{"product_id":"153144","title":"Affection is a bonus ","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/tmgdisk01.cafe24.com\/images\/vs\/4172\/sv\/WQt5mXPRJfWHqLw2GV3H3h.png?v=1764957264\" style=\"max-width:100%;max-height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center;font-size:30px;font-weight:bolder;line-height:1.6em\"\u003e Affection is a bonus \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-bottom:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-color:;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable align=\"center\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\u003ctbody style=\"border:0px\"\u003e\n\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"center\" style=\"line-height:1.2em;text-align:center;font-size:18px;color:black;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px;\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image.yes24.com\/goods\/117227353\/XL\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%;{split_style6}padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e Description \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eBook Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003e“I sold my stuff and got some affection!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The burgeoning labor story of a 10-year veteran part-timer at a convenience store!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHumor and wit are essential in the exchange of goods and money, and affection is a bonus!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Kindness is a Bonus\" is a record of the kind people met by a convenience store worker with 10 years of experience.\u003cbr\u003e The author tells the story of an episode that occurred while selling goods in warm language with humor.\u003cbr\u003e The author's vivid depiction of everyday life, as if it were a convenience store in our neighborhood, makes us laugh out loud, then get angry, and then, before we know it, shed tears.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e You can preview some of the book's contents.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003ePreview\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eindex\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Prologue _ 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To the convenience store that's always open _ 16\u003cbr\u003e Scary Ice Cup _ 19\u003cbr\u003e Lost You _ 24\u003cbr\u003e We are the same age _ 28\u003cbr\u003e My First Canned Coffee _ 33\u003cbr\u003e Another Miss Oh_40\u003cbr\u003e KO loss _ 44\u003cbr\u003e Pretty Mom _ 47\u003cbr\u003e Grandma Pancol-A _ 53\u003cbr\u003e Get out! _ 57\u003cbr\u003e Would you like it _ 60\u003cbr\u003e Cute Grandpa _ 63\u003cbr\u003e Hurt Cola _ 66\u003cbr\u003e The Confident Lady _ 69\u003cbr\u003e I really like convenience stores! _ 72\u003cbr\u003e Give Me My Cigarettes _ 75 \u003cbr\u003eTwo-Faced Cigarette _ 79\u003cbr\u003e Monday Blues Cure _ 84\u003cbr\u003e A healthy mind in a healthy body _ 89\u003cbr\u003e Barcode _ 93\u003cbr\u003e My Name is Convenience Store _ 97\u003cbr\u003e A Home That Makes You Feel Good _ 100\u003cbr\u003e A little bit every day _ 103\u003cbr\u003e The Broken Window Theory _ 106\u003cbr\u003e Give it time _ 110\u003cbr\u003e My Heart Is Here _ 113\u003cbr\u003e It Has to Be You _ 116\u003cbr\u003e My heart melts in jelly _ 120\u003cbr\u003e Suspicious Kid _ 125\u003cbr\u003e My Reward _ 130\u003cbr\u003e I'm sorry, sir _ 133\u003cbr\u003e To Hold On _ 136\u003cbr\u003e Just do as you're told _ 138\u003cbr\u003e Veteran's Know-How _ 142\u003cbr\u003e Seaweed Soup Ramen _ 146\u003cbr\u003e Take responsibility _ 148\u003cbr\u003e The Onukas _ 152\u003cbr\u003e The passage of time is _ 156\u003cbr\u003e Don't try too hard _ 162\u003cbr\u003e Cheer up today _ 167\u003cbr\u003e There might be some circumstances _ 172\u003cbr\u003e Wasted Talent _ 177\u003cbr\u003e Rusty Bicycle _ 182\u003cbr\u003e Welcome back _ 186\u003cbr\u003e Leaving Im-a _ 190\u003cbr\u003e Life is Ironic _ 193\u003cbr\u003e Simple Pleasures _ 199\u003cbr\u003e Everyday Teachers _ 205\u003cbr\u003e A pretty good job _ 208\u003cbr\u003e Failure and pain become experience _ 211\u003cbr\u003e Goodbye, live well _ 216\u003cbr\u003e I became a butterfly _ 219\u003cbr\u003e Is this the life you've been dreaming of? _ 222 \u003cbr\u003eI'll go sing a song of happiness _ 227\u003cbr\u003e So that I can be myself _ 233\u003cbr\u003e Today is the youngest and most exciting day _ 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue _ 242\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eDetailed image\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image.yes24.com\/momo\/TopCate4097\/MidCate010\/409698759.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Detailed Image 1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eInto the book\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e The deserted road at dawn was a bit scary.