Through some sort of software, Huffines can determine the locations of the computers that log on to the Web cam and the store's catalog site. They get a lot of military business, too, he says. It's certainly more exotic than the food service industry. As for actual humans coming into Atomic Books, Huffines gets those, too. People love their freaks , anime , death scenes and pin-up queens of the past.
Celebrities occasionally duck in.
I just got his big, shiny head. Besides busting loiterers, the Web cam visually flogs customers for bouncing checks or for insulting the boss. In one example posted the Atomic Books site, a customer is pictured leaning on the counter. Now I haven't been called a fatso since grade school. So I just looked at him and called him a freak.