Stores don't know know shit about what you are asking for!

Stores don't know shit about what you are asking for!

I always have this problem when going to store, whether it be a Electronics Store, Supermarket, household stores they seem to never know what I'm asking for. For example

Electronics store:

:dammitoes anyone else suffer from this? Don't staff get trained anymore at these places? Oh this reminds me of another stage:

This moment, I actually knew the answer to my question.. :thumbsup:

I don't bother going to shithole shopping centres anymore. I just walk out with a headache.

 

Most employees in electronic stores are just working there on a temporary basis, don't expect them to be Phd's of the respective subject. Generally, what I experienced was mostly not incompetence but manipulation (or at least the attempt). I bought two TVs in a store and both times I felt like I was being ripped off by the salesman. Those guys were just assholes, so I decided to get the info online.

 

I recently bought a pair of headphones from an electronic store that didn't work, so I returned them. He wanted to test them on a stereo but couldn't find the headphone jack nor the power button. Another employee said that if you rotated the plug in the jack they would work. :| I've had other problems, but that one was the worst...

 

PC world is the worst, you go in (only if its your last hope i might add) and ask some fairly low-tech questions on the hardware and they avoid the subject and come back with

"oh its got windows 7 on so its a good laptop"

me: "how much ram?"
employee: "4 gig"
me: "what type"
employee "RAM"
me: "f*** this!!!"

happened a few times, now im not blaming anyone for not knowing everything about their job but surely if your selling computer hardware you should be able to give some basic spec details when asked?

just my 2p worth

 

so i was at hh-greg looking for a tv that can display both pal and ntsc perfectly.
so a guy walks up to me and says can i help you, i felt like saying are you on commission.

so i asked does this tv output in both pal and ntsc.

he replied: yah you can invite you pals over to watch tv .

i looked at him for about a minute and said clearly this isn't the place to shop for a tv.

 

When you're paid minimum wage you aren't paid enough to give a damn.

Especially when your boss treats you as fungible.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LXV7CO0bo4

This fucking defines my bane of existance when it comes to Virgin. We had an issue like this once and the bastard on the end off the line just wouldn't fucking listen.

 

lol @ topic...well duh!

I once went into PC World and asked how much RAM is in a particular machine. They said 256 Mb (XP machine). I said that's a bit low I have 1 GB, in mine, XP runs a lot nicer with 512Mb too. "No you can't have more than 256 Mb it is impossible" yet the board had more than one DDR slot and the BIOS supported more than 256 Mb. Talking to them is like talking to the Neo crazies.

FYI APE I busted my balls on minimum wage before now

 

I bought my previous NAS in a store where the guy told me the NAS I chose wouldn't be compatible with Linux or Mac, "only with Windows" ...
I asked the guy why, the answer was that the network plug on this NAS was Windows-certified (you're never too careful, héhé) (pfew)

Since it was a good laugh, I bought my NAS there

 

go into game,

buy xbox 360 3months later it rrod's

take back to shop, guy behind the counter takes a look at it and said it looks dusty that might be why it dosnt work ¬_¬

now he works at my college as a it techy and he cant even fix the network at college lol

kinda shit but all i have

 

Usually when I go into a store, I already know all there is to know about a product before I buy it. I just simply ask questions to see which sales rep is being the most honest with his answers. I'll usually make my commission decision based on that.

 

I can feel sympathy for guys that work at a store that are just there for a paycheck. I used to work at Jo-Ann Fabrics and did not know a damn thing. I would get questions like "does this type of bead contain any lead or other heavy metals" I have no clue lady I just work here OH:

 

As did I. I worked as a dishwasher in a start up restaurant here in Napa (where there is a million of em). One day the chef of the joint comes to me while I'm washing dishes and says something like "Hey Brice, we hired this Mexican guy and he is really good..."

Basically he was trying to give me incentive to work harder than I already was. Thing was he expected me to already know how to properly use a knife (for cutting up fancy foods in fancy ways that is).

I also applied for a job at Radioshack once (shudder). They are far, far more interested in selling TVs and cell phone plans than helping customers with anything else. Most of the time I go there for a pack of resistors and 9 times out of 10 they have no clue what they are.

 

This happens at the video game stores in the "black market" - And it's sad because they used to be the most knowledgeable people about this.

Then they started hiring douche-bag style assholes to pressure you into buying shit, and illiterate bitches who don't know anything. And you ask for the game titles and they don't know shit - and GOD FUCKING FORBID you pronounce the title of the games in actual English. They either look at you funny or don't know what to give you.

God, it makes me fucking pull my hair out. I'd rather go to the new game outlet stores in malls where they at least know their shit.

Also, the places that used to be cheap now just buy their games from these gaming outlets and sell them 100 pesos more expensive - you see the fucking label and everything. And they don't FUCKING know what they're selling you.