\u003cbr\u003e But I felt relieved when I started to see the convenience store with its lights on in the distance.\u003cbr\u003e I walked with that light as my guide as if it were a lighthouse.\u003cbr\u003e When I went inside, there were people there.\u003cbr\u003e Some days it smelled like ramen, other days it smelled like Maxim coffee.\u003cbr\u003e The fact that I wasn't alone in the early hours of the morning, that there were others awake besides me, soothed my lonely heart and helped me to keep my mind from wavering, wondering if I would go astray.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- p.18\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Excuse me, but can I talk to you about closing that cash box?\u003cbr\u003e It's so funny how you always have to push it closed with your stomach.\u003cbr\u003e “I just pushed it shut with my stomach.” And then he burst out laughing as if he couldn’t stand it anymore. \u003cbr\u003eI pretended not to panic, but my eyes and hands were at a loss as to where to go.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- p.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But loving a teacher wasn't always a bed of roses.\u003cbr\u003e My literature teacher suddenly looked at me during class and asked me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Johnny Yoon Show, where did you three run off to again during study time last night?”\u003cbr\u003e The problem isn't \"I just went out for a bit and got some tteokbokki...\" but \"The Johnny Yoon Show\"? I stared at the teacher with wide eyes, not knowing what he meant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “You look like Jo Young-nam, your partner is Bae Cheol-soo, and next to him is Johnny Yoon.\u003cbr\u003e “Didn’t you guys know this was the ‘Johnny Yoon Show’?”\u003cbr\u003e --- pp.35~36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Today, a customer asked me what cigarettes taste like, and I told him I didn't know because I'm not a smoker. He got angry and asked if I didn't know that while selling the product.\u003cbr\u003e I wasn't joking, I was really picking a fight (is that the face I'm making angry).\u003cbr\u003e I was mentally devastated by the absurd situation. \u003cbr\u003eThey say people are more beautiful than flowers, and that you shouldn't even hit a flower, but he was a person who wanted to pull out the pillar of the thousand-year-old ginkgo tree at Yongmunsa Temple and make a fool of it.\u003cbr\u003e On days like this, I feel like sewing up my snout, which says that all humans are lonely and need love and attention.\u003cbr\u003e As soon as I got home, I lay down on the bed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- pp.100~101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Could it be that the bosses were unaware of my mistakes and missteps?\u003cbr\u003e Perhaps time passed while you were wavering between 'When will I ever get around to that?' and 'Will talking about it make a difference?'\u003cbr\u003e Thanks to that, I was able to become an adult safely.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- p.111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e People buy these things to survive, and I survive by selling these things to survive.\u003cbr\u003e I think convenience stores are places where people who sustain their lives gather to buy energy for the day and comfort with a drink.\u003cbr\u003e --- p.137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Don’t try too hard.\u003cbr\u003e It's all about tearing at one's own spine. \u003cbr\u003e“Don’t be greedy, and live comfortably with what you have.”\u003cbr\u003e It was an unexpected remark.\u003cbr\u003e My grandmother, who used to click her tongue and say, “If you were born a pig, you should at least eat it,” to me, who was just lazing around watching TV, now tells me to stop struggling, and I think, “My grandmother is really getting old.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- pp.163~164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e If learning the uses and places of things, appreciating the hard work of workers, and saying \"thank you\" a lot, which is said to attract good luck, is an occupational disease, then working part-time at a convenience store might be a pretty good job (I sometimes think about it).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- p.210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I thought that career only meant successful experiences, but when I looked it up in the dictionary, it said, \"various things you've experienced.\"\u003cbr\u003e Failure as well as success was a part of my career.\u003cbr\u003e If this is what career means, then maybe the sadness, frustration, and failure on my resume can stand before people with a name tag. \u003cbr\u003eI may not have experienced success, but I have a history of failure, so I can offer my story to someone who needs comfort.\u003cbr\u003e I began to feel excited again, harboring a pitiful hope.