...at the city airport, to the customers local one 8 miles away, in a period of 12 days. A speed of 0.028 mph, .001 SLOWER than a garden gastropod. Talk about snail mail.

Pt 5
C: "Really?"

Me: "Really."

C: "How can I find out?"

M: "Well, finish the book I suppose."

C:...

M: "If you are still worried you could then reach out to (publisher). Sorry I have a shop full of people who actually buy books."

C: "Could you give me their number?"

M: No. Have a good day

Pt 4
Me: "Well, could it be a literary device? Could it be on purpose? Does the conclusion not resolve the issue?"

C: "I don't know, I stopped reading it because I got confused."

Me: "...what would you like me to do?"

C: "Can you check?"

Me: "Like ask the author?"

C: "Yes"

Me: "No"

cont.

Pt 3
Me: "Wrong, ma'am?"

She tries to explain.

Me: "So to review, you are calling to ask me whether the book you got from the library matches the rest of the thousands of printed versions of this Canadian bestseller, which you worry no one else has noticed has a repeated section?"

C: "Yes"
cont.

Pt 2

Caller then spends 3 minutes reading the page to me, then asks me to turn to page 185:

"Do you see where that passage repeats?"

Me: "Yes ma'am"

C: "So the version I got from the library matches the one you have there?"

Me: [jaw tightening] "Yes ma'am"

C: "Do you think it is wrong?"

Cont