| 单词 | customer |
| 例句 | I stood there while she finished with the customer. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Black folks, our customers, they’d come into the store and buy BC powder, fill up on that, that was their doctor. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z That kind of sums up the way he looks at himself, his farm, and his customers. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “I’d rather be anywhere than at home, putting curry in plastic boxes for customers. Mama is cooking up a literal storm this week, much of it Thanksgiving-related.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Except that this time the customer she’s waiting on is sending back pizza after pizza and blaming her for it every time. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z While we worked, a customer came in and Holly cut her two yards of pale green flannel. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Kote lowered his voice a bit, drawing the attention of the customers away from the guest and back to his side of the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Singer stood before the window and watched the cousin of his friend wait on a group of customers. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “We wouldn’t want you burning a customer’s shirt,” she chuckled. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, honey. I’ve been dealing with doctors and customers and staff all week. I really need to stay home today and be quiet a while.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z His fingers were still hurting badly, but he smiled as the customers straggled by and he collected the money. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z It’s the clothes I relate to, though, not the customers. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They employed only young men, convinced that female workers would attract teenage boys to the restaurant and drive away other customers. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z He was not as surprised then when the customer got slapped. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Luma became a regular customer at Talars, and each time she visited she again encountered the strange sight of African and Middle Eastern dress on the streets. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The only other customers were an older American couple, reviewing the laminated menu through bifocals. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z As the sky was clear, the evening was bitterly cold, and for the first time in weeks, there were only a few customers in the Trout. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z And then, raising his voice so loud that some of the customers stared: “He won’t play that.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The two men she's looking at right now are not customers. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Give your parents our very best regards,” said the woman, moving to assist the other customer. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Early in December, in the course of a single afternoon, two of the cafe’s steadiest customers announced plans to pack up and leave not merely Finney County but the state. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Even her customers, offering lavish praise and seeking details about the food, could not get her to linger in conversation. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z If occasionally he cheated a customer, he told himself that was part of the game. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Xavier Glitts had a customer who had wanted for many years to own this particular Vermeer masterpiece. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z And what about all his talk of honor and propriety, his disapproval of the female customers, who, after all, were only showing him their feet to get fitted for shoes? A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The cycle was attached to a brightly painted tin cart with a leather bench and a decorated canopy that shaded customers from the sun. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z There was not a single customer in the place. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Sitting on the porch with Joel, watching his customers buzz-ing about, I could see part of that new food system taking shape. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Some of them conducted their businesses legitimately, but there were many that exploited the ignorance of their black customers. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She greeted most of the customers by name and knew almost everyone’s orders. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z We’ve been here for only five minutes when the manager of the store comes out and says, “You Negroes stop harassing my customers.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "If you sit back there, I gotta treat you like a customer, kid," Coach said, starting the car. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z It was early, not yet nine, and Perry was the first customer at the Washateria, a self-service laundry. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Malcolm didn’t argue with her; there were other customers to attend to, so he was busy, and besides, he believed in Asta’s feelings. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The cashier was giggling as she said: "You're our one millionth customer." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z They say to customers sorry it’s so early, but they have to close sooner tonight. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z At first, all he was aware of were the heels of the shoes beating rapidly against the floor, and he wondered if Lalo and the afternoon customers in the bar downstairs could hear it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z And I’d first tell customers to pay me, and then where to pick up. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly customers were paying $1 billion less a year for term life insurance. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It was a little past noon, and the customers had just started to wander through. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The restaurant had just opened, but customers were already waving her over, dying for some one-on-one time with their old friend. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z From this shelf, Edward could see the whole shop: Lucius Clarke’s workbench and the windows to the outside world and the door that the customers used to enter and leave. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Mr. Smith smiled through it all, managing to keep his eyes focused almost the whole time on his customers’ feet. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z His customers were wide-eyed, interested as terriers, cooperative, and did not interrupt, but as he began for the third time Will saw that he was getting no place. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He tries to pour the customer a bowl of cereal, and it all flies horizontally from the box. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z And it wouldn’t be any fun—would it?—unless the clothes were all reasonably orderly to begin with, which is where I come in, constantly re-creating orderliness for the customers to maliciously destroy. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He straightened himself again, blinked into the sun, and strolled, whistling, toward the gondolieri who were still out trying to net customers at the base of the bridge. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z In one coffee shop, when the owner presented a group of customers with their bills, they knocked him out and ransacked the place. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “That dress was made for you,” the girl said to the customer. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The types walked before the displays like paying customers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Not if he wanted to be able to lean over a pool table for a shot exposing his back to his customers’ husbands. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The customer flinched and the skin discolored right away. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I sent Felicia a few customers myself from the factory. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z New towns sprang up, new sections were opened and populated, for the company had to create customers to get custom. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Do you think our customers are going to like grime with their plantain mash, Churroso?” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He sold something folks needed, and he went right to the customer. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee Chong did not stand between the whiskey and the customer without reason. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, British customers were giving the laundries in Philadelphia rush orders to deliver clothing “finished or unfinished.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She lifts herself out of the chair where I'm to sit, where she was waiting for a customer, I guess. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Because I can already tell: Things are more fair here, just because everything’s so fast that who’d have the time to stop and gouge a customer? Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The back-and-forth chant would continue until the kids found the customer. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Nobody ever robbed Herman’s station while I was there, nor did any customers ever fool with him. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s none of my business, girl. All my customers pay up front.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He never spoke about his education or teaching position while he was there, not wanting his employers or customers to call him uppity and take away his job. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They nonchalantly nodded to the bartender to pour a drink for some friend, while the bartenders, smooth as any of the customers, kept making change from the money on the bar. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Two other white customers along the bar glared at me as I read the sign aloud. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “The diner closed early today. Not enough customers in the afternoons anymore. Aren’t you supposed to be at soccer?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z And now I've got one hour and ten minutes to find the names of some unhappy customers. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He said that two sets of numbers are the same size when one set of numbers can “sit” on top of another set of numbers—one to a customer—with none left over. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I mean, the backseat was pretty much clear, just because that was the part of the car that he rode customers around in every day until I got in the car after practice. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “This is quite the setup you’ve got here,” the customer called as he entered the store. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “That way we can leave this room to customers.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Like any other service establishment, they want to move the customers in and out as quickly as they can. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I looked back at the diner, which had only a couple of customers now. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I know the family business — It’s been drummed into my head: How to cheat the hungry customer And earn my daily bread. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z I was supposed to drop each ticket that I took from a customer into a metal receptacle. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The bar’s front door creaks open, admitting a gust of fresh air and a new customer. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Boats and trains brought vast amounts of lumber, grain, and livestock into the city to be stored and processed, then shipped out to customers across the country. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I have been able to keep the ledgers full and the customers happy, but if Edel doesn't return soon, I'm afraid everything will unravel. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Tom pulled ditched cars free with his freshly painted two-ton wrecker; Dave sold gasoline, batteries, and motor oil and advised his customers to go home and stay home. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But since he had nothing to lose, he marched over to the toy booth and waited until the old man was finished with his customers. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z When the ten minutes were up, Susan gave Mother twenty dollars and the next customer came in. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Mrs.,” and “Miss” on bills and announcements sent to black customers. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Poly face’s customers know to come after noon on a chicken day, but there’s nothing to prevent them from showing up earlier and watching their dinner being killed. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z We scrub only to remove impurities that might be detectable to a customer by hand or by eye; otherwise our only job is to wipe. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I hardly ever knew the identities of my customers, but the few I did recognize, or whose names I happened to hear, remind me now of the Profiuno case in England. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She envisioned Mr. Griswold walking out from the back with a box of books to shelve, greeting customers as the chimes signaled their entrance. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I wore a starched white jacket out in the dining room, where the waiters would put the customers’ dirty plates and silver on big aluminum trays which I would take back to the kitchen’s dishwashers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Somewhere where they taught you to say please. Wait a minute, while I wait on that customer.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Or if the customer were a hunchback or a bad cripple, then it would be whiskey on the house. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Hey, is this the right way?” my plump, suited customer questions from the backseat. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The ambience is meant to encourage customers to feel comfortable and to spend money; it is not at all like the tiny house in Zundert, not even the fine front room. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Remembering, her old customers picture her as philanthropist, medical authority, bouncer, and poetess of the bodily emotions without being involved with them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Reginald only had to be certain that none of the customers to whom he sold ever saw that he was legitimate. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z So by measuring the money collected against the bagels taken, he found it possible to tell, down to the penny, just how honest his customers were. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Jack interviews Frank and films customers eating while I follow him around with a microphone. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z She said, “Let me finish with this customer, and then you’ll have my full attention.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Arthur did so; he sent a full refund to each customer who canceled, and a personal note written in a cordial style. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Ralph described a customer who apologized to his chicken before eating it; she laughed. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She had other customers to yell at All day long at the Center I could think of nothing else but a home-cooked meal. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your pipe is near to burn a hole in the table. And where are those coffee beans? We’ll have customers soon.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z All I see is customers unfolding carefully folded T-shirts, taking dresses and pants off their hangers, holding them up for a moment’s idle inspection, then dropping them somewhere for us associates to pick up. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He gets the orders from customers, tells the farmers what he needs, and they arrive with their trucks at Polyface at dawn on Thursday. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z A taxi which brought a very late customer to the Bear Flag squashed five frogs in the street. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t smile even when he had three customers lined up. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z There are all kinds of dyes, polishes, and swatches of leather Mr. Malloy uses to restore the customers’ shoes, handbags, wallets, and belts. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He manages a post office in a small, all-white town, solving problems for angry postal customers. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Penelope ignored the angry clerk who was scolding her for ruining the window display, pushed through the long line of customers waiting at the cash register, and raced outside to the street. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z We set up a scene with Moms and Derek playing like Derek was a customer and Mom was a used car salesman and they were bargaining over a car. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I only see a few more customers for the rest of the night, which gives me far too much time to think. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The customer courtesy software filtered my voice, altering its tone and inflection to ensure that I always sounded cheerful and upbeat. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The boys filed into a line of customers waiting for a lift that would take them up through the lit branches of a banyan tree to the main entrance at the top of the building. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I washed the empty glass jars Mama’s customers brought back, and Jay dried them. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z A policeman and one other customer, back by the beer fridge. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The fighting intensified, and both Doha and Yuni were shocked when the customer called the squid vendor a very bad word. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She flicks her eyes toward one of the customers at a vendor. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z During the night he slept among the boats on the river, and early in the morning, before the first customers arrived in the shop, he had his beard shaved off by the barber’s assistant. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z From now on there’s to be only one per customer and it goes out with the dinner, not with the salad. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We are the only customers in the store. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z He is the only customer; he can hear the sound of a vacuum cleaner running at the rear of the store. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In the smoky room filled with customers who wear the cloth caps of working men, a barmaid whispers a name. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z There was no time to argue; a customer banged through the front door and called for something to drink. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Middle of the night, I imagine. Brought a lot of customers here. Some were cool, others thought they could just take whatever they wanted.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z There’s only one other customer—a woman looking at blow dryers. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Once when the Store was full of lunchtime customers, he dipped the strainer, which we also used to sift weevils from meal and flour, into the barrel and fished for two fat pickles. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A lot of our customers were so poor it wasn’t funny. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And on some nights, between the hours of twelve and five o’clock, not a customer would enter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The waitress in the restaurant was friendly, especially since he was one of the only customers. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Describe this boot to me, then! What kind of a pitiful salesman are you? No wonder you’re starved for customers.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Being a paying customer this time, with a full-fledged ticket, I didn’t have to jump off, and I knew that the preacher would be waiting for me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Laborers refused to work, merchants cheated their customers, and brigands ran at large. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "Roza," I whisper after the customer leaves, "these are my clothes!" What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The boy, no older than sixteen, darted his head back and forth, apparently looking for cops, customers, or both. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z To meet the demands of their customers, Greenways has to farm on an industrial scale. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Lourdes continues waiting on her customer, an elderly woman sizing up a mocha petit four. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And this kind of service made for excellent customer relations. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z First problem: how to preserve fresh meat dressed in Chicago so that it could be shipped without spoilage to customers in faraway cities and towns. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They passed by Harlem Coffee with their long line of bleary-eyed customers, A to Z Deli, which was just opening up, then the library, still closed for another few hours. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She made sure she knew all the bank numbers, customer service numbers, passwords, credit card numbers, and codes. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z In the nail salon she could scare the customers. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Vendors in the bazaar, sitting behind pyramids of oiled, shining vegetables, grew to recognize him and would attend to him amidst the clamoring of their other customers. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside I saw Sapo, yelling his order just like the rest of the customers. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z But his earnings were dependent on tips from the customers he served. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z It observes Maribel packing the two cinnamon crullers in a white paper bag, folding the top over neatly, and thanking the customer. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s how we sneak into the Four Paws Spa. The door person thinks you’re a customer.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The Ashida sale, which was considered a success, attracted not quite a hundred customers. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Later in the day and into the night, he served his customers. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Bob Golomb is a great car salesman because he is very good, in the moment, at intuiting the intentions and needs and emotions of his customers. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z At the diner we sat in a booth while Milton waited on us, pretending we were customers. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The bell announces that another customer has entered. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Well, I don’t like to listen to customers’ conversations, sir. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I crossed the street and entered a civilian tearoom, which was empty except for a middle-aged waitress, who looked as if she would have preferred a customer with a dry raincoat. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The album was flipped through and, finally, the customer was satisfied and seated, frayed plastic hoisted around her neck, her chair height adjusted, and Mariama all the time smiling a smile full of things restrained. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The customer asked if she could buy all of them for ten dollars. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “You oughta tell your customer use they ashtray, tell them peoples you workin a man in here below the minimal wage. Maybe they be a little considerate.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When I had been in the demons’ country for over two years, Uncle sent me to make the rounds among some of our regular customers in the Tang people’s town to collect overdue bills. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Some customers left, but many dropped more tokens into the slots. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The old man’s eyes were dancing, as if he couldn’t decide whether laughing would cost him his customer or not. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There are no actual accidents, though, just a steady stream of customers. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Over and over we hear in voiceover or see in graphic display the “three principles,” which are maddeningly, even defiantly, nonparallel: “respect for the individual, exceeding customers’ expectations, strive for excellence.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was why he was so good at customer service at the restaurant. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z At the diner, customers used to come in all the time and say, ‘I’m not a morning person.’ The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “Is there a terrible customer up there or something?” he asked. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “You are pay me now,” the woman was demanding, sticking her head under the table to find the face of her customer. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Or perhaps Mr. Donner had made some special arrangement for this one customer who regularly bought cream cakes. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z One group of mutual fund companies let preferred customers trade at preferred prices, and another group was charged with hiding management fees. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z If Miss Love managed to learn, I didn’t think any gentleman customer would ride with her for a demonstration. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z But my regular customers didn’t go for that. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And the customers who had seen me among them around the bar, recognizing me now in the waiter’s jacket, were pleased and surprised; and they couldn’t have been more friendly. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Even one of the bank officers had to have been in on it, passing information to Hertzoon about their customers and tipping him off to newcomers from the country opening accounts. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It was early evening and I was the only customer. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And when customers come back again and again and ask for a girl by name, you know you’ve got something. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The man turned his back like he had another customer, which he didn't. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Then to the next customer: “Don’t look so worried. Trust me. This is how they’re wearing their hair now. Reinaldo, tell her.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Put a little gate around them so they wouldn’t get trampled by the customers going to the house next door to buy drugs. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Not surprisingly, the 24/7 customer call center gets about seven hundred applications a day, but only 6 percent of applicants are hired. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Attendants linger at the doors of grocery stores and coffee shops, trying to win customers over. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I think the Lush people must have a fan blowing scent into the mall concourse to make customers want to come in. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “How are customers supposed to get to La Cocina with this mess in the way?” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z At that price, the customers had to supply their own wrappings. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He glanced at the customer and saw a mix of smugness and guilt on her face. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The long counter was manned by goblins sitting on high stools, serving the first customers of the day. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z A steady stream of customers dropped by to pick up their chickens. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The bartenders let me know that this customer was one of the top executives of the fabulous Forty Thieves gang. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The customer comes first, is what they always tell me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z By midafternoon the front room of the coffeehouse was thick with customers, pipe smoke, and loud arguments. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The customers were folded over their coffee cups like ferns. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “I had a monogrammed tray and when I proposed it to a customer, she said, ‘Why would I want other people’s monograms?’ Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Waitresses chafed at managers’ stinginess toward the customers; housecleaners resented the time constraints that sometimes made them cut corners; retail workers wanted the floor to be beautiful, not cluttered with excess stock as management required. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z On the right side is the window that opens to customers. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z My eyes flashed back and forth between the TV and the other customers. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Any customers who recognized the handsomest, best-dressed man in Washington kept it to themselves and did not disturb him. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But the decisions they made on the spur of the moment as each customer walked through the door was of another sort. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Why are you stealing our customers? Why are you picking people up?” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Maybe she is a customer, Hoo thought, recognizing the face clenched in righteous anger as that of a diner not being served fast enough. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Should that fail, they were not shy about bursting into fits of bellicosity: cursing or even openly bullying customers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They stayed at the inn for several days, conversing with the other customers and guests. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Paying customers entered, not through the front door, but through a side door that led directly into the bar and post office. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we finally rolled into the dining room, which was crowded with noisy, laughing customers. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z There were many of the regular customers draped around the bar. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Three times today, I saw him undercharging customers and pocketing his portion of the difference as the customers passed money back to him. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Unlike the other alleys, where the vendors had big orb-lit signs and played music to attract customers, the vendors here had no signs at all. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z In the mornings, while Siobhan was at school, he sat in on conference calls with his board members and employees, existing clients and new customers. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z With customers able to instantaneously find the cheapest policy, the more expensive companies had no choice but to lower their prices. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Then I found a telescope sight I had to have, and waited while it was mounted on the rifle, and in the process got to know everyone in the shop and any customers who entered. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And that was in addition to whatever gifts or tips the wealthy customers might give me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I'm taking money from a customer and counting change. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Our customers loved that our dresses were full-length and came in variety of vibrant colors. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z So Howard opted to race unmodified stock models, exactly the same cars customers could buy off the dealer floor. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Business must be slow, since were the only customers. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Farmers like Joel Salatin, his customers, and all the people who buy from farmers markets and food clubs are trying to make another change. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z They were tired of replacing the dishes, glassware, and silverware their teenage customers constantly broke or ripped off. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z My mom rolled her eyes when she saw the shirts and called me an idiot, and once our customers started sporting their new garb at school, some of the teachers got to grumbling. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “They say that by the Jews, money is everything. By me is different. When I got a pretty hat and it goes with a pretty customer, something happens to me here.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z So Annemarie and Colin got to put on aprons, stand behind the counter, and help customers while I counted the bread order in the back and went to the A&P for napkins. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Two blocks from school, drug dealers slip powder or pill packets to customers, stuffing cash into their pockets. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z Three days earlier, in broad daylight, two masked men had run into J. Browns Jewelers waving guns at the customers, ordering them to the ground. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “I appreciate my customers. And many of them are fine, fine people. But not all book people are good people. Don’t mistake shared interests with shared ethics.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He drew a picture of each customer; then he drew circles and lines of various sizes to represent the amount of money owed. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Mariama’s new customer was wearing jeans shorts, the denim glued to her backside, and sneakers the same bright pink shade as her top. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Why forget it? Is good idea. ‘Think like the customer.’ Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z We were so busy we none of us went home to dinner, not even Miss Love, who put aside her hats to help wait on customers. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Because virtually none of his customers had owned a car before, he gave free driving lessons. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “The accountant who wants to stay in business in America will be the one who focuses on designing creative, complex strategies, like tax avoidance or tax sheltering, managing customer relationships,” he said. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Men shout from their tents and lure customers with promises of what's inside. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He is a short, round man, and if he hadn’t said my customers, I would have thought he was a customer himself, not the owner. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She helps care for the four children in the house while Gloria tends to customers in her little grocery store. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He'd barely finished setting up when the customers started lining up. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z When I got out onto the porch early that morning, I heard Mama at the chicken coop talking with one of her customers. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z There were no customers in the store, and Alfred began throwing the hook at his reflection on the door of the steel food locker. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She was trying to find a way to keep her business going, although her customers had no money. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Or you would be, if you had any customers.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Soon as I could get away from the customers who pressed around, asking more questions, I ran back to Aunt Loma’s. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I cannot ignore the fact that it’s the customers’ sloppiness and idle whims that make me bend and crouch and run. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wish I could, honey,” he told her, “but I can’t pay you girls more without raising prices and losing customers.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The customer tried to leave, but Yuni stepped in front of her. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Sometimes, watching the customers file in, the sales ring up, she began to see commerce as part of the stream of life. