the perks of being a bear builder.

"i don't want a sound. mommy doesn't have money right now."
- pricilla, little asian girl

"i don't want to make a wish. i don't like wishes."
- pricilla, little asian girl

me: "do you have a name for your bear?"
pricilla: "yeah."
me: "what is it?"
pricilla: "i don't know."

christian [little mexican boy]: "are you going to be here forever?"
me: "i hope not.."

hannah's mom: "she gives letters to people she likes."
hannah's hello kitty-enveloped letter: "scribble scribble scribble."

me: "rub the heart over your armpit so your bear's never stinky."
[they actually do it too..]

me: "would you like to continue looking around? i have people waiting for me to ring them up at the register."
mental older woman: "i understand, but i don't have the time right now. i've been up since two o'clock in the morning. where is a bear that's fit for a four year old?"

me [after finishing the heart ceremony with a kid]: (stitching the bear, and patting it clean.)
kid's mom: "are you spanking it?"
me: "yeah. give it a big hug for love. spank it to give it discipline."

older kid: "you're not going to make me spin around three times are you?"
me: "no, i don't do that. that doesn't make sense. 'spin around three times so you have a hyper-active, spaztic bear?!'"

me: (walking into EXPRESS after BABW)
sales associate: you have white fuzz in your hair.
abby, manager: hello?! she just came from build-a-bear.

older customer: why is there a hole in the clothes? is that for private parts..?
kerri, manager: the tail. we're not that perverted.

me: do you have any other bears at home?
andrew, kid: yeah. i named it andrew jr.
me: what are you going to name this one?
andrew, kid: andrew jr. the second.