INSANE Best Buy story... MUST READ

[Deleted member 4644]

So I am trying to build an uber cheap rig for my bro using old parts. I go in to BB to see if I can snag some DDR400 ram for a half decent price.

I ask the kid in computers, "Do you still have DDR400 RAM?"

Him: Yea it's right here.. lemme show you... *Takes me to the external Hard Drives and points to them*

Me: Um.... RAM... Memory... not hard drives....

Him: Huh?

Me: You know, like 512 MB, 1GB...

Him: Oh.. like flash drives, yea they are right here *points to next aisle*

Me: um...

Him: please talk to my supervisor.. he will know what you are talking about.


This was the Torrance, CA store.

Wow... Just... wow.


In my defense, I was literally already in the BB parking lot... I would not normally attempt to buy RAM from them.

 

[paulxcook]

Not a must-read. The guy is dumb, but that's to be expected.

 

[Deleted member 4644]

Originally posted by: paulxcook
Not a must-read. The guy is dumb, but that's to be expected.

My mom does not know how to make a new folder in OSX........


........ SHE knows the difference between RAM and a HD.

 

[FoBoT]

try FS/T

 

[TheNinja]

He was probably shocked that anyone would come to Best Buy for RAM

Ya, their sales force isn't always the smartest. However they are great at selling overpriced service plans and cables.

 

[Canai]

People are stupid. People working at BB doubly so.

 

[DBL]

Why even attempt to ask? Run through the store yourself.

You should just order that anyway. If BB had it, you can be sure it would be a rip-off anyway.

 

[oznerol]

I almost didn't read this, but I saw "MUST READ", so I did.

Good thing, too, because right after reading it, some guy with a gun came up to me and quizzed me on it and told me he'd shoot me if I got a question wrong.

Must read, indeed.

 

[ponyo]

The only dummy I see is the OP.

In fact I'm wowing about how clueless OP is. :laugh:

 

[nboy22]

Do you not realize that when they hire these people all they do is have them take a personality test? It doesn't matter if you know jack shit about technology or not. They don't care if you have to have mommy tie your shoes for you, they just want you to sell extremely overpriced products.

 

[Deleted member 4644]

You know what, eff you all.

#1 You are too demanding in the stories you want to hear. You have seen too many $100 mil movies.

#2 I don't care WHAT the hiring criteria is, a comp dept employee should know HD from RAM.

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: Deleted member 4644
You know what, eff you all.

#1 You are too demanding in the stories you want to hear. You have seen too many $100 mil movies.

#2 I don't care WHAT the hiring criteria is, a comp dept employee should know HD from RAM.

your thread sucks because your title is very misleading.

 

[Mutilator]

Maybe he was just filling in for Chuck who was out in the parking lot trying to keep someone from blowing up his geek mobile.

 

[HN]

Originally posted by: Deleted member 4644
You know what, eff you all.

#1 You are too demanding in the stories you want to hear.

AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH


AHAHHAHAHAHAHA AHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHA AHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAA HAHAAHHA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

See, now your thread delivers.

 

[ViviTheMage]

we are butcher critics because you have a misleading title.

not exactly insane, or a must read.

... IMO

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Mutilator
Maybe he was just filling in for Chuck who was out in the parking lot trying to keep someone from blowing up his geek mobile.

Morgan is "Him:"

 

[dquan97]

I have some 128mb sticks for cheap!

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: Deleted member 4644
#2 I don't care WHAT the hiring criteria is, a comp dept employee should know HD from RAM.

That's your issue right there...you expect someone working at BB to know absolutely ANYTHING about the products they sell. I go into BB and Circuit City and all those types of stores and expect everyone works there is just a hair above mentally disabled.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Meh, mine's better.

I told my uncle to pick up some extra ram for his computer, to give it a little boost. He comes back with a new hard drive. Apparently neither of them knew what ram was. =/

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: Deleted member 4644
#2 I don't care WHAT the hiring criteria is, a comp dept employee should know HD from RAM.

That's your issue right there...you expect someone working at BB to know absolutely ANYTHING about the products they sell. I go into BB and Circuit City and all those types of stores and expect everyone works there is just a hair above mentally disabled.

The reason is simple: they reject applications from people who know anything about it, deeming them "overqualified". At least, that's what they did to me.

 

[E equals MC2]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: Deleted member 4644
#2 I don't care WHAT the hiring criteria is, a comp dept employee should know HD from RAM.

That's your issue right there...you expect someone working at BB to know absolutely ANYTHING about the products they sell. I go into BB and Circuit City and all those types of stores and expect everyone works there is just a hair above mentally disabled.

QFT. Even when I was hired as a computer sales rep in Staples during my HS years, they was no freakin' training about the computers.

I made $7.50 an hour just reading what the charts were already saying next to the PCs, and these dumb customers look at you like you're some sort of a tech god.

 

[maziwanka]

your title is insanely misleading

 

[TheNinja]

Originally posted by: maziwanka
your title is insanely misleading

now that is a MUST READ post

 

[dighn]

We should have a generalized oldsmoboat's law that applies to more than just comedic threads.

 

[Train]

The younger guys dont build PC's like we used to. The manufacturers have got it so cheap its next to impossible to build a good rig for less than a comparable Dell.

Back in late 90s you could build a sweet rig that you couldn't buy anywhere, and for less than the avg retailer.

 

[HN]

Originally posted by: dighn
We should have a generalized oldsmoboat's law that applies to more than just comedic threads.

Like...when a title employs hyperbole, the OP doesn't deliver?