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched Sam Gardiner bring out a can of coal oil for another customer and guard against the possibility of the oil’s splashing out by fixing a lump of gumdrop candy over the spout. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The door opened and closed several times as a sudden spurt of customers began to come in. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The first time, I listened while he told another customer that his daughter loved to draw. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Our second week, Jimmy said we could start serving customers. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z As she did so, she heard the salesgirl talking to another customer. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Its customers, in effect, become part of its sales and research and development teams. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z It was like happening upon a dingy kiosk that would swap fancy electronic goods for customers' used socks—almost anyone would be willing to overlook the shopkeeper's peculiarities. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z We'd changed the brand once, but customers had complained that Mo's no longer smelled as friendly, so we'd gone back to the lemon stuff. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It seemed the news of my father’s miraculous healing was spreading, earning them more and more customers. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The best of times were snappy autumn afternoons when we'd finished moving a two-bedroom customer from Manhattan to some faraway neighborhood in Brooklyn or Queens. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Chester was a regular customer, who knew nothing of any meeting. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “First we should buy another coffee urn, to serve customers with more haste,” I said. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There were only a few customers that morning. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I could take the cupcakes out of the case and box them up to hand to the customers. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z That way, they figured, rather than seeming as if someone had stolen the goods, it would seem to Noble’s customers that they had simply gotten a bad batch of hooch. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “After what you did to the casino boat, you honestly believe the Coast Guard will let you take customers back out on the water?” she said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Mrs. Singer was now dealing with another customer—leaning forward and draping a scarf around the woman’s neck and then cooing over the effect it added to the top the woman was wearing. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He gave her the list of customers and told her the boys would load the wagon for her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t stand Mr. Moore, but she got along with the customers and they tipped her well. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He said, “I could probably give them to my customers as promotional cards.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Aisha was simply a true market woman, immune to the cosmetic niceties of American customer service. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Golomb tries to treat every customer exactly the same because he’s aware of just how dangerous snap judgments are when it comes to race and sex and appearance. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The silence in the bar now was profound, and even customers in other parts of the inn had become aware that something was happening, and had come to the doorway to watch. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He buys the cake trimmings from a German baker who looks most pleased at all his new customers. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z She told him how Rosalie would sit in the shop and say hello to the customers, and how she would feel the fabrics. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She liked to sit in the saloon’s back room day and night and laugh and drink with the customers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I have to slog through nine choices until finally I'm asked to hold for the next available customer service representative. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When they had eaten, the merchant turned to the boy and said, “I’d like you to work in my shop. Two customers came in today while you were working, and that’s a good omen.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z If there is a lot of grain on the market, sellers have to compete with each other for customers. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I used to pray for a customer to come in with a big Buick with bench seats. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Much of it made its way to the speakeasies of Seattle, but one bootlegger specialized in local customers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The merchant turned to a customer who wanted three crystal glasses. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Because all the free usage stimulated a massive growth in the network, which was valuable to all the paying customers. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z On some expeditions guides have gone to the summit without any of their paying customers, prompting the bitter clients to conclude that they were brought along simply to pick up the tab. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Jimmy was helping a customer, but he saw us through the glass door, made a face, and shook his head no. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Foreign newspapers relayed stories of “Jew hunts,” where Hitler Youth and Storm Troopers plunged into nightclubs, theaters, and cafes, dragging out every customer who looked like a Jew and beating them bloody on the sidewalk. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z My post for picking up the customers was right outside the Astor Hotel, that always-busy northwest comer of 45th Street and Broadway. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They should have known those silvery widows in the woods who would get up from the dinner table and walk into the trees with a customer with as much embarrassment as a calving mare. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z When I say run a company, I mean keeping track of inventory, staying in touch with customers, recruiting, project management, product development, scheduling, budgeting, and human resources. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Inns brimmed to overflowing with customers who bought food and ale and trinkets. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “If you want us as customers,” said her father. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Leave my customers alone,” he shouted at her and waved the greasy rag the way Don Berto used to wave his sharp machete. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Minibus drivers were always looking for new songs because having good music was something they used to attract customers. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The counter was empty of customers and a tall, florid-faced white man looked at me curiously. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Junior hurried over to attend to customers lining up at the counter. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Only one customer had complained that he believed the blanket made his heart pacemaker malfunction, but there was no injury and no lawsuit. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of her customers fall behind in their payments and they need threatening letters. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z An older woman stands behind the cash register, ringing up customers and snapping paper bags open to stuff them with purchases. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z "That means we give customers something extra they didn't expect," explained Jessie. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I saw that the customer service person on the phone did the same. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Tony Johnson is a soft-spoken man and a cool customer. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A customer came in, and Mrs. Carpenter turned to deal with him. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She didn’t have a gnat’s chance after Loma stormed into the store and gave her daddy down the country, blessing him out right in front of Papa, Uncle Camp, me, and two customers. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Using the copier in Walt and Billie’s office, he paid his parents a few cents a copy, charged customers two cents less than the comer store charged, and made a tidy profit. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Taverns were closing for lack of customers, and the street markets remained deserted. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z She liked working with her husband and often watched him when he was engaged with a customer. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He could hear customers shouting orders, people haggling over prices, babies wailing for their mothers. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The door opened and Duke told the customer that he was closed. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They had seventy- five cents between them when Hagar declared her needs, and six dollars owed to them from customers. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Drum so on the box, and the customers will come running.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They pushed open the door just in time to hear the customer say, “You said the Welty would be in! I came all the way across the city.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I'd been raised with the impression that it took a certain amount of know-how to get by in New York, but a surprising number of our customers proved me wrong. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “When they need to make room for new customers, they dig up the old ones and stick them down here.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z There were gay customers who dreamed of boys who were almost female, smoothskinned, hairless. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The order taker is in a call center in Colorado Springs, more than 900 miles, or 1,450 kilometers, away, connected to the customer and to the workers preparing the food by high-speed data lines. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z This really make your eyes pop, his mom always told her customers, and it was true. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z For the next ten hours they would fry eggs, grill burgers, pour coffee, and wash dishes for a stream of customers from the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Midafternoon—only two customers in the whole place. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d grown to despise the other indents almost as much as the customers. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Because many of our customers could not read, I at times felt tempted to cheat them by overcharging or making them pay for drinks they never had. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I line the bottles up real neat to make sure customers see them. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Behind me, a large circle of customers are cheering on a Skiz fight. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The gangs already owned the territory—real estate was, in essence, their core business—and they were suitably menacing to keep customers from even thinking about ripping them off. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “Yup. I sure did. Big businesses want to keep their customers happy. And I’m never happy.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z That’s the other powerful motivation—the customers, or “patients,” as I can’t help thinking of them on account of the mysterious vulnerability that seems to have left them temporarily unable to feed themselves. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Halima’s customer tilted her head this way and that in front of the mirror and said, “Thank you so much, it’s gorgeous!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He could put his customers into fish when the other guides were getting skunked. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Everyone turned around to look at the door, curious, as all the regular customers were already there. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Or else I’d be swarmed with customers. But don’t worry—I’m saving this deal just for you.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I showed the customers the map, and they pointed the way. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “For instance, did you know there are people in this store—in all department stores, actually—who walk around looking like ordinary customers but are really security police making sure no one is stealing?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z And they were tired of their teenage customers. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z The customer is a boy around my age, black with short purple hair, three lip rings, one nose ring, an eyebrow ring, and too many earrings to count. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Every day I listened raptly to customers who felt like talking, and it all added to my education. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A bulletproof partition separates the customers from the cashier. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He deftly rolled a pair of stockings onto my feet, as if all his customers came in barefoot. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I got my mother to buy a notebook in which I wrote the names of all our customers, and the amounts they owed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good heavens! I would never have thought he had so many customers.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Between stops, Art told me that it was the eggs that got him his new customers. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Breakfast was purely American, though most of their customers were Nikkei. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z As soon as the music had come on, customers had started drifting over. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z The white family who’d lived across the way, good customers once, had moved out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Tell Mother not to wait up. I’ll head to the repair shop once the customers get scarce.” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z He and Liyana sat behind a bush next to their house in the thinnest, softest grass watching customers travel up the sidewalk. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z On Wallace Johnson Street, traders played loud music and rang bells to attract customers. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The kid and her little brother both kept looking around pretty sharp as they picked them up, so that no customer would put his foot on one before they could get to it. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Mariama finished her customer’s hair, sprayed it with sheen, and, after the customer left, she said, “I’m going to get Chinese.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Despite everything, our merchandise was selling well and a pretty steady stream of customers distracted us from our personal problems for most of the morning. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The guy looks up at me, then back to his customer’s head, a smirk on his face. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Waterside, merchants wheedled and cajoled customers, hoping to lure them into their shops. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The Mailbox was completely automated, so there were no employees to contend with, and when I walked in there were no customers either. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z My mother's parents were part of the small merchant class that caters to officials, Peacekeepers, and the occasional Seam customer. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Sparse strands of ginger hair gripped the irate customer’s balding head like a claw. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The resulting volume of garbage overwhelmed its disposal system, which consisted of janitors bumping large barrels of fetid garbage down the same three flights of stairs used by customers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Another wink and the merchant turned to his next customer. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know. It’s just, this is for a really important customer, and I’d rather take care of it myself.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z He moved to his razor strop while Hospital Tommy tried to keep his customer in the chair. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Behold your empire. Wiping crumbs from a counter and listening to the same tired jokes from your nonpaying customers.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The gondoliers waited for customers at the foot of the bridge. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z A customer I hadn’t noticed until now made a hurried exit, stopping briefly to curtsy to me before she left. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Rather than steal from the till, I started to give wrong change to customers for my booze money. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z ‘Frightening my customers and breaking up my crocks with your acrobatics!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A customer came in, her hair covered in a bright yellow headwrap. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Local commerce was robust—too robust in some cases: a sign reading please wash at home awaited customers of a Norfolk Laundromat enjoying too much of a good thing. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Rough weather is real bad for business because lots of customers get seasick. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z It was pretty difficult to concentrate on the customers, even harder to chat up the visitors who came by to say hi. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z A financial customer might be reasonably familiar with the world of investments and still have to puzzle over what a company brochure means by “capital changes and rights.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The phul-khana was meant for the daughter of a wealthy customer, and Mr. Das could hardly stand still with frustration. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z We tried on so many of the brightly colored glass bangles that the owner complained, “You are keeping my customers away. Come back when you have some money.