Electronics for Dummies?
Our friends over at The Gin and Tonic Lounge have a post up today, regarding the nefarious aspects of shopping at Best Buy.
Well,First, let me say that I wholeheartedly agree with their BestBuy assessment.
However, at least in SoCal, BestBuy fills a void - Its a pancea to those electronics buyers who (feigning horror) have to ask questions about things.The alternative, around here, is Fry's - The warehouse sized, roman colliseum of electronics. It fulfills the truly pantheon needs from the latest CD's or DVD's, to even the most esoteric, complex or specialized connector, cable or transistor.
Truly a marvel in the electronics buying world - EXCEPT for two things:
1. "Customer Service" - Heaven help you if you happen to actually engage one of these trolls in a chat about where something is, how something works or other such herculean tasks. You would have better luck asking the pomeranian in the pet store about the history of its breed and what it thought about global warming. These troglodytes have the personality of wet oats, and all the people skills of a starving pit bull in a meat locker.
2. Checkout - The Frys' checkout system was designed as the unholy love-child of a reichminister and MC Escher.First, there is the snaking, maze like path. Along the way, of course, there are displays for cheetos, air freshener and mountain dew. All things that people frequenting the store probably need. However, JUST when you think that you've reached the end of the line (figuratively and literally), you discover that there is a hall pass monitor wanna-be, with a paddle and a pointer. Now, this brain-trust's job, when not working on cold-fusion, is to point at which register you should go to.
Now, you ask... how could they possible know? how can you gauge the traffic patterns of 30 registers at once?Well... for those of you who haven't been... its because they all have a christmast tree of lights above the register, indicating their register or line number, and a red light (persumably, for when they're busy) and a green light, for when they are available, and you may approach.
Ok - I think, assuming you're one of the MILLION people cramming your cars into the parking lot, you have some basic assumptions about what happens when you see a red or a green light. Also, a good tip off is that cashier waving to you and telling you to come over...BUT... no dice... not without the express consent and direction of the hall pass monitor...
But...I digress... Best Buy is lovely. I mean, who doesn't like kahaki and polo shirts...?
Well,First, let me say that I wholeheartedly agree with their BestBuy assessment.
However, at least in SoCal, BestBuy fills a void - Its a pancea to those electronics buyers who (feigning horror) have to ask questions about things.The alternative, around here, is Fry's - The warehouse sized, roman colliseum of electronics. It fulfills the truly pantheon needs from the latest CD's or DVD's, to even the most esoteric, complex or specialized connector, cable or transistor.
Truly a marvel in the electronics buying world - EXCEPT for two things:
1. "Customer Service" - Heaven help you if you happen to actually engage one of these trolls in a chat about where something is, how something works or other such herculean tasks. You would have better luck asking the pomeranian in the pet store about the history of its breed and what it thought about global warming. These troglodytes have the personality of wet oats, and all the people skills of a starving pit bull in a meat locker.
2. Checkout - The Frys' checkout system was designed as the unholy love-child of a reichminister and MC Escher.First, there is the snaking, maze like path. Along the way, of course, there are displays for cheetos, air freshener and mountain dew. All things that people frequenting the store probably need. However, JUST when you think that you've reached the end of the line (figuratively and literally), you discover that there is a hall pass monitor wanna-be, with a paddle and a pointer. Now, this brain-trust's job, when not working on cold-fusion, is to point at which register you should go to.
Now, you ask... how could they possible know? how can you gauge the traffic patterns of 30 registers at once?Well... for those of you who haven't been... its because they all have a christmast tree of lights above the register, indicating their register or line number, and a red light (persumably, for when they're busy) and a green light, for when they are available, and you may approach.
Ok - I think, assuming you're one of the MILLION people cramming your cars into the parking lot, you have some basic assumptions about what happens when you see a red or a green light. Also, a good tip off is that cashier waving to you and telling you to come over...BUT... no dice... not without the express consent and direction of the hall pass monitor...
But...I digress... Best Buy is lovely. I mean, who doesn't like kahaki and polo shirts...?
posted by Mitch at 11:09 PM
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