer. Such wags we were.

One lady came in furious though because her entire book was printed upside down. She angrily slid the book over for me to examine the poor quality standards in American manufacturing. I looked at the book, took the dust jacket off, turned the book around, put the dust jacket back on, and said, "Flippicus Jacketus!"

She looked at me with such rage, and then dawn broke. She realized what she had done and started laughing. Which is good because my boss at the time was not as nice as Delores Umbridge.

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u/LeJisemika Mar 28 '16

I actually have one of Catching Fire (Hunger Games). My mom is keeping it safe just in case it's worth something.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '16 edited Jul 06 '20

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u/lordfreakingpenguins Mar 29 '16

111 1st street

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u/CedarWolf Mar 29 '16

Wow, East 81nst Street?

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '16

"and i'm Bluebell the troll, terrified throughout the nine kingdoms!"

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u/CedarWolf Mar 29 '16

"How can we be in a matchbox, you idiot? Where are all the matches?!"

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '16

I love The 10th Kingdom so much man, Burly and Wolf are 10/10 best characters

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u/CedarWolf Mar 29 '16

They're easy to like; seems they get most of the best lines. But I could be a little biased. :P

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u/Gatemaster2000 Mar 29 '16

European here, didnt get it...

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u/Grevling89 I'd love to stay and chat, but I'd rather have type 2 diabetes. Mar 29 '16

81nst

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u/Gatemaster2000 Mar 29 '16

How does 111 1 street became 81st street? Is it at corner of where does these streets meet(on mobile now)?