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z This last instrument was a common sight in Tudor barber-surgeons’ shops, hanging on the wall for customers or resident entertainers to while away the time. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z While his father pulled a couple of pints for a customer, Malcolm gathered empty glasses in a suitably inconspicuous manner, and he was glad to see that his hands remained steady. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Scared all my customers away.... It’s very bad for business, Minister.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z There was Mrs. Ortelli through the window of the bakery, chatting with her customers. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z No deliveries were being made anyway, and when they were, the items were saved for better-paying white customers. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z A customer had come up with his check and he made change. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The head prosecutor in Dowa was a church deacon named Mister Kabisa, who was also one of my father’s loyal customers. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “Well, I don’t know about that,” the customer said, in a halfheartedly moderate tone. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Within days, a hoax appeared on the Internet with a fix for customers upset about the change. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z He would hang out on Fulton, and whatever stores were closed, he would lurk around and wait for customers to show up and be disappointed about the store not being open. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z All I had to do was throw down my dolly with a little extra force, and a bossy customer would say, "Let's just all calm down and try to work this out." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Now then, I’m afraid I’ll be needing your memory of this whole encounter. You see, we at Discreet Deliveries take pride in our customers’ anonymity. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Get a rag. One of the customers just spilled they drink.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Joey from the pizza parlor and the guys he worked with there and the customers who made small talk and left small tips. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He got fired from the kebab house near Haji Yaghoub Square because he and a customer got into a scuffle. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z And because they—or their customers—have made all the important decisions in advance, they have to worry only about the means, rather than the ends, while carrying out this plan. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “How dare you fiends inflict a rabid bird upon your unsuspecting customers? You may expect to be sued in the morning.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A man behind the counter was making a barbecue sandwich for a woman customer. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of my newspaper customers lived at the Club House, the neo-Georgian mansion that sat on a small mount across from the Big Store. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The gunmen scanned the room, their weapons trained on the terrified customers and employees, their heads swiveling, looking for any movement. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Pong noticed that the customers changed along with the prices. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z A young buck from strong tribal stock got customers into a froth. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “We could never build applications for customers as quickly and easily as they can for themselves,” Marc Benioff, the Salesforce.com CEO, told internetnews.com on April 12, 2005. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Even more disconcerting was the change in how customers responded to Ned himself. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Today his wife and Jimmy Hoo agreed to eat with their only customer on the promise that he would help them with their clues and not take a share of the inheritance if they won. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother would buy her slave from a professional whose little girls stood neatly in a row and bowed together when a customer looked them over. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But, no, his customer was merely experiencing what Johnson called the Solemn Moment—a phenomenon familiar to insurance salesmen. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Celia has prided herself on guessing occupations since her days at El Encanto, when she could precisely gauge how much a customer had to spend on a camera. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The summer between seventh and eighth grade, Dad put me to work stuffing envelopes for an advertising campaign he was doing to get more customers. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z "But that's a long way from being sure. I maybe wrong. All I can say is that if I'm right the person in question is a very cool customer—a very cool customer indeed." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “Ring me up!” the customer cried cheerfully, placing two worn leather bags and a winter jacket on the counter. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z If a customer started saying her condolences, Grandpa would nod and cut her off with “You be needin’ anythang else, ma’am?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Our customers, though, generally were so straight thinking and speaking that they were never hurt by his attacks. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z More people came past, all kinds of people, and among them were faces he thought he remembered, but they might have been customers at the Trout, or people he’d seen in dreams. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z After commenting on the customer’s oddly proportioned figure—the oversized torso supported by the undersized legs—he added, “I’m afraid we haven’t anything that would fit without alteration.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Finn watched Darla dance from one customer to the next, doling out food and drinks and extra ketchup. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I waited on customers, and walked around him or leaned over him and, as I suspected, he didn’t respond. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But I never see a more experienced associate do this—first, because the customers are often annoyed to have their shopping dazes interrupted and, second, because we have far more pressing things to do. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Getting their food from Polyface lets them feel connected to their food—these customers know exactly where their food comes from. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Mr. Paul had a couple of customers when I got to his stand in the courthouse lobby, so I hung back, waiting until they were gone. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z She admired, too, the charm with which he managed each transaction and how he won the business even of elderly customers loyal to the absent Mrs. Holton. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The place on Minnesota Avenue is close enough to the bridge so that we can get customers from Missouri as well. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a mindless kind of work—no need for grinning and cheerful chatter to please the customers. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I started over to her not knowing what I might say when my father intercepted me and said smiling in Korean, as if he were complimenting me, “She’s a steady customer.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A customer comes in looking for underwear and socks. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The township had no shops and the stores in town were hostile to African customers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Subtract the food for the customers, the pay for the crew, and he’s still clearin’ ten thousand, minimum, every night.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Bribes perhaps, or a rumor that any inn employing a certain red-haired musician would be losing the business of a large number of wealthy noble customers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Disappointed in the expectation of a customer, she coolly acceded to my request. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Fadi took in the desolate junction, trying to imagine bustling streets, shops overflowing with stacks of gleaming paper, customers haggling over prices. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “I appreciate my customers. And many of them are fine, fine people. But not all book people are good people. Don’t mistake shared interests with shared ethics.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Charlie told me their roles for employees: no lateness, no laziness, no stealing, no kind of hustling off any customers, especially men in uniform. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile customers began arriving to pick up their chickens. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z There were five or six customers all gathered in a group around the bar - one guessed from their appearance they were agricultural people of one sort or another - but otherwise the room was empty. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He said that anyone who wished to see her could observe her for themselves, weeping and wailing and warding off customers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I charged a dollar per assignment and guaranteed at least an A- or the customer was entitled to a full refund. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I wanted him to boast about me to the customers tomorrow as he gave haircuts and shaves. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z While you shined shoes, I learned, you also kept watch on customers inside, leaving the urinals. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, the butchers with their bloodstained white smocks deftly gutted the fish while customers cried out their orders and shouted, “Give me your freshest,” to which the butchers always protested, “All are freshest.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked straight ahead at Renee and the other customers who were also grossed out, while Mr. Ray focused on the sick kid, who I could hear heaving. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Your mom has ten customers in Illinois,” she said as a grid appeared on the screen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Their owners shouted, plying their wares; the customers shouted, bargaining for the best prices. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Someone put money in the jukebox and drinks were served to all the customers. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She envisioned Mr. Griswold walking out from the back with a box of books to shelve, greeting customers as the chimes signaled their entrance. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Its boys have long been known as rough customers, quick to throw a punch. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z With customers like that, you would have to. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Because many of Feldman’s customers are affiliated with national security, there may have been a patriotic element to this 9/11 Effect. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “When you were a young man we were all living in the tree- tops,” said the barman, with a glance at the other customers. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The little pink, green, and blue papers were so clever that they always divulged the exact secret wishes of the customers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I even start hating the customers for extraneous reasons, such as, in the case of the native Caucasians, their size. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The customer flicked a hand toward the Owner’s legs, exposed beneath the hinged section of the countertop. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Gimpy was behind the counter wrapping a birthday cake for one of our regular customers—a cake that sells for $3.95. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Microbiological Associates’ biggest customers were labs like NIH, which had standing orders for millions of HeLa cells delivered on set schedules. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z She was good at anything that involved her hands, and she preferred the jobs where she did not have to work with customers, where she could be alone and thinking, to waitressing, secretarying, salesclerking. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Your mother was a bit like a shark, wasn’t she, Tandy? No disrespect, but that’s what I’ve heard. She worked all the time, but still, she had some pretty unhappy customers lately. Very unsatisfied customers.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z “Bye, Mrs. Carpenter,” he said as he left, and she waved vaguely as she listened to the other customer. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z At Wal-Mart, as opposed to say Lord & Taylor, customers shop with supermarket-style shopping carts, which they can fill to the brim before proceeding to the fitting room. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She sees Kat sitting at that back table of Essential Baking Company, reading and eating an almond croissant, drinking green tea as Annabelle makes complicated coffee drinks for the other customers. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I take orders as quickly and efficiently as possible, not even bothering to glance up at customers. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She went off to deal with a distant customer, and Katz watched her go with something like paternal pride. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Her husband had bought her a nice pantsuit to wear when they called on customers, and for her birthday Doug had given her one of his medals to wear around her neck. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z But now the customers are smiling and nodding! Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Several customers have commented on your rudeness today.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He patted the towel tighter on his head and tried his best to shield his half-naked body from the customers. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Mr. Das said we were behind schedule, and his customers were complaining. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The door opens, and a customer approaches the counter. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z No women: those were furnished by the customer. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But with a gang war, sales plummet because customers are so scared of the violence that they won’t come out in the open to buy their crack. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z When she went over to the box and opened it a goose flapped its way out and started to walk around nervously as a few customers looked on with admiration. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Frankly, we don’t want our customers feeling sorry about something when they walk in. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The carhops had a strong economic incentive to be friendly to their customers, and drive-in restaurants quickly became popular hangouts for teenage boys. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z I marked the position of the voice by ear now, turning so that I could see Maceo, the agitator, and the customers blocking the door. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “But the American customer service can be so annoying. Someone hovering around and bothering you all the time. Are you still working on that? Since when did eating become work?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “SmartMart coming. Dad wants to build up customer loyalty,” he said, and continued stacking boxes. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The Coral Queen was getting noisy as the customers piled aboard. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z White customers on the shine stand, especially, would laugh to see my feet suddenly break loose on their own and cut a few steps. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Willingness to hire people with criminal records is greatest in construction or manufacturing—industries that require little customer contact—and weakest in retail trade and other service sector businesses. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Her customers were mostly migrant workers returning in truckloads from the white world. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not so much, no. Since the highway was built... most cars, they do not go this way now. I must cherish every customer I get.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Great changes were taking place in the country, and his customers, like Americans everywhere, had to get together to talk things over. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I reckon we’re the best customer the gas company has. Except maybe Mrs. Quimbly. I hear she keeps that house so hot that you can fry an egg right on her hardwood floor.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A few of the rowdier customers kept up the remarks, amusing themselves at his expense. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z One day he returned from a customer with galareta, a Polish dish of jellied chicken feet. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z A customer came in with him and they stopped up front. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The white-coated owner was leaning on the counter talking to the two or three customers. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He jerked to a stop and barely avoided spilling a tray of drinks onto a table of customers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In each one something specific is being done: food things, work things; customers and acquaintances are encountered, places entered. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I glance there, too, from time to time, because it is natural that I am eager for my break to arrive, especially as today has been another no-show day, in terms of customers. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z "It's not time for my break. I can only talk to paying customers." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was dinnertime, and she was the only customer. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She finishes helping a customer, then waves us into the staff room. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Once a year he sends out a newsletter to his regular customers. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He regurgitates his chewed story for me, another paying customer feasting on the dead blonde. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “He’s got his own steady customers where he works. Some men come fifty miles to get Joe to work on their cars because he does good work.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I told her this while I was perming and cutting her hair, because when you’re a hairdresser you have to chat with the customers and make them feel good and act like everything is toasty. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She was speaking to a customer, her head slightly bent toward the short woman, a polite smile on her face. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “This other braider I went to the last time,” the customer said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They co-ran their luggage business, which meant they spent their days at work together and then spent their evenings at home commiserating over dissatisfied customers or certain suitcases that were damaged beyond repair. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “I know. I settled here at first because it was cheap. Now I feel obliged to stay because my customers know to find me here.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z One of the customers joins Mr. Fazio in the street, and they look all around. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z We had heard that by night it used to be a moonshine spot, where the booze runners would make secret deliveries to paying customers. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I waited while she placed the burgers in front of her customers. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z After they left, Bast tended to the inn, which was no great chore, as there were no customers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A few customers had left and the room was not so crowded, but the setup was the same. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Was her face permanently creased from years of pleasing customers, or was a tragedy lurking behind that grin? The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I stand up, totally caught off guard by the prospect of a customer. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I also help go through the mail and point customers toward the bathroom, that kind of thing. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I recognized Nergal's look—I'd seen it before on the faces of a thousand famished customers.... City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “I’m sure they have some way of letting their customers get into those bins. I’m sure I’m not the first person in history to have locked a key inside.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Other merchants were yelling angrily at the customer for falsely accusing the squid merchant. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He’s busy ringing up a customer and doesn’t acknowledge Daniel at all, though I’m sure he saw us both. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z She had just joined the band and she was from North Dakota and had been singing with a group in Chicago when Mrs. Benny Goodman discovered her, we had heard some customers say. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s no ticktock of the blinker, no voice of the customer, and no sizzle of the traffic. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Outside, customers tap on the glass door with keys and coins. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Less than two days later, a girl died at the Sweet Shop, strangled in her bed by a customer dressed as Mister Crimson who was never found. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “If there’s anything else I can get you boys please just shout for me. Even if I’m in the back or with another customer, I’m yours.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z When I met Golomb, he took out a thick three-ring binder filled with the mountain of letters he had received over the years from satisfied customers. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z A woman from customer services came to talk to us. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z People up there bought so many of her candles and jars of honey she couldn’t keep up with it, and there were tins of Black Madonna All-Purpose Beeswax for her special customers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the morning, Lourdes tends hurriedly to her customers, mixing up orders and giving the wrong change. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z All of them were long-distance customers of a doll shop at 718 Madison Avenue in New York City. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z No customers were over by the peanut stand where that same old woman from the last visit was giving me the evil eye. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z The customer who just entered hefts himself onto his usual bar stool, leans his forearms on the polished wood. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Business has really improved,” he said to the boy, after the customer had left. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I hope our disguises hold up. The suitors were nasty customers when they were alive. If they find out we’re demigods ‘Hazel’s magic will work,’ Piper said. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Between the other vendors—totally beaten and ailing itinerants whose names are something like Buddy, Pal, Sport, Top, Buck, and Ace—and my customers, I am apparently trapped in a limbo of lost souls. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay,” said Officer Delinko, rubbing his chin, “so then, how about a disgruntled customer? Maybe someone who once had a bad breakfast at a Mother Paula’s!” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She is in the laundromat speaking to a customer from behind the counter. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I saw that if I just kept speaking the language of our work the customers didn’t seem to see me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Croteau dithered about the propriety of dating a customer, but when he finally responded, they talked on the phone from ten at night until five in the morning. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z At one point, he heard some men—familiar customers—talking about the river level, and he stopped to listen in the way he’d always done and that hardly anyone noticed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Following the robbers’ command, the workers and customers pressed their faces to the ground. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Coyotes, or smugglers, mistook him for a paying customer and herded him along with their clients toward four boxcars, their doors open. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Their company has done a world of good, for its land, its workers, the growers it works with, and its customers. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “You’re a plague,” she said, deciding that I would not be a customer. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t have that many customers, because I charged hundreds of dollars for a piece of flint. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Her customers recommended her service to their friends. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z If customers didn’t want to talk or share anything, Abuela would leave them alone but would always shake their hands and thank them for eating at the restaurant. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z But that meant we all had to try to fill the dining room with Abuela’s essence—the thing our customers loved more than her cooking. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The beer hall’s bouncer removed a customer who had passed out. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He took the kids to a diner, where the waitress sat them immediately and brought them menus, ignoring other customers to give them priority. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z As I sat in the waiting room, I overheard him telling another customer that something had happened to an elderly friend of his. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And here was the gas station, its attendants busy now with customers. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z “Lots of people know already. My mum and dad know, and customers...They’ve all been talking about it.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He did not seem anxious to have me, but I could see he did not want to displease his good customer. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z There are also the many items that have been scattered by customers, dropped on the floor, removed from their hangers and strewn over the racks, or secreted in locations far from their natural homes. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Continuing, he described the cabin in which he claimed that the Answer 221 foursome had stayed the night: twin beds, an old Coca-Cola calendar, a radio that wouldn’t play unless the customer deposited a quarter. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Old customers came in with sad faces and talked with him a few minutes by the cash register before giving their orders. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I went to the small shop as I did each morning, Puli in eager step beside me, and the vendor hailed me as an old customer. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain brings in a few customers in search of chili. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I work my way through the menus and get to the consumer merchandise customer service line. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The customers were received by Nana, who ushered them into the waiting room and collected their fees. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s extra friendly to the customers and smiles too much. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Nor could he expect a customer to enter at this hour. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Every evening, it seems, Mr. Nielsen brings something home from a customer: a dozen eggs, soft Norwegian flatbread called lefse, a long knitted scarf. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “If there are any peels left,” she said, “the balls come out gritty and the customers complain.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Two more months passed, and the shelf brought many customers into the crystal shop. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack shows me how to zoom in and out before we recruit a couple of customers to join him and Alexa. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Bill’s girl friend—a beautiful black girl—served the customers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z After training all day, I would come home and review sales for the day and respond to customer emails. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z There were no other customers in the diner, so Mom was free to sit with them. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Today it is one of those companies whose customers drift in from all points along the economic spectrum. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z One customer, a Southern belle in her sixties, had called Zeitoun Painting and had been happy to talk with Kathy, with her chatty demeanor and familiar accent. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z When customers pause by the big pile of clothes, Olga madly paws through it, holding up items, hoping something will catch their fancy. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The Reillys were getting the Night of Joy’s worst service, the treatment given unwanted customers. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Our area is cordoned off with a silky twisted scarlet rope, like the kind they used to have in movie theaters to restrain the customers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Malaria and sleeping sickness are even more slippery customers in their ability rapidly to change their antigens. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Three women, all in T-shirts and knee-length shorts, were working on the hair of seated customers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I was at my window, handing money across the counter to some customer I hardly knew, and it just hit me. The lake is dying. It’s dying. I had to leave.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z New tasks arise, such as bunching up the carts left behind by customers and steering them to their place in the front of the store every half hour or so. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The writer of the slogan We get the job done, not make excuses presumably did not anticipate how customers would wince at the bad coordination. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The ad is for “customer service” work, a type of job I tend to avoid because it normally involves a resume, which in turn would involve levels of prevarication I am not prepared to attempt. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Some kids from school had come in—paying customers—and she was writing their names in mayonnaise on their sandwiches before pressing her perfect V-tops down onto them. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z He lumbered over to the passageway where his cart was hidden, prepared a hot dog, and prayed that some customers would happen along before the day was over. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There were no customers, just three old ladies sitting in rocking chairs in the shade of a maple tree, knitting the biggest pair of socks I’d ever seen. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Standing over the tables and smoking a cigarette, she watched her customers eat. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The customer, an antique dealer from San Francisco, was stirring restlessly in the main room of the store. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I keep it vague because I don’t want to break the news to this bookseller that the customers he’s ringing up are dying at seventeen and eighteen. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z "Running a restaurant is hard. Spend a week at Disney World, and when you come back all your customers have gone elsewhere. Mo was the one who traveled. I stayed to, y'know, help out." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The customer complained that Rasheed had rudely tossed the bread on his table. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Many customers were not used to the idea of seasonal food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He made sure to cycle steerers in and out, changing the faces so Pekka’s barkers and bouncers never got wise, and customer by customer, he leeched away the Emerald’s business. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Hazel climbed the stairs as quietly as she could, in case her mother had a customer. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She soon had her own group of regular customers. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I don't stop, either, for the customer of Mr. Kreuk's who calls out my name, wanting to place an order for next week's delivery. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z As the cork popped, a few of the customers in adjoining tables applauded and lifted their glasses up in a toast to Mrs. Fanning. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He went down the stairs and found the merchant waiting on a foreign couple, while two other customers walked about the shop, drinking tea from crystal glasses. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Excuse me, Mr. Kellerman,” I say, “I think I see a customer who needs my assistance.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z New silhouette banners sail overhead, reminding future customers of our names and faces. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Some customers watch us, as if we might take things when they’re not looking. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z There was a small window that customers could walk up to and get familiar bites like Cuban sandwiches or a howl of Abuela’s chicken soup with chunky potatoes. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The Amish were friends of ours and especially of Mr. Klein’s, being the main customers at his store. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The waitress pointed to a customer eating a late lunch. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z And I didn’t sell and ran, because my customers were my friends. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Some companies tell customers that their test results indicate they have Native ancestry. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Tia nodded and went to talk to one of the other customers. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I went to the Big Store and waited until Junior had served the other drugstore customers and then asked him if he knew of anything that was like a glue but would burn. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Then, remembering something I read in the six stapled pages Awkworth & Ames gives its new employees, I add, “A customer waiting for assistance is a friend waiting to be made.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton was a warm woman with a soft voice and close-cropped hair who worked in customer service at a credit rating company. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “When word gets out that the Cook Coffeehouse is open for business again, you won’t be able to keep tradesmen or customers away!” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If not for Eliza’s fine victuals, and the hungry customers who paid to eat them, we’d have been in the streets long ago. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, I didn’t know a thing about perming black people’s hair and my frst customer was a black woman and I mauled that woman’s hair. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I keep my hands busy in between customers, stocking and restocking napkins and condiments. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The customer was too busy stuffing his items into a plastic bag to notice. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z A few wagons rolled sluggishly among the few straggling customers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The customers pick their chicken out of the tank and bag it themselves. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I was the only customer at that time of day. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she could watch me like the NSA monitors Verizon customers. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z These must be the customers, and I’m glad to have learned the term in advance so I won’t wince or gag in front of management. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Our older customers who can’t walk much usually sit there as Daddy, Seven, or I get their groceries for them. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The one customer is the old guy who's always in here, in counter seat number four. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z As they passed the stalls of seafood vendors, a fight broke out between a merchant and a customer. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The idea, of course, is to make their American or European customers feel more comfortable. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z The girls and a few Sunday customers crowded into the room. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z My mother was coming down the hall as I left Grandpa’s room to hurry back to the Saturday night customers at the store. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He would take it out of the pocket where he always kept it, with a flourish, display it to the sickening curiousity of the master, apprentices, journeymen, lady customers. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I began to kick my legs, churning up water so that it was hard for the customers to see. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Vietnamese music plays continuously on the radio as women snip and clip at their customers’ hair. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For our very food we had to traffic with the Grocery Ghosts, the supermarket aisles full of ghost customers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no bar, no chairs, no inebriated customers lost in neon cocktails. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Oh, he wasn’t talking to me. He was talking to one of the other customers. Some old lady and her granddaughter.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “The shop is too busy. We can’t close up or turn away customers. Besides, the Ogilvie girls are snobs. Why would they invite us, except to make fun of our dresses? I’m staying here.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The worst bum she ever made was on the temple of a customer holding a child across her knees. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z My father disdained shopkeepers as unworthy and low, but he consorted with them and curried favor with the customers, hoping to overhear court gossip. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I serve up a few bowls, and without looking up to see who my next customer is, I say, “Would you like to try our new white bean chili?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Ashton’s wasn’t pulling in enough customers to make money, and Luma found herself working longer and longer hours to keep the place afloat. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Edna is just the kind of portrait customer the administration lives for. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Then I work up front because I have the ability to talk to customers and enter their orders into the computer, and the Potheads don’t. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Ah, good fortune,” answered the man carelessly, his eye on a well-dressed customer who had just come in. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Because he was a blacksmith, Sequoyah began by devising an accounting system to help him keep track of his customers’ debts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Hence, there is an emotional tension between artist and audience that has no counterpart in the relationship of artisan and customer. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Granny’s customers often had to spend half an hour unsnarling the rust-red yarn from the mud-brown, or trying to fish out the end of a thread from a tangled wad. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Waiters and waitresses in black-and-white uniforms swing open shop doors as the aroma of noodle soup greets waiting customers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He slows down and his face breaks into a smile as soon as he sees me with Hector and realizes my mom’s already been able to greet the customer. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The day’s menu had been pasted on the glass and a special dinner with all the trimmings was laid out to attract customers. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Outside the shops, Storm Troopers and Hitler Youth stood guard, preventing customers from entering. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z There, the father was surrounded by visiting children, whom the goldfish man recognized as his earlier customers. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Papi tries never to argue with his customers, but it’s not always easy. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Except for a man at the counter, who nodded as I entered, I was the only customer. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He said yes and even let us have some pancakes that were too burnt for the customers. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He doesn’t look tired or grouse about fussy customers or talk on the phone to remind someone politely to pay him for a job he’s done. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Another man comes over, a customer in the café. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z If they were to survive, they had to find customers, patrons, and students. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “They know their place and I know my place,” Zannikos said of his customers. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He finished scooping sugar into a customer’s coffee cup and waved at me. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z And at the same moment who should appear but a customer. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z “The redbeard is finished with the customers—and he's locking the door!” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z After all, we had been away less than a year, and customers whose accounts I had formerly remembered without consulting the ledger were now complete strangers. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man seemed seldom or never to go out of doors, and on the other hand to have almost no customers. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The new customer pauses, like he knows he just walked into something. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z My father would occasionally speak to us about his experiences and interactions with the customers at the BCC. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z His first customers were the maids from around the neighborhood. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And in this way, the years passed: a lonely workshop; solid, beautiful things; customers who praised his work but winced at the sight of his face. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z How Grandma collected ideas from everywhere, everyone, even left the bible open on the counter next to the cash register in her dress shop so all her customers could write in their batshit hogwash too. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Not even five minutes had passed when I received my first customer. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z When, having bought what he wanted and counted his change, the customer turned to leave and Richard said: “Thank you,” it sounded so much like a curse that people sometimes turned in surprise to stare. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z They might dislike each other, but they were both businessmen, with the same customers. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Every customer in the shop had stopped to watch by now. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z It was packed with customers; Harry could not get near the shelves. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Just, my boss wasn’t at work today and I waited on four customers and made three sales. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z He had been in the same place for thirty years: a shop at the top of a hilly street where few customers passed. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z You’d think by now he and my mother would’ve taken time to get to know most of their customers, not just the white ones. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A few moments later the same tickets were handed to me by other customers. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, there are customers in line ordering food. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “I tell my customers that. Every time. Nobody bothers to look at the workmanship. How many built-in Lava Lamp headboards have you seen?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z In waitressing, you always have new customers to study; even housecleaning offers the day’s parade of houses to explore. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In a large ledger she gives me the names and addresses of six customers behind in their payments.Threaten ’em, by. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “All my customers are. Never six feet exacdy. So inconsiderate. And then they complain about the fitting.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z They skated along through the next year and a half, but by 1932 only a few customers were coming in each day. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In half an hour, he had cleaned all the glasses in the window, and, as he was doing so, two customers had entered the shop and bought some crystal. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z On a warm Saturday we could hardly wait on customers for taking folks to ride. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z At his suggestion, his parents had recently purchased an electronic touchscreen register that had all the prices programmed in, along with a credit card machine, allowing customers to sign their name with their finger. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Against the sound of the train clacking along, the waiters were jabbering the customers’ orders, the cooks operated like machines, and five hundred miles of dirty pots and dishes and silverware rattled back to me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And now, as she walked into the bank, she saw Obinze at the customer service section. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Or maybe, like, a customer service call to rate my satisfaction. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Sometimes he even visited his regular customers before a sale began to let them know what was coming. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z If local food chains are going to succeed, customers will have to get used to eating that way again. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “You’ve fussed for days because you don’t like her serving customers. Let her run the market errands. It will clear her head. Young people need the outside air.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There were no customers, and a fat old Vermonter with a naked woman tattooed on his forearm was leaning against the cash register, passing time with a kid who worked at the Mini-Mart next door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Teresa chatted with customers as she checked them out. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Slow Poke, a sponger, was our first customer. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z And boom, bright white teeth when she smiles over a customer’s shoulder. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Dwight had his hands around my neck, he was already squeezing, by the time a few concerned customers finally came rushing out of the pharmacy and dragged him off me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “There’s a five-dollar service charge. What a rip-off. But the thing is, you try to sell the tickets, and all the customer’s gonna see is the face value.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He could see barkers out front shouting to potential customers, offering free drinks, hot pots of coffee, and the fairest deal in all of Ketterdam. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The typical lunch menu varied, but all had one thing in common: whatever the bill of fare, it was dominated by foods salty enough to make customers as thirsty as possible for another beer. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The customer jerked his head on his spindly neck, indicating the various sections of the store—the racks of clothing, the shelves of books, the electronics, the appliances, and, of course, the suitcases. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The shiny chrome-and-glass cafeteria, where customers inserted nickels into a slot and turned a knob to open a glass door for their food, was one of George Dasch's favorite restaurants. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z What he had was a little group of active and potential customers under wraps. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z If customers came in wanting to look at the rings, I had to run across the street to get him. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z At about that point, a customer, entering the Professor’s store, forced him to leave his vantage point at the dirty window. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It was mostly deserted, but a few persistent salesmen waited for customers. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z In Missoula, Montana, an operator handled calls from customers begging her to connect their phone to family members. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z She’d make me swing stinky censers around the counter, at the druggist, at the customers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually the hour struck and the customers donned their hats and said their farewells. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched Martin move about the barbershop, exchanging words with the customers and the other barbers, and it mesmerized Moss. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She had already told her customers she was taking the week off. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “We could remind everyone to support small businesses. As long as customers keep shopping in town, then Hope Springs has a chance to compete against SmartMart.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z He pulled me away when I began to cry, leaving his lunch and curious stares from other customers behind. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z But the bakery was empty of customers and he was afraid that the white proprietor would recognize him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes a customer would talk to me as he ate. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She passed a line of customers waiting to get into the vegetable market, their shopping bags draped over their arms. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Fired from the restaurant in Taimani because customers complained about the long waits, Rasheed said the cook was slow and lazy. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z In the bank’s dire need for cash to keep it afloat, everyone became a potential pawn, even its best, most loyal customers. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z His customers, always pressed for money, promised payment after harvest, and then after Christmas, and then after—until at last they forgot it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They don’t have any labels on them, other than the customer’s name. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Minli thought as she wandered past stalls, weaving around merchants and customers. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The customers definitely left me bigger tips, but that could’ve been because I wasn’t staring at them like they were bugged. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He had been sitting on a silk napkin that must have belonged to one of his customers. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The taxis bringing the evening’s first customers, Midwestern tourists and conventioneers, made slight splashing sounds in the cold dusk. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His free lunch was no better than theirs and there was no beguiling entertainment other than that spontaneously contributed by his customers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There weren't any pretty decorations to attract customers. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z We head to a diner where the average age of the customers is ninety-four, and applesauce seems to be the most popular item on the menu. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z It also explains why building is so expensive; the additional costs are passed along to customers. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The nature of the business demanded that customers be able to find him easily and quickly; if he hid from the other gang, he couldn’t sell his crack. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z As Grandpa and my daddy rushed out, followed by a bunch of customers, Miss Love screamed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z During lunchtime he carried drinks and food to customers in the bar as usual, and when he was attending to the fire, he happened to see something that surprised him. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He helped the paladar by serving customers, cleaning dishes, and greeting people while the rest of Abuela’s family chipped in where they could. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z There’s a certain amount of running but no big worry about forgetting things—our “customers” aren’t strong in the memory department themselves. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, with no customers and nothing else to say, Isabelle tended to the loose ends ofHugo’s bandages and took out a book. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z But when he gets into an argument with a customer over pickles, Ron tells him to go back to the kitchen. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z When another customer came in and gave her a bundle of scrap fabric, I couldn’t resist asking. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The bells tinkled as more customers came into the shop. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Dicey insisted on paying for all their rides and games, as if they were real customers. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z We hang out all night and when Alejandro comes out from his office, Ellen slides off the counter and pretends to be a customer. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The waitress had heard; she shot Ron a nasty look as she shuffled off to take the new customers’ orders. