Genre

Coworker: …and here on all the shelves behind us, you can look through all the different john-er-ies of books and movies…

Me: Hold

Me: up

Me: What in the name of all that is holy is that word that just came out of your mouth?

Patron: lol

Coworker: John-er-y. Like, there’s normal fiction, mystery, sci-fi…

Me: Genre. Zhan-ruh.

Coworker: That’s what I said!

Me: NO. NO IT IS NOT.

Patron: It’s not what you said.

Coworker: John-er-y.

Me: Zhan-ruh

Coworker: Jawn-ruh

Me: Closer, closer

Coworker: John-ruh

Me: Make less of a “juh” sound and go for like a “zh”

Coworker: Genre.

Me: YES

Me: DO THAT FOREVER

Coworker: Man

Coworker: How many years I been workin here?

Me: A lot

Coworker: I been sayin it wrong this whole time?

Me: Apparently

Coworker: And nobody said anything??

Me: Apparently not

Coworker: Thank you for being a real friend

Me: 🎶Thank you for being a friend🎶

Coworker: Nope, nevermind, I take it back