2. Mismatched Shelves
Mismatched shelves, some yellow, some pink, some brown. They were never fully stocked; the books were often laid flat to look as though they took up more space than they did. This was true for most of the shelves, except the tall yellow ones (the ones used to be tall and white.) These shelves held the Bibles, arguably the most critical part of the store. Customers would flock to this section looking for journaling Bibles, family Bibles, study Bibles, and even baby Bibles. But it was the King James Bibles that sold the fastest. Apparently, the King James Version was the most accurate, according to our customers. My mom got rebuked many times by customers complaining that no other version of the Bible should exist and that it was a sin that she sold any other translation. My mom told them that if they wanted the most accurate Bible, then maybe they should read the original Hebrew text. My mom taught me that the ESV was a more word-for-word translation anyway, so I never quite understood why they believed KJV was the best version when it was so much harder to read.
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