Secret Diary of a Call Girl by Belle de Jour

January 24, 2009

Secret Diary of a Call Girl by Belle de Jour

I was looking for this book in all three major book stores here in my area (Powerbooks, National Bookstore, Fullybooked) but couldn’t find it. We started at Fullybooked (I saw the title there once but since I didn’t have extra monies then, didn’t bring my plastics either) so I let it pass taking a mental note of buying it next time I come visit. When we (Lovely and I) visited the shop back, it was no longer there. So I asked the ever helpful attendants and when I voiced out the title of the book not only where heads of other shoppers turned my way, the attendant also looked stunned.

Me: Can you help me locate a book?

Him: What’s the title ma’am?

Me: Secret Diary of a Call Girl by Belle de Jour

Him: *** muted … and looked stupid***

Me: Do I have to repeat the title?

Him: No, I got it let me check on the system.

By then heads were looking my way, a smirk from an old lady who apparently was too conservative to ever cope with the idea that there’s a published writing about a call girl’s diary. So off he went over to the cashier’s area where the pc’s located and together with the other attendants searched for it with sneaking glances at me who by then was browsing through books in the nearest section. I approached the cashier’s area and was informed that there’s one title remaining, so he said he’d go get it for me. Alrighty … but he came back empty handed.

Him: Ma’am, am sorry but that one last copy is already sold.

Me: I see, apparently someone else other than me wanted to shift to a different profession.

(I love the way the old lady’s eyes bulge with shock and indignation and the smile I got from cute guy browsing through cookbooks).

Lovely and I left the store and headed to Powerbooks and National Bookstore, I got similar reactions and I expected it. Heck, who would have thought Miss Goody Two Shoes would wanna read a book like that eh?