The Story

This is the true story of how a man from Staten Island went nuts in a mall bookstore and scored a job at View Askew.

Many many months ago, former employee Brian Quinn headed to the local mall to purchase the 'Mallrats' book (this was before we had our retail site up and running). However as he was about to purchase the book, the clerk working behind the counter decided to give poor BrianQ some shit about Kevin's directorial and writing skills and gave his own colorful opinion about 'Mallrats'. After that incident, Brian decided to seek advice and e-mailed Kevin Smith himself to plot out a retaliation strategy. Kevin replied with a simple, "Go give that bookstore dork some shit."

Brian decided to risk life, limb and mall security and took Kevin up on this. But instead of simply going back to the mall and yelling at the clerk, he decided to arm himself with a portable tape recorder so that all the world could enjoy what you are about to hear. The following audio clip is one of the funniest things that will ever be heard. So funny in fact, that it caught our attention and we decided that this cat was crazy enough to intern for us.

Brian has since moved onto bigger and better things after two years of employment and we wish him well.

Big huge thanks to him for making us laugh.

Brian giving the bookstore clerks some shit (22khz) 1.6 Megs

Brian giving the bookstore clerks some shit (11khz) 800K

Brian giving the bookstore clerks some shit (Real Audio)

A transcription of what happened. (It MUST be heard though)

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