Making Light :: True Porn Clerk Stories :: comments http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000364.html#comments Language, fraud, folly, truth, history, and knitting. Et cetera. en Sat, 11 Oct 2003 09:40:50 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.261 True Porn Clerk Stories I just got sent the URL for the journal of a video clerk in a porn shop, and it's utterly... I just got sent the URL for the journal of a video clerk in a porn shop, and it's utterly... http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000364.html True Porn Clerk Stories -- comment #1 from Bob Webber comment from Bob Webber on 20.Jul.02 Patrick's web findings may be more useful and in some sense more worthy, but yours are fascinating and entertaining, and it does indeed pay to advertise in Making Light.

]]> <p>Posted July 20, 2002 11:33 PM by Bob Webber</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000364.html#1437 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000364.html#1437 Sat, 20 Jul 2002 23:33:05 -0500 True Porn Clerk Stories -- comment #2 from Kevin J. Maroney comment from Kevin J. Maroney on 21.Jul.02 As someone with a middling interest in porn and a long history as a retail clerk, I am among the perfect target audience for this material. I stayed up at least half an hour longer than I intended to last night because I couldn't stop reading it.

]]> <p>Posted July 21, 2002 11:50 AM by Kevin J. Maroney</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000364.html#1438 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000364.html#1438 Sun, 21 Jul 2002 11:50:21 -0500 True Porn Clerk Stories -- comment #3 from Scott Janssens comment from Scott Janssens on 23.Jul.02 Whenever work becomes a drag, I can read this to get a little perspective. Dealing with unruly source code and hostile testers has nothing on lube warnings.

]]> <p>Posted July 23, 2002 2:16 AM by Scott Janssens</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000364.html#1480 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000364.html#1480 Tue, 23 Jul 2002 02:16:00 -0500 True Porn Clerk Stories -- comment #4 from Kevin J. Maroney comment from Kevin J. Maroney on 24.Jul.02 Expanding on my earlier comment: I worked as a clerk in a specialty shop (a comics & sf shop) from 1984 to 1992. There's not a single customer whom she describes that I didn't immediately recognize, although mercifully I never had to deal with sticky products. This is probably the best work I've ever read dealing with life as a retail clerk. More power to Ali Davis.

]]> <p>Posted July 24, 2002 11:09 PM by Kevin J. Maroney</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000364.html#1506 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000364.html#1506 Wed, 24 Jul 2002 23:09:57 -0500 True Porn Clerk Stories -- comment #5 from Janet Lafler comment from Janet Lafler on 25.Jul.02 A related piece by this author was aired on "This American Life" recently, in their episode "Give the People What They Want."

]]> <p>Posted July 25, 2002 7:20 PM by Janet Lafler</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000364.html#1523 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000364.html#1523 Thu, 25 Jul 2002 19:20:33 -0500 True Porn Clerk Stories -- comment #6 from James Macdonald comment from James Macdonald on 27.Jul.02 What is "This American Life"?

]]> <p>Posted July 27, 2002 7:56 PM by James Macdonald</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000364.html#1568 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000364.html#1568 Sat, 27 Jul 2002 19:56:25 -0500 True Porn Clerk Stories -- comment #7 from Kip T. Williams comment from Kip T. Williams on 27.Jul.02 It is this. No, really. They explain that it's this radio show on public-type radio, and tell who does it, and have shows archived.

Kip

]]> <p>Posted July 27, 2002 10:30 PM by Kip T. Williams</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000364.html#1571 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000364.html#1571 Sat, 27 Jul 2002 22:30:12 -0500 True Porn Clerk Stories -- comment #8 from Kate Salter comment from Kate Salter on 29.Jul.02 I laughed for a long time at this. As a former video rental store clerk, the author is so right.
Thanks for pointing this out. Aqua in the morning. Oh how I wish I could have done that.

Kate

]]> <p>Posted July 29, 2002 7:16 PM by Kate Salter</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000364.html#1586 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000364.html#1586 Mon, 29 Jul 2002 19:16:25 -0500 True Porn Clerk Stories -- comment #9 from adamsj comment from adamsj on 11.Oct.03 She's spamming me, too, but she did give me a chance to point out what no one else did: He's putting on makeup under the harsh flourescent lights because, if he looks good there, he'll look good anywhere.

]]> <p>Posted October 11, 2003 9:34 AM by adamsj</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000364.html#29201 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000364.html#29201 Sat, 11 Oct 2003 09:34:22 -0500 True Porn Clerk Stories -- comment #10 from Teresa Nielsen Hayden comment from Teresa Nielsen Hayden on 11.Oct.03 Wouldn't a train station do as well?

I clicked on "Lolita" and got a faceful of porn. Got to do something about spam in my comment threads.

]]> <p>Posted October 11, 2003 9:40 AM by Teresa Nielsen Hayden</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000364.html#29202 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/000364.html#29202 Sat, 11 Oct 2003 09:40:50 -0500