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e --- pp.214~215\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003ePublisher's Review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003e“This is my first time working part-time at a convenience store. Is it okay?\u003cbr\u003e I had no idea that this question would be the beginning of a long life at a convenience store!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The author felt a sense of helplessness as the joy of raising children faded.\u003cbr\u003e Actually, I was depressed because I needed money and I was desperate because it was not easy to find a job.\u003cbr\u003e As soon as I saw a sign on the glass door of a convenience store that said, \"Looking for part-time job,\" I got the courage to push open the door and go in.\u003cbr\u003e To my successful friend who works at a big company, I told him, \"An older friend of mine asked me to do it,\" and to my neighbors, I told him, \"I'm just trying to earn some pocket money.\"\u003cbr\u003e I've been working a minimum wage part-time job for ten years, which I'm not particularly proud of.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMy name is convenience store!!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Who is that lady?”\u003cbr\u003e “Yeah, convenience store.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It's been 10 years since she's been called \"convenience store,\" \"convenience store lady,\" or \"convenience store auntie.\" The author, who fears being called \"convenience store grandma,\" calls herself a \"convenience store slave\" and derisively describes herself as such. But she's worried that word will spread about the fascinating stories unfolding in this small space, prompting others to join her in this endeavor.\u003cbr\u003e (huh?)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSometimes I was annoyed, but I found kindness!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There are sayings in convenience stores, such as '10 people are full of smiles' and '100 people are full of smiles'.\u003cbr\u003e This is a seven-character idiom created by the author, meaning that among ten people, there is always a guest who makes them laugh, and among a hundred people, there is always a guest who makes them laugh.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe man who asks to change the cigarette picture, the person who gets angry and asks if you don't know what cigarettes taste like, the person who says Maxim coffee tastes like Maxwell House, and the drunken old man who gives you 100 won less every day are all very annoying! However, the author confesses, \"When I took a step closer to people who I had never met eye to eye with but only exchanged money and things, they were kind, made me laugh, sometimes made me cry, and made me resolve to live hard. I sold them things, but I got kindness as a bonus.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA place where people's stories are as diverse as the hundreds of objects!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “People buy these things to survive, and I survive by selling these things to survive.\u003cbr\u003e “I think convenience stores are places where people who sustain their lives gather to buy energy for the day and comfort with a drink.” (p. 137)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA convenience store where everything is possible, like Detective Gadget's all-powerful arm, and everything is available, like Doraemon's pocket! This cartoonish, magical convenience store is filled with stories of people as diverse as the hundreds of items it houses.\u003cbr\u003e Sometimes it hurts, sometimes it's tender!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAffection is a bonus!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book is a collection of affectionate things that were given as a 'bonus'.\u003cbr\u003e These are stories of trivial incidents that occurred at a convenience store, but they \"add fantasy to reality\"! I hope this little book brings you warmth like Vegemil. \u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e GOODS SPECIFICS \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDate of issue:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 5, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003ePage count, weight, size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248 pages | 254g | 120*188*16mm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9791196948085\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:1.6em;font-size:14px\"\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1196948089 \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/center\u003e","brand":"LIBRAIRIE COREENNE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43894445965354,"sku":"153144","price":22.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/2750\/5962\/files\/65fdc83d00ec06e29fdbd8fdd354a39f.jpg?v=1765433573","url":"https:\/\/librairie.coreenne.fr\/en\/products\/153144","provider":"LIBRAIRIE COREENNE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}