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If youve been talking to a salesperson for more than 10 minutes, he/she is going to lie to you.
Dont go into a store expecting to be helped with your decisions. You need to have a definitive list...leave no room for questions. An occasional question about requirements for functionality in the case of electronics isnt a major deal, but dont go overboard. After 10 minutes of talking, many salespeople will even lie about those little but critical things. Does it come with batteries? may even result in a blatant lie just to get you out of their hair. In the highly technical departments (such as computers, digital cameras, etc) lies will abound if you insist on learning about the items in the store. Keep discussions short and simple.
Originally posted by: ELopes580
I use to work at BBY in the Computer Dept as well. I can very much identify with his thinking. Especially about those certain ppl who would come in and ask, "What's my price?".
I sure as all hell do not miss my time there. College degree FTW!!!!
Originally posted by: Aflac
maddox should be shot, then burned, then fed to rabid seagulls.
Originally posted by: Gnrslash4life
I found it funny. This is explains whenever me and my gf are there we got like 50 BB guys asking us if we need help.
Originally posted by: Aflac
this livejournal sucks. i think hes trying to be funny in a way, but he just sounds like an idiot. whoever compared this garbage to maddox should be shot, then burned, then fed to rabid seagulls.
Originally posted by: jbourne77
Originally posted by: ELopes580
I use to work at BBY in the Computer Dept as well. I can very much identify with his thinking. Especially about those certain ppl who would come in and ask, "What's my price?".
I sure as all hell do not miss my time there. College degree FTW!!!!
I worked at CC while in college, and got that ALL THE TIME. To be honest, it was usually from Indian people (sorry - the stereotypes have to come from somewhere).
It was funny because they would always pronounce the "GB" and "MB" as the initials instead of "gigabytes" and "megabytes".
We'd talk about how many GB's and MB's were in the system (again, saying the initials and not the words) and then they'd want it for a nickel.
Honestly, every class of people had their own "nuances":
White people were most likely to come in and buy a system without having any clue regarding what's actually in the box.
Indians (and occassionally Asians) would want huge discounts for no reason whatsoever, other than perhaps because it was Tuesday that day.
Blacks would also want huge discounts, but that was usually because they could give me "CASH MONEY" (sorry Leon... believe it or not we'd rather finance you and rape you on the interest).
People get all bent out of shape when people talk about stereotypes, but most stereotypes have VERY REAL origins, and I've seen them firsthand! The job sucked, but stuff like that was pretty comical.