"Can I Help You?"
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grizzlyzoneI really, really hate it when an overeager store clerk interrupts my train of thought just so I can be guided right to my prospective purchase. (Hasn't anyone heard of BROWSING?)
I drive over to the Staples. There's a big sign in the Window with a Western Digital 500MB USB Hard Drive on it. The price is like $100. I want it.
I walk into the store and make a beeline for the flash drive display. Before I even stop moving, there is an overactive store clerk wanting to know if he can help me.
He directs me over to the next aisle filed with routers and wireless peripherals.
I circle back.
I'm exasperated at this point.
I know, that if I had been allowed to look on the shelves, I would have seen the thing. But, no. I have to be led there by a genuine Staples store clerk, who will pick up the prospective purchase, and then escort me and carry my prospective purchase to a cashier. BAH! I may be old, but I'm not helpless.
Which apparently closed up shop four months ago. The nearest is Greensboro. 74 miles away.
So, it's on to Best Buy. Good news and bad news. Yes, they do have Western Digital MyBook USB External Hard Drives. The FIRST generation. Discount priced at $279.95.
They have one SECOND generation there. Bigger drive. Half the price. Without the shrinkwrap. Sorry. Been burned by that before. I really wanted the THIRD generation. Bigger drive. Less money. {The size is unimportant. I just don't want to pay over $100.00.)
I'm about ready to walk. The store clerk comes by. He patiently listens to my story.
They have a Gateway. (Nope. They bought e-Machines, then got bought by Acer.) HP? (Nope. Not after that scandal they had awhile back.) How 'bout some of these designer hard drives from companies you never heard of? (Nope.) Seagate? (sigh. Well, OK.)
Now, THAT is how you help someone.
I drive over to the Staples. There's a big sign in the Window with a Western Digital 500MB USB Hard Drive on it. The price is like $100. I want it.
I walk into the store and make a beeline for the flash drive display. Before I even stop moving, there is an overactive store clerk wanting to know if he can help me.
"Can I help you?"
"I wanna hard drive."
"Flash Drive?"
"Hard Drive."
"Internal or External?"
"USB"
"Flash Drive?"
"Hard Drive."
"Internal or External?"
"USB"
"Hard drives are in the next aisle."
He directs me over to the next aisle filed with routers and wireless peripherals.
I circle back.
"That aisle was routers and wireless crap."
"What are you looking for?
I'm exasperated at this point.
"Western Digital. Hard Drive. USB. Book-something.There in the window. Big sign. On sale."
"Sir, you don't have to raise your voice."
I know, that if I had been allowed to look on the shelves, I would have seen the thing. But, no. I have to be led there by a genuine Staples store clerk, who will pick up the prospective purchase, and then escort me and carry my prospective purchase to a cashier. BAH! I may be old, but I'm not helpless.
"I'm going to CompUSA."
Which apparently closed up shop four months ago. The nearest is Greensboro. 74 miles away.
So, it's on to Best Buy. Good news and bad news. Yes, they do have Western Digital MyBook USB External Hard Drives. The FIRST generation. Discount priced at $279.95.
They have one SECOND generation there. Bigger drive. Half the price. Without the shrinkwrap. Sorry. Been burned by that before. I really wanted the THIRD generation. Bigger drive. Less money. {The size is unimportant. I just don't want to pay over $100.00.)
I'm about ready to walk. The store clerk comes by. He patiently listens to my story.
They have a Gateway. (Nope. They bought e-Machines, then got bought by Acer.) HP? (Nope. Not after that scandal they had awhile back.) How 'bout some of these designer hard drives from companies you never heard of? (Nope.) Seagate? (sigh. Well, OK.)
Now, THAT is how you help someone.
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Date: 2007-10-03 03:00 am (UTC)