Actual library conversation:
ME: We have [that book you want] in large print, but our copy of the regular version is checked out right now.
CUSTOMER: Large print?
ME: Yes.
CUSTOMER: What's large print?
ME: *is stymied*
CUSTOMER: Is the print, like, large or something?
ME: Uh. Yes.
CUSTOMER: Like, really large?
ME: Well. It depends. It's.... *can't think of anything else to say*
CUSTOMER: Well, can't I see it?
ME: Yes, you can. It's back here. ...In our large print section.
CUSTOMER: There's a section?
ME: *blinks and walks away toward large print books*
[The previous may have been unduly inspired by
cleolinda's recap of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Alas, my life does not lend itself nearly so well to script formatting and/or hysterically funny asides.]
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ME: We have [that book you want] in large print, but our copy of the regular version is checked out right now.
CUSTOMER: Large print?
ME: Yes.
CUSTOMER: What's large print?
ME: *is stymied*
CUSTOMER: Is the print, like, large or something?
ME: Uh. Yes.
CUSTOMER: Like, really large?
ME: Well. It depends. It's.... *can't think of anything else to say*
CUSTOMER: Well, can't I see it?
ME: Yes, you can. It's back here. ...In our large print section.
CUSTOMER: There's a section?
ME: *blinks and walks away toward large print books*
[The previous may have been unduly inspired by
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Prepare a Face:
baffled
Love Song: muttering library customers
swell a progress