You disagree that the guy knows what is best for him? What part of the
government do you work for?

"Beloved Leader" wrote in message

I disagree.

CW wrote:

The majority of people that have them don't need them. It just gives them
something to do when standing in line at Wal-Mart.



That's true enough. I've had mine a month, adn have made 2 sixty
second calls to my wife about something in that time. Generally, I
forget I even have it with me. But some people seem to get outright
*addicted* to the things.

I'm currently working in retail, and in the last four months I have
seen two sales clerks where I work fired for talking to a friend on
their cell phone *while ringing up a customer order*. What is wrong
with these people??

Tony


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Similar thing happened to me 2 years ago (I posted it here),
I wanted parts to make a dipole and got so disgusted with a guy in neon
colored clothing following me around tying to sell me a phone, satellite
dish, credit card. The chimp finally say's, what are you looking for can I
help.
I had enough and respond angry :
I just want to make a dipole for this cool glowbug I found at the curb last
week ! Don't need no F** cellphone plan, 400 watt woofers, dancing dice,
plasma globes. Just need some ferrets, eggs , copper wire, 58 and be on with
it !
....damm !!!
The guy says "this isn't that kind of store, please leave before I call the
cops"

-Joe



"Chuck Reti" wrote in message
Not quite rifraff, but, a quite elderly, crotchety old guy was in a
local RS, trying to finish buying, yes, a CB RADIO.
He kept hollering to a confused teenaged salesgirl, "wurz the aar-ull?
Needs a aar-ull!" Just before I was going to have mercy and chime in,
another RS-er finally figured out he meant an Antenna (formerly known as
an aerial), found a magmount and sent him on his way.
-
Chuck Reti
WV8A
Detroit MI

"CW" wrote in message ...

You disagree that the guy knows what is best for him? What part of the
government do you work for?


The New World Order. In your country, that's known as the "executive branch."

Thanks for asking.

Ferrets? They have a pet section now?

"Joe" wrote in message
...
Similar thing happened to me 2 years ago (I posted it here),
I wanted parts to make a dipole and got so disgusted with a guy in neon
colored clothing following me around tying to sell me a phone, satellite
dish, credit card. The chimp finally say's, what are you looking for can I
help.
I had enough and respond angry :
I just want to make a dipole for this cool glowbug I found at the curb
last
week ! Don't need no F** cellphone plan, 400 watt woofers, dancing dice,
plasma globes. Just need some ferrets, eggs , copper wire, 58 and be on
with
it !
...damm !!!
The guy says "this isn't that kind of store, please leave before I call
the
cops"

-Joe



"Chuck Reti" wrote in message
Not quite rifraff, but, a quite elderly, crotchety old guy was in a
local RS, trying to finish buying, yes, a CB RADIO.
He kept hollering to a confused teenaged salesgirl, "wurz the aar-ull?
Needs a aar-ull!" Just before I was going to have mercy and chime in,
another RS-er finally figured out he meant an Antenna (formerly known as
an aerial), found a magmount and sent him on his way.
-
Chuck Reti
WV8A
Detroit MI

(DYNACOMAN) wrote in message ...




Didn't you hear? Radio Shack is now Cell phone shack.


I agree, I'm disabled (in a wheelchair- amputee 1 leg and legally
blind)
I wanted a small casette recorder to tape some SW broadcasts on tie
delay so I logged onto RS webpage and found a few that said my local
RS had
5 or 6 different models in stock. So I took the $10 cab ride there
and got into the "Store" tried to call before but they keep the phone
off the hook most of the time. There was one clerk the with a customer
and the ailes were cluttered with cartons, so I had to wait, the jerk
just kept talking to the other customer and finallythe customer left
WITHOUT a phone, the clerk just left and went into the back . He
wasgone 10 minutes and came out and said, "I'm
a cell phone specialist so if you need anything else, come back later"
I pointed to the tape recorder and he told me "I guess you dont
undertand English", thats not a cellphone!!

I left and waited another 1/2 hour and another $10 to get back home.
I called 1800 theshack and was given a phone number to an "area
supervisor".
Tghe woman there was very nice and pleasant but said the the
supervisor is on "personal leave" for 3 weeks and normally won't speak
to customers as he is more of a "trainer". I called back the 800 numer
and was offered a $10 discount if I went back to the store and
purchased a cellphone!!! I gave up and
wrote a letter to the ADA Commision which I received a form letter
with a stack of forms, riduculous.

