Author Topic: Adventures in retail... (Read 1751 times)

Leslie · « **Reply #30 on:** June 04, 2005, 04:28:55 PM »

Same thing happened to me eagl, except the generator shop wanted to vharge mu mother $70 for the estimate, and then said it needed an expensive part. We had asked them to get it started. My mother said she didn't feel she owed him anything and he relented, because I was there. We left and a few minutes later a car comes up behind us and around at a stop sign. Sob flips bird and starts yellimg at me...I'm about to push his car into traffic after that!!! With a 455 Olds Delta 88. But he went on.

We take the generator to another reapir shop and the guy fixes it while we waited for about five bucks. It started up then, it was ancient. When we finally used it about a year later, it dtarted but didn't sustain and would konk out with any load. Guess it wasn't actually repaired, but the way my mom stood up to those fuys was admirable. I will never forget it.

Les

Dago · « **Reply #31 on:** June 04, 2005, 05:16:58 PM »

I went to the store the other day to buy a few Polo shirts. They were out of my size. When I asked "isn't my size pretty standard", the girl said "yes, it is the most common size we sell".

So I asked why dont they stock more of them, as everytime I come in they seem to be out of stock. She said "yeah, we should probably order more".

So, they have a lot of them in sizes nobody wears, but do not bother to order a sufficient supply of the most common.

Now I just order them online. Easier, dont have to drive out for them, and they are always in stock. I won't show any sympathy for any retailer whining about online sales hurting business.

dago

DieAz · « **Reply #32 on:** June 04, 2005, 05:30:47 PM »

anyone that wants to charge to tell me how much something will cost, ain't getting my business.
period.

they probably use it to figure out, who the fools are.

Edit; Lizking this any better?

people trying to charge to tell someone what a service or product costs, just rubs me the wrong way. I get riled up about it.

and for Vulcan; ignorance must be bliss, ehh?

Lizking · « **Reply #33 on:** June 04, 2005, 06:12:46 PM »

Looks like you got a good deal on commas.

Vulcan · « **Reply #34 on:** June 04, 2005, 07:20:25 PM »

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Originally posted by DieAz
anyone that wants to charge, to tell me how much something will cost, ain't getting my business. period.

I guess, they use it to figure out, who the fools are.

Wow do you work for free?

SunTracker · « **Reply #35 on:** June 04, 2005, 07:38:50 PM »

So I'm in Hawaii, and we get a big rain storm. My basement floods and my portable generator sits in some water for about 48 hours. So I take it into this repair shop, and this little hippie guy takes a look at it. When I go back to get my generator, it looks like this guy had taken apart my generator with a crowbar! I told him to put it back together, but then his Somoan friend pins me down and they call the cops!

Leslie · « **Reply #36 on:** June 04, 2005, 08:09:39 PM »

Never would have gotten to that point Suntracker. The guys I was talking about hadn't even looked at it, and it was there for three days. $70 please.

Les

SunTracker · « **Reply #37 on:** June 04, 2005, 08:14:54 PM »

I was actually parodying Eagles story.

Leslie · « **Reply #38 on:** June 04, 2005, 08:22:40 PM »

Touche!!!:D

Les

majic · « **Reply #39 on:** June 04, 2005, 10:30:47 PM »

We stock some of the more expensive things (and the most wanted by shoplifters) behind the counter. It never ceases to amaze me how many people will walk behind the counter to check something out, even though there is an employee there asking if they would like to see something. And then they get offended when you tell them politely that it's employees only there and we'll be more than happy to get what you want.

Most customers are decent, but I'll be damned if I make one of my employees dehumanize themselves to please there sadomasochistic whims.

Estes · « **Reply #40 on:** June 04, 2005, 11:37:13 PM »

Another thing that ticks me off.

Just today, there was this guy looking at LCD TV's. I was on my lunchbreak sitting in the break room and one of the associates calls me saying this customer wants special treatment blah blah.

Basicly, he said something like this "I'm paying cash-money, blah blah" I'm thinking, I don't give a ****. I'd much rather you pay with some kind of plastic money. Much easier and faster.

Waffle · « **Reply #41 on:** June 04, 2005, 11:46:48 PM »

I bet the HTC guys could post a few here......lmao

flakbait · « **Reply #42 on:** June 05, 2005, 02:08:41 AM »

I've had the "I don't like the way this looks/tastes/acts/is built, so I want to use my discount/free coupon for one of THOSE!" idiots. Boy are they fun

In fast food, I had the infamous two-legged cow yell "I don't care! It says I can get one of those free, so why can't I get one of these free?! You're SO ******* STUPID!" And it was yelled with my then-manager not a foot from me. I turned around, said the three magic words to the boss, got the nod, and hollered "NEXT!" More than once I thanked God we had a little sign on each door that said "We reserve the right to refuse service, for any reason." So, *****y cow #1 left. Guess who the next goober in line was? Yup, another one who thought he could slip a free coupon for X and not G past the guy in the monkey suit. My personal record was four in a row.

In my current job as a computer parts sales nerd I don't get too many of those. I do, however, get plenty of "Why won't this work with that?" questions. Such as the genius who shelled out $220+ to get Winblows XP Pro when he didn't need it. Did I mention the 450Mhz system he had, with 64MB of RAM? It took a pair of big blue twins to get that guy out of the store. Another one I love is the guy who thought RAM was to be interpreted literally: he had his system on, and crammed a stick of PC2700 through the CD ROM drive. I do mean "crammed" since he repeatedly bashed the stick to drive the thing in. One CD-ROM ($32) and a RAM stick ($89) later, he figured out what the funny little slots on the mobo are for. And yes, I have had people - somehow - make various types of RAM fit in PCI and AGP slots. Don't ask me how they did it.

I won't get into the fun folks with kids have brought me.

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Flakbait [Delta6]

eagl · « **Reply #43 on:** June 05, 2005, 09:03:42 AM »

Suntracker,

Yea, every story has 2 sides no doubt.

eagl · « **Reply #44 on:** June 05, 2005, 09:10:40 AM »

I got one from HTC... Well, it COULD be true given some of the arena behavior I've seen...

HTC: HTC support, how may I help you?

Caller: Well, I was having a problem with my joystick not working in AH, so I asked for help in the arena. A guy who said he was HTC online tech support said he could help me. I don't remember his ident but it was all capitals and his words were in white, which is official HTC color, right? Anyhow, after I explained my problem, he told me that I needed to run a utility on my computer called "fdisk", and it would fix everything. It said I had to reboot and now my computer doesn't work. Now what do I do? I had my masters thesis on the computer and I have to turn it in on Monday.