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Two of his customers smiled at the camera and the last one didn’t smile but she straightened up her coat and checked herself out in the mirror. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z A cool customer, he should imagine—and one who could hold her own—in love or war. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z They were too happy to sell, and their customers were too desperate to buy. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The letters glimmered gold, then faded, and she imagined a fairy-tale life in which she and Lazlo worked magic out of a striped market tent and kissed when there were no customers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Mrs. Ruth is talking to a customer who’s entering the store. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Chickens clucked and geese honked, customers argued about the price of pears, and children ran everywhere. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There weren’t even enough customers to put on the circus. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “You’ve never had dreams of travel,” said the boy, turning to wait on a customer who had entered the shop. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of our customers were moving into places they couldn't quite afford. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He explained that he wasn’t their main milk supplier, but the bakery used only family-farmed milk and the grocery store still had a few customers like Ma Charles, who didn’t trust big dairy farms. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Store clerks in downtown Durham waited on all white customers before helping any blacks—and then served light-skinned blacks first. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Showing off for customers, Uncle Lige kept making jokes about miracles, and Grandpa joked back. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z My afternoon customers hurried back to the coffeehouse. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They never whisper back and forth about their customers' nails. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “After all, I am becoming your best customer.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s the kind of customer we don’t want in the first place,” the grocer said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z There weren’t many customers in that evening, so there was little for Malcolm to do. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z They had their own factory on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and a growing list of customers, including a store uptown owned by another Jewish immigrant family, the Bloomingdale brothers. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Very soon you will start to adopt an American accent, because you don’t want customer service people on the phone to keep asking you ‘What? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I'm sitting in the Commander’s office, across from him at his desk, in the client position, as if I’m a bank customer negotiating a hefty loan. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I got a job at a diner serving food to customers, and after a couple of weeks Dennis called on me again and we started going out. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z On the balmy evenings in our little cafe, we would play popular music on the radio, and Alex and I would dance for the customers. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Blessings, blessings, so many blessings: This past year, Father had more customers than ever before. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Her customer’s head had only a tuft of hair left in front, sticking up like animal fur, while the rest was done in neat micro braids that fell to her neck. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He cuts his clippers off again, brushes off his customer’s neck, and hands him a mirror. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z The Steele woman threw a stool at the bartender, and the other two women menaced customers in the lounge with stools and broken beer bottles. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Anywhere but standing outside this stupid café with its staring customers and badly written cardboard sign. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He’s in the middle of yet another game of peekaboo with Connor and one of the customers. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Halfway down the block he passed Blum’s store; he looked out of the corners of his eyes through the plate glass window and saw that Blum was alone and the store was empty of customers. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z As long as we submerged ourselves from the waist down the customers were content. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Wallerstein tried everything he could think of but found he simply could not get customers to buy more than one soda and one bag of popcorn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Next Milton, in different clothes, is greeting more customers; and Jimmy the cook is cracking eggs one- handed; and Lefty is looking left out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The customer I was trying to help was practically leaning his head on my shoulder, trying to see the computer screen. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z In the spring of 1996, Quotesmith.com became the first of several websites that enabled a customer to compare, within seconds, the price of term life insurance sold by dozens of different companies. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “With respectable customers who mind their manners far better than you.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m one of their best customers down there. I rode the train to Chicago in 1903.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He walked back behind the counter to tend to a couple of customers. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He looked tired, and flabby, and somehow he reminded me of Matt sitting on his barber’s chair waiting for customers. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He began to tear off chunks from the burned parts and toss them into the trough, and the front bakery bell rung and the mother disappeared to help a customer. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The kitchen is roomy enough to accommodate four people eating or give a customer plenty legroom while Violet does her hair. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t fondle the clothes, the way customers do; I slap them into place, commanding them to hang straight, at attention, or lie subdued on the shelves in perfect order. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Free samples were proving a clever way to get the customers to eat more. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At this point, customers are standing, peeking over. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z She had never had a single complaint from a customer with a health problem. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He disliked the petty complaints about the prices, especially from the customers in Manhattan. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just hearts,” I say, “everywhere,” but my customer has no idea what I’m talking about. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z When Ronnie’s finished, the three other hairdressers get all up in my face, and so do some customers. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z We will be independent contractors, he tells us, not employees, which means, “if you lie to a customer the company is not responsible.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “That what it is, li’l man?” asks the guy, leaning in as he lines his customer up. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z The customers who saw you run past, they figured you belonged to one of the crew.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She strolled back and forth before the glass, a customer of pain. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Dad was a dishwasher, and Mom was a waitress, where she tried out her crazy accents on random customers. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z You learn to stuff your pockets with napkins before going in there, and too bad about the customers, who must eat, although they don’t realize it, almost literally out of our hands. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He leaned over the counter and watched one customer after another. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The next customer comes in, and Roza shows her my clothes on purpose, going on and on about how perfectly suited they are to this woman's coloring, and makes the sale. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Einar Petersen took a box of salt from his shelf and spread its contents outside the door, but two customers slipped despite this. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z One customer right now, and old Cup working the grill. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She had decorated it herself, following the whims of her imagination and taking her customers’ taste into account. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They peered into windows as they passed, but none of the shops seemed to have any customers at all. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z There were the visual customers—officers wanting food, ordinary soldiers wanting a chance to get warm, Redding people buying things. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Maribel is pleasant with the customers and gives the correct change, but she doesn’t show much initiative. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Beneath a fuzzy Xeroxed photo of what appeared to be a chicken was a description of a missing African grey parrot that had flown out of the store when a customer opened the door. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z We were sitting at our table, a corner one for two, which allowed her a view of the entire place, from the customers’ entrance, through the bai; to the kitchen. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z But the biggest amenity of all was the free lunch that almost every saloon offered in order to lure customers and increase the sale of beer. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z At Hearthside, we utilize whatever bits of autonomy we have to ply our customers with the illicit calories that signal our love. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The riot had made these exclusive white customers nervous. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It startled Ifemelu, how much a relaxer retouching cost at Aunty Uju’s hair salon; the haughty hairdressers sized up each customer, eyes swinging from head to shoes, to decide how much attention she was worth. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The incentives of the real-estate business, as currently configured, plainly encourage some agents to act against the best interests of their customers. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z But one night, when Arcadio went into Catarino’s store, the trumpeter in the group greeted him with a fanfare that made the customers laugh and Arcadio had him shot for disrespect for the authorities. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Taxi drivers yelled at each other in Spanish and tried to cut in line for customers. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Soon after opening the store O’Connor found himself fielding so many questions from curious customers that he tried his hand at writing a column. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z From coast to coast, restaurants and bars marked the end of legal drinking by giving customers free glasses of whiskey and other alcoholic beverages. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Shelly had said that most of the regular customers were so heavy into the gambling that a rhinoceros could get loose on board and they wouldn’t care. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z But later on Bigger No. 3 was killed during the days of Prohibition: while delivering liquor to a customer he was shot through the back by a white cop. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Switch on more lights, turn up the music, open the doors. There’ll be another batch of customers along in about a million years. Gotta be ready, yes, sir.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Not everyone paid him, but most of his customers did, like the grocery store owner and the bakery. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Each day at the shine stand we had the same kind of customers; each day we cooked food and ate on the sidewalk; each day we fed the beggar and the pigeons. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Using Therbligs, Dad had shown Regal Shoe Company clerks how they could take a customer’s shoe off in seven seconds, and put it back on again and lace it up in twenty-two seconds. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Plus, something I had forgotten in the years since I was eighteen: about a third of a server’s job is “side work” invisible to customers—sweeping, scrubbing, slicing, refilling, and restocking. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Styx knew how to paint a picture, but Cory was a tough customer. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “The fever will pass and these new customers will go back to the wharves. If we do save some money, we’ll keep it for a time when business lags.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I had so many customers I was turning kids away. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They knew how to make a medium-rare steak, baked potato on the side, in ten minutes flat for hungry customers always in a hurry. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Central to the system’s success, Bigari said, is the way it pairs customers’ photos with their orders; by increasing accuracy, the system cuts down on the number of complaints and therefore makes the service faster. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z But except for Mercedes, who bought a dozen, she could not find any customers. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She wants me to write letters to her customers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I kept such meticulous records that soon I gained the trust of many of our customers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Because our ideas are welcome, more than welcome, and we are to think of our managers not as bosses but as “servant leaders,” serving us as well as the customers. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Responding to the fall-off in customers at the speakeasy, my grandfather had diversified. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z "And if you like it, like it, and don't start trying to bug my other customers. This here man's done more for the community than you'll ever do." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The saloons began offering more and more services to their customers. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I didn’t know the Ku Klux Klan from Cracker Jacks, but our black customers slipped out and dashed into their homes as soon as they caught sight of them. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A few customers turned and looked at them. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “Be real careful about calling a customer a liar,” she remarked. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z They may exhort potential customers to “Compare Our Prices! ” but they’re not eager to have workers do the same with wages. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Her customer said, “It’s cute,” as she paid Mariama, and shortly after she left, a young white woman came in, soft-bodied and tanned, her hair held back in a loose ponytail. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They pushed open the door just in time to hear the customer say, “You said the Welty would be in! I came all the way across the city.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The street was deserted, but inside the café there were half a dozen customers drinking beer or Santa Lucia wine or whiskey. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Boatmen unloaded baskets of wares for customers who would come later in the evening to haggle over prices in the nearby market. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z A few minutes’ research in any supermarket is enough to alarm the most stouthearted customer — provided, that is, he has even a rudimentary knowledge of the chemicals presented for his choice. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z They price their assets as if their customers knew as much about their quality as they do. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z A group of customers from the Bear Flag mistook Western Biological for a rival house and charged up the stairs whooping with joy. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He told me he always makes certain to deliver your letters to me as soon as he can, because I’m one of his best customers, writing so often and all. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z He’d learned several South African languages in order to deal with his customers, so he’d spoken with her fluently when they met. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z As she rounded the bend, she prepared for the worst: Evan's lemonade stand crowded with customers. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z George swept off through the curtain to help with the customers, and Fred led Harry back into the main part of the shop to find Hermione and Ginny still poring over the Patented Daydream Charms. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Two multicolored giraffes greeted customers at the entrance of the restaurant, making an arch as you walked through the French double doors. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z There were only a few customers in line, and Ariana was behind the counter, helping one of them with their order. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I bet my dad berates him in between smiling at customers and answering questions about extensions and tea tree oils and treating chemically damaged hair. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “Who?” asked one of the few customers in the place. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z When he passed the customer service department, he saw Haley Daley. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z A hanging lamp spun on its chain, speckling the zebra skin with light and making the customers feel even drunker than they were. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Instead, he turns into Deferential Store Owner like I’ve seen him do a million times to a million customers. