A short story about Goffman's theory In the bookstore in the city center, the clerk Xiao Liu is the "informant" here. His job is to pay attention to the customers who come to the store and get valuable information from their conversations. Xiao Liu always looks busy but friendly, and he skillfully organizes the bookshelves to help customers find the books they want. One day, a regular customer, Professor Li, came to the bookstore and started chatting with Xiao Liu. Professor Li is a "service expert" who knows the book market very well and is particularly good at analyzing the popular trends of books. Xiao Liu took the opportunity to ask about the future trends of several best-selling books and gained a lot of useful insights from Professor Li. At the same time, another customer, Xiao Zhang, was also wandering in the bookstore. Xiao Zhang is actually an "informant" who likes to find out all kinds of gossip everywhere and then sell it to those who nee...
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