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Gah! leave me alone, damn retail employees!

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Walleye

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so i was just walking through Frys, and some jackass comes up to me and points at the mac i was just looking at the display on (big cinema somethingorother) and says "Fastest computer in the world, right there". doh, *slaps forehead*.... *steps away from the g5* i respond with "depends on the method of benchmarking". and he says "huh?"


gawd, why are retail employees so unknowledgable about what they sell? oh well, i guess it's my fault for looking at a display on a computer. what the hell was i doing in that section anyway? ........ i need a frying pan.
 
Retail employees are fun to screw with. I was watching a guy attempt to sell the most expensive cable modem since "it was the only one that would work with the specified service" when I jumped in with the true technical explanation. It is quite fun to get into arguments with the blue shirt genuises.
 
Originally posted by: minendo
Retail employees are fun to screw with. I was watching a guy attempt to sell the most expensive cable modem since "it was the only one that would work with the specified service" when I jumped in with the true technical explanation. It is quite fun to get into arguments with the blue shirt genuises.
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lol. and i watched this woman lead around this other woman on purchasing computer components. damn, they were picking out THE most expensive stuff, i swear. and crappy quality... they went with some offbrand over a sparkle power supply, even though the sparkle is cheaper (and i checked the rails, the sparkle puts out more amperage on each rail (though less advertised wattage)


i'm convinced having a retail employee help you build a computer is the worst thing you could possibly do. just next to parking a brand new aston martin right next to a big dirty and abused truck.
 
i had to keep my cool when some dumbass at compusa was trying to tell my g/f that the celeron 2ghz would get 4-5hrs battery life.
 
Well what do you expect from underpaid, undertrained employees at a mainstream computer retail franchise?
 
Originally posted by: minendo
Retail employees are fun to screw with. I was watching a guy attempt to sell the most expensive cable modem since "it was the only one that would work with the specified service" when I jumped in with the true technical explanation. It is quite fun to get into arguments with the blue shirt genuises.
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Well it used to be fun until a guy today tried to tell me that Linksys was NOT owned by Cisco and that Linksys and Cisco both made crappy products. I almost slapped him.
 
Originally posted by: wviperw
Well what do you expect from underpaid, undertrained employees at a mainstream computer retail franchise?
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they arent underpaid. and you would expect people selling a product to know *something* about the product.
 
Originally posted by: Millennium
Well it used to be fun until a guy today tried to tell me that Linksys was NOT owned by Cisco and that Linksys and Cisco both made crappy products. I almost slapped him.
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What a dumbass. I probably could have built on his comment and made an ass out of him, if I could have stopped laughing.

 
Originally posted by: Millennium
Originally posted by: minendo
Retail employees are fun to screw with. I was watching a guy attempt to sell the most expensive cable modem since "it was the only one that would work with the specified service" when I jumped in with the true technical explanation. It is quite fun to get into arguments with the blue shirt genuises.
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Well it used to be fun until a guy today tried to tell me that Linksys was NOT owned by Cisco and that Linksys and Cisco both made crappy products. I almost slapped him.
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that deserves more than a slapping......
 
Originally posted by: Walleye
they arent underpaid. and you would expect people selling a product to know *something* about the product.
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I disagree. BB starts people out at $6/hr here. For $6/hr I would expect the salesman to be an advanced sandwich maker.

 
I work at a retail store (not going to mention which one) and I not only sell computers & peripherals but I fix them as well @ same store. I will admit that the knowledge level out on the sales floor isn't that great, but the salesmen are there to move as much product out the door in the shortest time possible - not to have hour-long conversations with customers about the latest tech trends. Oh, and whenever there's a question too complex for the salesmen or other techs to answer, they come to me 😉
 
alright now, i got a question for you.

if a salesman is making his pitch to another customer, and i know for a fact he is lying his ass off trying to sell something more expensive or grossly inadequite or whatever, (like the dumbass trying to convince me there is such thing as CD+R's...(as opposed to CD-R's, or CDR's) is it my responsibility to beat that salesman down? this is to another customer, i'm not dumb enough to buy anything a frys employee reccommends based on their reccommendation.


would i be right in doing so?
 
Originally posted by: minendo
Originally posted by: Walleye
they arent underpaid. and you would expect people selling a product to know *something* about the product.
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I disagree. BB starts people out at $6/hr here. For $6/hr I would expect the salesman to be an advanced sandwich maker.
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I was referring to FRYS. i beleive they make some incredible wages for retail employees. last i heard, anyway.
 
Originally posted by: Flyermax2k3
I work at a retail store (not going to mention which one) and I not only sell computers & peripherals but I fix them as well @ same store. I will admit that the knowledge level out on the sales floor isn't that great, but the salesmen are there to move as much product out the door in the shortest time possible - not to have hour-long conversations with customers about the latest tech trends. Oh, and whenever there's a question too complex for the salesmen or other techs to answer, they come to me 😉
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that is, if they cant proper BS an answer?
 
Originally posted by: minendo
Originally posted by: Millennium
Well it used to be fun until a guy today tried to tell me that Linksys was NOT owned by Cisco and that Linksys and Cisco both made crappy products. I almost slapped him.
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What a dumbass. I probably could have built on his comment and made an ass out of him, if I could have stopped laughing.
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I really wanted to but I didn't want to embarrass him in front of his little minion.
 
Originally posted by: Walleye
maybe i should get a sign that says "dont talk to me. i know more than you." 😉
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Maybe you should get a sign that says "I'm an arrogant prick who thinks he is a badass because he knows more than a computer store clerk"
 
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Originally posted by: Walleye
maybe i should get a sign that says "dont talk to me. i know more than you." 😉
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Maybe you should get a sign that says "I'm an arrogant prick who thinks he is a badass because he knows more than a computer store clerk"
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alright, wanna make the shirt for me? i'll wear it 🙂
 
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Originally posted by: Walleye
maybe i should get a sign that says "dont talk to me. i know more than you." 😉
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Maybe you should get a sign that says "I'm an arrogant prick who thinks he is a badass because he knows more than a computer store clerk"
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"Jealousy and envy will leave you broke" - Notorious B.I.G.
 
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