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There's something about the "Alice and Wonderland" phenomenon [see below] that's reminding me of how my friend Janice used to complain (when she worked at Barnes & Noble) that people used to come in all the time and ask her to direct them to the non-fiction section of the store.

[By the way, I must take this opportunity to point out that the store's name is Barnes & Noble. Not (as is commonly said in these parts) Barnes & Nobles.]

Or how, when I worked at the photo lab, many customers would get extremely upset if an employee dropped the film they'd handed in for processing. "Look what you've done!" one customer said to me after a roll slipped through my fingers and hit the counter. "Now all my pictures will be blurry!"