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z In this frame of mind, the last thing I want to see is a customer riffling around, disturbing the place. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We were lucky to get four or five customers a day. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Even if things are horrendous at home, you give the customer your best.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z This is not, for us, an occasion for joy like a snow day for the grade-school crowd, because Ted blames us for his customers’ fecklessness. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A new customer comes into the store and over to Ronnie. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Together we manage employees’ problems, placate customers, massage vendors. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z And the steady customers in both places, the hustlers in Small’s and the entertainers in the Braddock, began to call me “Red,” a natural enough nickname in view of my bright red conk. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The clerk was helping another customer when I entered. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Not just any customers, but the most impatient, demanding, and critical on the planet: New Yorkers. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The man doesn’t talk the way Mom says you’re supposed to talk to customers. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “Tricky customer, eh? Not to worry, we’ll find the perfect match here somewhere — I wonder, now — yes, why not — unusual combination — holly and phoenix feather, eleven inches, nice and supple.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z My parents owned a flower shop, and one of their customers was a big deal in the parks department. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Probably not the best way to greet a potential customer. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I remember one of our customers, Mrs. Mayfield, they found her son out there, he wasn’t more than seventeen or so. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Shadowing her stepfather and his apprentices, she learned how to select high-quality painting materials, create a pleasing composition, and interest potential customers. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Most of the customers were men, and a few had their wives with them. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He said that as soon as his B and B opened for business, he would become a regular customer. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The statement that use of this card is subject to the card member agreement, the twenty-four-hour customer service number. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z We also control the number of butter pats our customers get and the amount of sour cream on their baked potatoes. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Violet, I’d love to respond personally to each and every request for assistance, but unfortunately I’m unable to, due to increased customer demand, so I’ve sent this automated intelligence Nina to talk to you instead. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the new and more curious watchers, not knowing the protocol that had been developed by our steadier customers, came out on the slack to get a better view. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Dad always has an excuse: traffic, last-minute customers at the pharmacy who’ve run out of their prescriptions and can’t wait until morning, a salesman stopping by with drug samples. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The shoeshine customers, and any from the inside rest room who took a towel, you whiskbroomed a couple of licks. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z With one part of her brain, Jessie continued to take money from customers and make change. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Jake scanned the next customer’s items and did the math in his head, remembering to add sales tax to all non-food items. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “I do; especially when I’ve customers like you to deal with. Why don’t you tremble?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Looking through their portholes, the customers were watching real bodies do the things bodies sometimes did in dreams. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “But our customers like it,” says the proprietress. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Around 11:45, a customer at 362 Lancaster Road asks me when I get off work. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z His courtesy as he surrendered his seat to the other customer suggested genuine friendliness toward all mankind. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z A customer clears his throat at the counter. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Almost all bank tellers were fired, and so was everyone else who did paperwork and customer interface in any other business. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They laughed and gobbled up every bit of that food, smiling at the customers and making even the restaurant workers laugh along with them. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When the customer left with his sandwich, Jimmy glanced over at us again. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “Don’t eat any of the food,” she said as she handed a customer his hot dog. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She wished all of her customers just wanted red nails. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Then she took out the money she had accumulated over long years of hard labor, made some arrangements with her customers, and undertook the enlargement of the house. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I didn’t choose my first customer the next day. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She hadn’t been to the salon in four days, and so my dad found her appointment book and called all her regular customers to indefinitely postpone their appointments. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z If her own girls could not—or would not—accommodate a customer, she would send me to another place, usually an apartment somewhere else in Harlem, where the requested “specialty” was done. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z If a huge skull and crossbones were suspended above the insecticide department the customer might at least enter it with the respect normally accorded death-dealing materials. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Even the girl who sells him tea barely registers him, turning quickly to her next customer. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I know that, Mr. Kellerman. But there’s a man, a customer—” “Well, take care of him!” he barks at me. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z I could just picture it—I would be seeing the last customers out the door when Mother would come up the steps. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “The boy’s parents, I suppose. Presumably some of the customers of the pub, the villagers, servants...It didn’t seem to be a secret.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He may make a million snap judgments about a customer’s needs and state of mind, but he tries never to judge anyone on the basis of his or her appearance. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z When I arrive, Mr. Malloy is just finishing up with a customer. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Her next customer turned out to be Mrs. Polster, the teacher of the fourth-year class. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “When you negotiate with the customer in Japan for building a house,” he explained, “you would sketch out a floor plan—most of these companies don’t use computers.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z If a new customer walked in, Abuela made it a point to learn a little about them. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The Salatins believe having a direct relationship with their customers is very important. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I left the kitchen and found Gabe up front, ringing up a customer. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z More customers came in and the waitresses went. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z My suspicions are confirmed when the guy walks away to greet the new customers, leaving the rack of jewelry in front of us. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He had deliberately undercharged the customer, and there had been an understanding between them. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He has, he says, three simple rules that guide his every action: “Take care of the customer. Take care of the customer. Take care of the customer.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z There’s a letter apologizing for the bad customer service. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z After a day when he had few customers and no tips, Raji would have no heart for books, but most of the time he was eager to learn. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z From the back of the store, a woman’s voice called: “Fleecy? Don’t scare the customers, now. Bring them here, will you?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z For decades the two of them owned a pawn shop, where Charity would handle the customers—she was always the cool-tempered one. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z So, sometimes, even if the legal beautician is not as adept as Violet, a regular customer will sneak to a shop just for the pleasure of a comfy shampoo. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It was late afternoon now only a few customers were scattered at the tables. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z See if your store gets many customers with these sentries outside.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Each time someone arrives to eat dinner, he waves the red rag to guide the customer into a parking space, like a ground crew member ushering a jetliner to a gate. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Now, if you saw this man, with his coveralls and his cow dung, you’d figure he was not a worthy customer. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She treats me more like I’m her granddaughter than a customer. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Interest and discounts, addition, subtraction he worked out on the abacus with his little restless sausage fingers, and his brown friendly eyes roved over the grocery and his teeth flashed at the customers. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Year after year customers have begged Abuela to open the restaurant, but she never has. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Now and then his gaze passed on to the mute who sat by himself at one of the middle tables, or to others of the customers before the counter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The customer waved her hands angrily in the air. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Sam offered them some sweetmeats—he was a faithful customer of Ideal Bakery off Main Street—and revealed his purpose. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Shopping, of course. Bit of a rude question to ask a customer, don’t you think?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “But here’s something I don’t get. I heard there was a limit of six tickets per customer. How did you manage to buy twelve?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The usual customers come in, like Mrs. Jackson, who insists on buying her greens from Daddy and nobody else. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Our customers came from different backgrounds and even different countries, but all had one thing in common: appreciation for modest fashion. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The first customer was a little girl with her father. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Since she works in a laundromat with coin-operated machines, she's always giving customers quarters for their dollars. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But he didn’t say anything until the customer was gone. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Money? Course not. Identify a demand, handle its supply, make your customers grateful, kill off the opposition.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Conversations, either with customers or with fellow employees, seldom last more than twenty seconds at a time. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Sparse strands of ginger hair gripped the irate customer’s balding head like a claw. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Everyone, bartenders and customers, sat or stood as though carved, drinks in mid-air. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The bar was very crowded, and our altercation had been extremely noisy; not one customer in the bar had done anything to help us. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z A few customers had left, the rest were smoking their pipes and enjoying their conversation. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked Dad as we squeezed around customers to get to the counter. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The farmers supply eight different varieties of dried maize to his shop, Itanoni, where the kernels are carefully ground, hand-pressed into tortillas, and cooked fresh for customers. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z That way Salesforce.com basically uses its customers and partners to grow its platform and embed itself into more and more businesses. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z “Actually, I’m a customer,” Julia said, crossing her arms over her chest. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z This was his regular joke, for behind the lady's mask was a peephole through which Barbarossa kept an eye on his customers. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “To tell you the truth, he looked like a pretty tough customer,” I said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Good customer service, good customer service, good customer service,” Bisola said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Momma beamed and Uncle Willie was proud when Bailey regaled the customers with our exploits. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She just found it hard to be owned by customers; men especially thought nothing of appraising her through her clothes. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Our customers didn’t even have to take their slated provisions home. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead he turned his attention to the next customer, filling her order for two slices of pepperoni pizza and a large Coke. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z But Charles Parker waited on a customer inside. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z And the boy left his full newspaper bag at Trout’s feet, with the customer book on top. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was seldom that Biff ever discussed one customer with another. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Car salesmen even have a particular word to describe the customers who pay the sticker price. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z There was no time to talk until the customer’s order was complete and the bell rang, signaling her departure. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “My customers call me Dev. Now you go on and catch a ton of lobster, son. And tell your father Dev Murphy says hello.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Not only the bartenders and cooks, who knew everything about everything, it seemed to me, but even the customers, also began to school me, in little conversations by the bar when I wasn’t busy. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Kathy was wearing her hijab, and had already received a healthy number of suspicious looks from DMV customers and staff by the time she sat down to have her picture taken. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The kind of voice that customers pay to hear. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I remember she jangled her keys up and down in rhythm while I drew the line of customers. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z For extra money, they’d opened a “colored” convenience store where most customers paid in IOUs; they also ran an old cinderblock juke joint where Henrietta often danced on the red- dirt floor. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Standing in their new apartments, the air noxious with the smell of paint, the customers would determine the order of their new lives. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z It was past one in the morning, and there were only four or five customers in the room. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He did not see what even his friends and regular customers saw. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Which is why he had to say something when he saw one of those drug customers take a shortcut across the garden. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Not to mention my friends, teachers, neighbors, customers... City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The poor waitress asked for her autograph and everything, and probably still tells that story to customers. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I don't know why Photo Drive-Up enjoyed torturing their customers, but they made you take your passport photo out in the open—so that anyone perusing the new-releases aisle could watch. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z And maybe leave some room free—I don’t want to lose one of my best customers.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z But they were careful not to purloin too often from the same location, fearful that Noble or his customers might be lying in the weeds, waiting for them with a shotgun. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Her complaints, all in Chinese, sounded just like her complaints about customers who wanted extra duck sauce or a free egg roll. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Mack sat down on one of the chairs against the wall for the customers. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Zooming past would-be customers, a mother dragging a young kid by the wrist shot toward my stand. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I once asked Ms. Tomoko, our waitress, why it waved, and she explained that Maneki-neko means “beckoning cat,” and waving the left paw means it’s inviting customers into the restaurant. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z |
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