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Kennedy McEwen <rkm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Reminds me of an incident in Dixons which had a similar long term effect
> on my shopping habits. After an affirmative response to the question of
> whether they sold projector lamps I asked if they had a specific bulb
> type by quoting the type number. The response was a classic "Oh, wot's
> that mate, a ba'ery?" The last comments I ever made in a Dixon's store
> included detailed instructions on removing wax from earholes!
*sigh*... That's happened to me all too many times. I once tried to order a
new battery for my Nokia mobile phone (cellphone to you Yanks ;) by quoting
Nokia's part number for said battery. BIG mistake... The droid "er...
umm..."ed a few times and finally asked... "What's that? A display panel or
something? You can't fit them yourself you know". I politely requested that
the droid visit a hearing specialist as he was obviously hard of hearing...
Then again, what can you expect from someone who was probably flipping
burgers in a certain massive fast-food chain not many weeks earlier? Hmm...
IME, RadioShack are much worse. I was on holiday on Long Island (New York)
and I managed to forget the travel kit for my laptop. I went down to
Radioshack, showed them the old cable and asked if they sold anything like
it. He looked at the UK-style plug and I pointed out (again) that I wanted a
cable with a figure-8 connector on one side and a US-style power connector on
the other. He said "I don't think we sell those, but I could sell you a new
cellphone". At this point I was about to leave, then I noticed said cable
hanging on a rack. Despite the droid's protests of "It won't work" and
"You'll be trying to return it in a few days", I bought it anyway. And you
know what? The cable worked fine and so did the laptop. My lesson? Never
trust Radioshack droids - most of them would be better off flipping
burgers..
No offence to any former or current Radioshack employees that might be
lurking here was intended by this message...
Later.
--
Phil.
philpem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/
... Which sparks some mnemonic circuitry.
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