Phoon Hencman wrote:
On 2006-12-02 18:25:31 -0500, "
said:

Internet Killed The RadioShack Store....
Internet Killed The RadioShack Store....
(Sung to the tune of "Video Killed The Radio Star....")

Merry Christmas and 73 from Bill - WA8MEA
http://HamRadioFun.com



LOL! They were good back in the day but they have sucked for years now.
I wouldn't mind seeing them take the pipe. They sell junk now. I'm
amazed they're still around...

I walked in the local store here a while back and one of the store
lackeys asked if he could help me. I told him that I needed a couple
of integrated circuits. He said we don't have those. I chuckled to
myself and walked over to the IC rack and grabbed a pair of D
flip-flops. I smiled at him as I walked by and waved the package of
chips at him.

On another occasion I walked in and got whatever I needed and got in
line. The line was five deep and only one register was open. The
store was crowded and one of the high school worker drones - ya know,
wearing the rad shack smock and the name tag - was sitting on the floor
and playing with a radio control car. I'm a little cranky to begin
with and the store is hot so I yell up to the dude at the register,
"Hey buddy, how bout we get this guy over here playing with the toys to
open up another register?" Got a few chuckles/smiles from the others
waiting in line and the kid put the toy away and helped out. See, I
don't mind telling people exactly what I think or if need be how they
should behave. So I leave the store and over to Wal-mart for some more
shoppin. A little while later I'm walking past the Rad Shack and the
manager girl is outside on the sidewalk playing with the car. I laugh
to myself.

Just try not to lose it and be rude to those people over there. Try to
be polite to em. Most of them are just high school kids or marginally
capable of eeking out a living and stuck in a dead-end job.

73
NEO