[ale] Not so evil empire

[J. D.]

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com>wrote:

> Dylan Northrup wrote:
> > Or have a serious attitude.  I've offered my advice many times to
> customers
> > in Best Buy (even in contradiction to what a sales associate has said)
> and
> > not once have I had an issue.  Perhaps it's because I don't call them
> > dweebs, but it could be something else entirely.
>
> So you judge me based on the fact I called the sales person a dweeb?


I've had an issue at BB before where the sales guy was trying to sell me
stuff I didn't need even after I told him I was a tech. It can be annoying
for any geek.


>
> Note, I called him a dweeb because he went looking for his manager to
> have me ejected.  I was not confrontational in any way.  Maybe you
> should get to know a person before you start judging them.
>
> >
> > A long time ago, (15.07.09), in a galaxy far, far away, J. D. wrote:
> >
> > :=If you get ejected from a best buy, you must be a geek.
> > :=
> > :=On 7/15/09, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
> > :=> Jim Moore wrote:
> > :=>> This was a timely post in that yesterday went looking at Best Buy
> for a
> > :=>> new cable modem.  Have been using a Linksys which keeps losing the
> > :=>> connection.  Oh well the thing's more than five years old and was a
> hand
> > :=>> me down from my brother in law.
> > :=>
> > :=> I won't darken the doors of Best Buy.  Do a google search on "best
> buy"
> > :=> "bait and switch".
> > :=>
> > :=> Also, I was once asked to leave because I gave advice contrary to a
> > :=> salesperson to a prospective customer.  The customer actually had
> asked
> > :=> my opinion as we had been discussing computers before the sales dweeb
> > :=> showed up.
> >
>
>
> --
> Until later, Geoffrey
>
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> temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
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