Joe wrote:

Similar thing happened to me 2 years ago (I posted it here),
I wanted parts to make a dipole and got so disgusted with a guy in neon
colored clothing following me around tying to sell me a phone, satellite
dish, credit card. The chimp finally say's, what are you looking for can I
help.
I had enough and respond angry :
I just want to make a dipole for this cool glowbug I found at the curb last
week ! Don't need no F** cellphone plan, 400 watt woofers, dancing dice,
plasma globes. Just need some ferrets, eggs , copper wire, 58 and be on with
it !
....damm !!!
The guy says "this isn't that kind of store, please leave before I call the
cops"

ROTFLMAO! What did he think you wanted, adult entertainment?

-Joe



"Chuck Reti" wrote in message
Not quite rifraff, but, a quite elderly, crotchety old guy was in a
local RS, trying to finish buying, yes, a CB RADIO.
He kept hollering to a confused teenaged salesgirl, "wurz the aar-ull?
Needs a aar-ull!" Just before I was going to have mercy and chime in,
another RS-er finally figured out he meant an Antenna (formerly known as
an aerial), found a magmount and sent him on his way.
-
Chuck Reti
WV8A
Detroit MI

I didn't know that there were old men with Southern accents in Detroit.

We've got some pretty nice folks in our local Radio Shack. You can tell any
of them what you're looking for, and they'll nod and point you to the rear
of the store where all the electronic parts are.

I kind of miss that they don't ask your name anymore when you buy
something -- it was always fun to say something like "George Tirebiter" with
a straight face and watch them try to punch it into their computer without
cracking up.

I still get catalogs with some hilarious aliases.

-- Stinger

"tommyknocker" wrote in message
...
Joe wrote:

Similar thing happened to me 2 years ago (I posted it here),
I wanted parts to make a dipole and got so disgusted with a guy in neon
colored clothing following me around tying to sell me a phone, satellite
dish, credit card. The chimp finally say's, what are you looking for can
I
help.
I had enough and respond angry :
I just want to make a dipole for this cool glowbug I found at the curb
last
week ! Don't need no F** cellphone plan, 400 watt woofers, dancing
dice,
plasma globes. Just need some ferrets, eggs , copper wire, 58 and be on
with
it !
....damm !!!
The guy says "this isn't that kind of store, please leave before I call
the
cops"

ROTFLMAO! What did he think you wanted, adult entertainment?

-Joe



"Chuck Reti" wrote in message
Not quite rifraff, but, a quite elderly, crotchety old guy was in a
local RS, trying to finish buying, yes, a CB RADIO.
He kept hollering to a confused teenaged salesgirl, "wurz the aar-ull?
Needs a aar-ull!" Just before I was going to have mercy and chime in,
another RS-er finally figured out he meant an Antenna (formerly known
as
an aerial), found a magmount and sent him on his way.
-
Chuck Reti
WV8A
Detroit MI

I didn't know that there were old men with Southern accents in Detroit.

tommyknocker wrote:


"Chuck Reti" wrote in message
Not quite rifraff, but, a quite elderly, crotchety old guy was in a
local RS, trying to finish buying, yes, a CB RADIO.
He kept hollering to a confused teenaged salesgirl, "wurz the aar-ull?
Needs a aar-ull!" Just before I was going to have mercy and chime in,
another RS-er finally figured out he meant an Antenna (formerly known as
an aerial), found a magmount and sent him on his way.
-
Chuck Reti
WV8A
Detroit MI

I didn't know that there were old men with Southern accents in Detroit.


I grew up in Detroit in the fifties and sixties. There were PLENTY
of people there even then with accents like that. Thousands of them
came north for jobs during WWII, and stayed after the war was over.

Tony


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Stinger wrote:

We've got some pretty nice folks in our local Radio Shack. You can tell any
of them what you're looking for, and they'll nod and point you to the rear
of the store where all the electronic parts are.

I kind of miss that they don't ask your name anymore when you buy
something -- it was always fun to say something like "George Tirebiter" with
a straight face and watch them try to punch it into their computer without
cracking up.

I still get catalogs with some hilarious aliases.

-- Stinger


Shoes for industry, compadre!

Tony


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