 

QFT.

I know a decent enough amount of shit in regards to games, at least by retail standards, but the pay grade and sheer amount of annoyance one has to go through each day is enough to fry minds.

 

LOL LeGIt that's really sad, sounds similar to the "USB is only for data" remark. Yeah cause isn't Universal at all. Sighhh.

Most stores should have at the front "Know what the fuck you are looking for before you enter"

 

It's the consumer that should know what he/she is buying.
I always do my research before buying, so I don't need to deal with employees that don't know jack about the product.

It then really doesn't matter how stupid the employees are, how ugly the shop etc, I know what I am buying and what price is reasonable.

Not buying a product at some shop with a good price just because the employee doesn't know what is he talking about, is a waste of your own time.

 

I has a pissing match with a guy at Frys electronics. i was looking for card edge bits so i could make my own Atari jaguar a/v cables. i went to the department where they keep things like that and found an employee, i made sure that it was in fact his department before i asked any questions.

Me:
Do you have card edge connectors?

Him:
What?

Me:
Card Edge Connectors?

Him:
What are those?

Me:
Nevermind, I'll just look my self

Him:
What are they used for? Could you give me an example?

Me:
A little hard to describe. I will just look though this area.

Him:
You may call them "Edge Connectors" we might have another name for them.

Me:
Ok. You know how a Nintedo cart has the open end on the bottom? and there is a that bit that sticks out in the middle? I am looking for a connector that would be the female slot for something like that. if you could just point me in the right direction.

Him:
They stopped making nintedo carts in the 90s. Maybe you could try a gamestop or something.

Me:
Im not looking for video games dude. I am looking for a component and you asked for an example, i am giving you one. If you don't know what that is then fine. I will try to find it here myself.

Him:
You're wasting your time. We don't carry old Nintendo stuff here.

Me:
DUDE! I am not looking for Nintendo stuff.

Him:
Well, What is it you are trying to do?

Me:
don't worry about it. I will be fine on my own.

Him:
What do you need an "Edge Connector" for? I am really trying to figure this out here.

Me:
I am trying to build my own Audio Video cables for an Atari Jaguar.

Him:
Yeah dude, like i said. You're going to have to go to gamestop or something because we don't carry Atari stuff here. We haven't since the 90's.

Me:
LEAVE ME ALONE! GO AWAY!


A few moments later i found where they kept the Card Edge Connectors. They had several of them, but none were the right size. But i was so pissed off that i grabbed one of every Edge Connector they had and walked up to the desk where this smugg asshole was and slammed them all down one by one saying
"LOOK! EDGE CONNECTOR!"
Slammed another down
"LOOK! EDGE CONNECTOR!"
Slammed another down
"LOOK! EDGE CONNECTOR!"
Slammed another down
"LOOK! EDGE CONNECTOR!"
Slamed another down
"LOOK! EDGE CONNECTOR!"
At this point quite a few employees were starring at me as well as a few customers. I told thew guy that he better get to know his own damed department before trying to act like a smug smart ass know it all.

i swore to myself that i would never shop there again. then i grabbed a Sugar Free Rockstar and Power Bar and walked my proud ass to the cash register.

i realize that all this made me look like an idiot. but maybe that guy learned what an edge connector is.

 

Haha man, that's epic, I probably would have done the same thing.

Anyways, let me add my own experience here, haha.

So, here I am in best buy one day, looking at the laptops because I just wanted to get something simple with at least 3 GB of RAM, decent dual core, 320 GB HDD, 15.6 inch monitor, hell I knew what I was looking for and I didn't need any employees harassing me.

So, am employee walks up to me.

Employee: Need help finding what you're looking for?

Me: Nope, thanks anyway.

Few moments later

Employee #2: Need any help?

Me: No..

Employee #3: Need any help what you're looking for?

Me: F*** off, I've been asked by several people now, and no I don't need any freaking help.

I know that makes me seem like an ass, but I was already having a bad day, I didn't need people who probably don't know right from left to ask me the same damn thing over and over.

Also, I was in a hardware store one day, was just going to get some steel and nylon washers and some screws so I could take those annoying xclamps off of my 360, replace the thermal compound, so I could possibly prevent an RRoD.

Anyways, I ask the employee in that department where the nylon washers are, he looked at me like I was an idiot and had never even heard of them. So I just said I'd find them myself, found them, bought them, and left. I probably wont go there again.

 

On the flip side: annoying customers. I used to work at Somerfields and I'd constantly be asked to go "look out the back" for this or that. I mean fine, if it's something you really need, but so often it'd be stupid shit like "have you got any Bells whisky out the back" when there's literally 30 alternative whiskies right there, of all shapes and sizes and prices. God forbid you try something slightly different for once.