As soon as this girl said something about a sister, Michael knew it was bullshit. Spending all this time in the customer service business, on top of being trained daily for management, he’s grown a pretty good bullshit detector. It’s been handy since he started telling off his employees about calling in. Nick was always impressed with his ability to get people to come in on time and call in within a reasonable time frame. Michael placed the record he was holding back in the box, planning on unpacking it later. He looked at the girl-- Bee? Bay... It had to start with a B-- as he crossed his arms, cocking an eyebrow upwards.
Ah, the truth comes out. Though the idea of this girl, who was obviously very pop, would listen to Siouxsie and the Banshees of all things threw him through a metaphorical clique loop, Michael didn’t hesitate as he made his way to his personal favorite section of the store. Topping it off with records, which was by far the best form of music in his humble opinion, made him feeling pretty fortunate about him moving (or rather, Nick pushed) to start his sales climb with this customer, “We do have all those,” he stopped at the section, running his fingers though the alphabetical order before him, “now this, I can help you with.”
He immediately started, showing her the Rapture, which sat peacefully and tempting in it’s respected place, “Good news, only one more in stock. Must be your lucky day,” he dryly joked, making sure the irritation at Nick for not ordering more of them was hidden well. He pulled it out and showing her the cover art, “2014 remastered,” he explained, turning it over to show the song list, “fifteen songs. It’s in pretty high demand, considering collectors come through here all the time to complete their shelves of hoarded garbage. The wrong reason to buy an album. What’s the point of spending money on something actually enjoyable just for it to collect dust?”
The record was handed to the blonde before he gestured over to the CD section of the store, “At the BBC was never made into an LP, unfortunately. But I know I unpacked a few earlier over there. It’s been awhile since I’ve listened to it, but from what I remember it’s pretty cool.”
Michael hesitated, debating in his head if talking more than he already has was a good idea or not. He decided that yes, it was, but only because Nick was watching. He pulled out a specific Siouxsie record with a small smile, “If you’re looking for my opinion, Join Hands is a top album. When it was released it actually reached top fifteen in some United Kingdom chart. It has ten songs, so it’s pretty worth it.” Michael reached back into the section with his free hand, taking out another record by the same band, “Kaleidoscope is actually their most famous album, you’ve probably heard of it,” he raised the record, shaking it slightly like it would make the album any more tempting than it already was. After a moment of showing them, he put them back and stepped to the side, letting the other look through as she wishes.
“Uh,” he was really starting to second guess everything that he thought of saying, feeling himself become disgusted with how he was so... informative. There was no reason to help her out as much as he had been. He could have easily just shown her the section and be on his way, his job on the line pushed aside and all. Michael was starting to become a bit uncomfortable with himself. He, however, cleared his throat silently, “New Order is a good band. Their records are over there,” he gestured his head towards the ‘N’ section, “The Smiths would be similar and worth a listen, if you haven’t already. They’re pretty popular. As well as Talking Heads. Not my preference, but it’s too mainstream to ignore.”