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Radio Shack "Riff Raff"
When did Radio Shack decide to cater to criminals ?
Radio Shack on Union Tpke New Hyde park (Long Island) Unattended cash register, line backed up, rap music blasting 1 employee arguing with a shady looking cell phone customer, 2 remaining employees going over cell plans with gang banger trash . Waited 10 minutes and had to walk out before my parking meter expired I was willing to leave 2 dollars to walk with a set of .99 cent pack of slug tweakers (they can keep the change), they said no. I said a couple choice words and walked out -RP |
When did Radio Shack decide to cater to criminals ? Radio Shack on Union Tpke New Hyde park (Long Island) Unattended cash register, line backed up, rap music blasting 1 employee arguing with a shady looking cell phone customer, 2 remaining employees going over cell plans with gang banger trash . Waited 10 minutes and had to walk out before my parking meter expired I was willing to leave 2 dollars to walk with a set of .99 cent pack of slug tweakers (they can keep the change), they said no. I said a couple choice words and walked out -RP Didn't you hear? Radio Shack is now Cell phone shack. |
"-Rev Jones" wrote:
It's a typical story when you have people working on commission. Each Radio Shack store has its own personality. Around here we have an angry Radio Shack, a racist Radio Shack, a lazy Radio Shack... -- Reply address munged. You can figure it out. |
I only buy online from them anymore. I hate going into the stores.
"-Rev Jones" wrote in message ... When did Radio Shack decide to cater to criminals ? Radio Shack on Union Tpke New Hyde park (Long Island) Unattended cash register, line backed up, rap music blasting 1 employee arguing with a shady looking cell phone customer, 2 remaining employees going over cell plans with gang banger trash . Waited 10 minutes and had to walk out before my parking meter expired I was willing to leave 2 dollars to walk with a set of .99 cent pack of slug tweakers (they can keep the change), they said no. I said a couple choice words and walked out -RP |
Interesting, it's the same here. Usually a couple of dead beats checking out
the phones and they get the attention. They must be cheap or something? I figure if you don't have a cell phone by now you don't need one? It there anybody out there who DOES NOT have a cell phone? "-Rev Jones" wrote in message ... When did Radio Shack decide to cater to criminals ? Radio Shack on Union Tpke New Hyde park (Long Island) Unattended cash register, line backed up, rap music blasting 1 employee arguing with a shady looking cell phone customer, 2 remaining employees going over cell plans with gang banger trash . Waited 10 minutes and had to walk out before my parking meter expired I was willing to leave 2 dollars to walk with a set of .99 cent pack of slug tweakers (they can keep the change), they said no. I said a couple choice words and walked out -RP |
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 16:35:01 -0600, Jim Douglas wrote
(in message pCgRb.157167$xy6.750562@attbi_s02): Interesting, it's the same here. Usually a couple of dead beats checking out the phones and they get the attention. They must be cheap or something? I figure if you don't have a cell phone by now you don't need one? It there anybody out there who DOES NOT have a cell phone? [chuckle] I've never even /used/ one. However, my wife has one and still even has the analog "bag phone" she has had for many years. And I even like the people at my local (Vicksburg, Mississippi US) RadioShack store even though I tell them how bad the RadioShack website is (apparently, they've mentioned it - once or 500 times) to their District Manager. Gray Shockley -------------------------- Entropy Maintenance Technician Tao Chemical Company -------------------------- http://www.compcomm.com/ Vicksburg, Mississippi US |
ROTFL !! Yeah Me !!!
"Don't need new and Improved" Who needs more contracts, paying more taxes, paying, marketing to blah blah blah all day ! (Like the yapping testosterone loaded soccer mom's road raging in the SUV to get $6 coffee at Starbucks) Cell phones, like silicone are the work of Satan !! Don't need no cable TV too, Cheap and simple is sanctuary :) I used a pager for the past 10 years, I like my gritts cheap, old and crummy -Rev.RP Jones "Jim Douglas" wrote in message news:pCgRb.157167$xy6.750562@attbi_s02... Interesting, it's the same here. Usually a couple of dead beats checking out the phones and they get the attention. They must be cheap or something? I figure if you don't have a cell phone by now you don't need one? It there anybody out there who DOES NOT have a cell phone? "-Rev Jones" wrote in message ... When did Radio Shack decide to cater to criminals ? Radio Shack on Union Tpke New Hyde park (Long Island) Unattended cash register, line backed up, rap music blasting 1 employee arguing with a shady looking cell phone customer, 2 remaining employees going over cell plans with gang banger trash . Waited 10 minutes and had to walk out before my parking meter expired I was willing to leave 2 dollars to walk with a set of .99 cent pack of slug tweakers (they can keep the change), they said no. I said a couple choice words and walked out -RP |
"Jim Douglas" wrote in message news:pCgRb.157167$xy6.750562@attbi_s02... Interesting, it's the same here. Usually a couple of dead beats checking out the phones and they get the attention. They must be cheap or something? I figure if you don't have a cell phone by now you don't need one? It there anybody out there who DOES NOT have a cell phone? Never had a cell phone. I guess I'm lucky. I can get annoyed for free, I don't need to pay for it. Frank Dresser |
