On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:02:56 -0400, Scott Dorsey wrote:

Not on Sunday afternoon when the transmitter is down and the boss is
screaming at you and you're trying to explain to the man that you want an
XLR plug with four pins, and not three, and he's telling you that nobody
uses XLR plugs any more.

``You want a CDC brand cell
phone that sens two copies
of /etc/termcap with every
digital message? We have
those!''

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 02:22:29 +0000, kash wrote:

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 11:43:36 GMT, "Martin" wrote:
....
Salesman, trying to sell customer a Micronta sliderule: "See, if you
want to multiply 2 by 2, you put this 1 here on this slider over the 2
down here and move this window thing so this line here is on the 2 over
here. Then the answer is down here, see, 2 times 2 equals, hmmm, about
3.95.

They had Pentium sliderules?

Post of the month!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 04:40:06 +0000, mark wrote:

But that's my point - why in the world would you rely on the advice of a
radio shack employee? Their job is to ring up stuff at the register. They
don't know anything about electronics.

Then we're agreeing. Except that their
ads suggest they *are* there to help by
giving advice.

I never ask them anything, except where
something is when I can't find it. In
which case the answer lately is almost
always, ``We don't carry that any more.''

But lots of other folks believe the ads.

``You want a 5K ohm to 8/4/2 ohm,
25 watt output transformer, with
interleaved windings and a paper
bobbin? Is that a cell phone? We
have those!''

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 04:42:21 GMT, "mark"
wrote:

"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
...
"Sam Byrams" wrote in message

I don't understand this attitude towards RS at all. If you don't like it,
don't buy from them. You now have a zillion alternatives right through
the
internet.

Not on Sunday afternoon when the transmitter is down and the boss is
screaming
at you and you're trying to explain to the man that you want an XLR plug
with
four pins, and not three, and he's telling you that nobody uses XLR plugs
any
more.
--scott

That's your fault for not having backup parts in the first place....and
besides - why not just look around yourself. Radio Shacks aren't that big -
ignore the sales guy and just find the plug yourself.


Go to the desk and RTFCatalog.

Hi John,
First, I never said all were stupid, but many of them
really don't have a clue. They could be selling shirts at the Gap.
RS should really train these guys a bit more or hire people with a
bit more electronic knowledge. After all, RS is an electronic store, right?
As to your question, it is a good one.
One guy worked at Grumman before he retired there
and wanted to keep busy a few days a week.
The second guy was a ham radio extra who worked there
during the Christmas holidays last year.
And the third was a girl who use to work at Verizon. Not as an operator
but in the tech area.
All these people I know are not dummies by any standard. It is just
RS usually hires the young that are not to experienced as of yet.



John Miller wrote:

Steve wrote:
In MHO, radio shack should have gone out of business years ago!
I use to know 3 people that worked in different stores.
All of them said basically the same thing. The equipment is nice looking
but the insides are substandard and the parts
(if they have them) are only experimenters quality.

Leaves one wondering about just one thing, Steve. If the RS employees are
as stupid as you claim they are, HOW WOULD THEY KNOW?
--
John Miller
Email address: domain, n4vu.com; username, jsm

"Because he's a character who's looking for his own identity, [He-Man is] an
interesting role for an actor."
-Dolph Lundgren, "actor"

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 23:23:57 -0500, "Miles O'Neal"
wrote:

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 21:48:10 +0000, kash wrote:

Or you could go to my local RS and talk to the kids who don't
know a carburetor frlom a klystron.

Or you could go to the same store and talk to the retired HP
tech who knows more than any of you.

Your choice.

Not really. Your store is within
reasonable distance of *what* percentage
of usenet readers?

Yeah, I thought so.

Thanks for answering your own (strawman) question. Try again
for a right answer. Jerk.

On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 07:00:19 +0000, kash wrote:

Thanks for answering your own (strawman) question. Try again
for a right answer. Jerk.

Pretty quick with the name calling,
but short on any useful content.

Now, like I said, how many readers
can get to your store, hmmm? Not
very many. You posted an example
of one store that has one good guy.
That's nice. We've heard from many,
many more, who can't find anyone who
knows diddly.

So, what exactly was your point?
That's what I'm trying to understand.