Bookselling is the most over-romanticised job in the world

Readers around the world cooed last month when a Welsh bookseller announced he was giving away his shop to a regular customer. It was a lovely story, but as an ex-bookseller of five years, I could only dwell on the harsh realities this unsuspecting man would inherit: slow days, stocktaking and, unavoidably, a few regular oddballs.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/06/booksellings-romantic-image-conceals-a-grimy-reality-bookshop-day?source=Snapzu