Jim Douglas wrote: Interesting, it's the same here. Usually a couple of dead beats checking out the phones and they get the attention. They must be cheap or something? I figure if you don't have a cell phone by now you don't need one? It there anybody out there who DOES NOT have a cell phone? Never had one, don't want one. That electromagnetic radiation is dangerous by yo haid. Steve Holland, MI Drake R7, R8 and R8B "I swear by, not at, Drake receivers" © http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm |
Frank Dresser wrote: "Jim Douglas" wrote in message news:pCgRb.157167$xy6.750562@attbi_s02... Interesting, it's the same here. Usually a couple of dead beats checking out the phones and they get the attention. They must be cheap or something? I figure if you don't have a cell phone by now you don't need one? It there anybody out there who DOES NOT have a cell phone? Never had a cell phone. I guess I'm lucky. I can get annoyed for free, I don't need to pay for it. Frank Dresser My wife has had one for years, which I applaud (a woman traveling alone in a car a lot - a must-have). But I never had one or wanted one until my wife grabbed me by the lapels and jerked me into the 21st century at Christmas. She bought me the phone and a 2-year subscription. I travel to work each day down I-94 in Berrien County, MI (read: "out-of-nowhere" blinding snow squalls). She said she wanted a phone in that car with the types of cirmcumstance I occasionally have to drive through to and from work. Hard to argue her logic there. On RatShack (and I think I mentioned this once before), there are two in my area. One I stopped going into some time ago, because if you went in for a pair of D cell batteries, the manager would immediately get you in a half-Nelson to buy six things you wanted no part of - and he was persistent! T'ell with that crap! Tony ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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All the sales person cares about is his "Spiff". Radio shack pays minimum
wage plus a "Spiff" determined by how much you sell in a 8 hour period. It's averaged, so if you sell a high ticket item in the morning and nothing the rest of the day..you get minimum wage for the day. This is why they sell you ANYTHING they can get away with..gotta keep that "Spiff" going. And they say "WAL*MART" is bad....yeah right....Eddie "-Rev Jones" wrote in message ... When did Radio Shack decide to cater to criminals ? Radio Shack on Union Tpke New Hyde park (Long Island) Unattended cash register, line backed up, rap music blasting 1 employee arguing with a shady looking cell phone customer, 2 remaining employees going over cell plans with gang banger trash . Waited 10 minutes and had to walk out before my parking meter expired I was willing to leave 2 dollars to walk with a set of .99 cent pack of slug tweakers (they can keep the change), they said no. I said a couple choice words and walked out -RP |
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 |
"Jim Douglas" wrote in message news:pCgRb.157167$xy6.750562@attbi_s02... Interesting, it's the same here. Usually a couple of dead beats checking out the phones and they get the attention. They must be cheap or something? I figure if you don't have a cell phone by now you don't need one? It there anybody out there who DOES NOT have a cell phone? Yes. I am one. Never owned a cellphone. Never will. Any phone company that tells me that I have to *pay* for calls that I receive on a cell phone, besides charge for a dozen other (things that you need a PhD to understand the reasoning behind) can kiss my a-- on Saturday. Here is a story. My cousin (who's name is Vinnie !) signed up with Sprint 6 months ago. He's all excited cause he got his LG or Samsung (forget which) Camera phone for only $150.00 and can even play games on it, besides taking and sending pictures to his webpage. His monthly phone bill now averages $145.00 My monthly (pots) bill rarely exceeds $19.00 per month. The guy who sold him his Sprint contract said his phone bill dollar amount would be like "paying a traffic ticket each month". If that was me, I would have told that salesman to go pay his own "traffic ticket" and I'd had walked out of the store laughing. Last week he asked me how I can swing less than $20 per month for full telephone service. I just smiled at him and said they can either call later, or leave a message on the machine, or kiss my a--. (on a related topic, I always make it a point to have fun with people who use handheld cell phones while driving. usually some bimbo in an SUV or teenager in a late model VW or Honda. one fun way is to slow down to the posted speed limit. ****es em off every time and on two occasions they've run a yellow light or a stop sign after passing me - i do this when near intersections- both times they were nabbed by the PD who I know sit up ahead in a blind spot. the looks on their faces were priceless) |
I'm an old guy on my last legs. I carry one -- turned off -- when I'm on the
road. Ham and CB for emergency use are worthless these days. I only turn it on when I'm rendezvousing with one of my kids, or when I'm online so they can catch me in an emergency. Else we call each other during one of the four periods a day I keep my landline free. Bill, K5BY |
In article , "-Rev Jones"
writes: Cell phones, like silicone are the work of Satan !! - ROTF&LMAO ! ! |
In article pCgRb.157167$xy6.750562@attbi_s02, "Jim Douglas"
writes: It there anybody out there who DOES NOT have a cell phone? Yes. Me. No cell phone.. God Talks To Me Di Rect...! Space Aliens too .. ;) - There were a few times I needed one; ( Freind drove off on a Bicycle, drunk, going the wrong way ) - But he had his cell phone turned off & such, so it wouldn'tve worked anyway 'Nother time someone else went hiking up the wrong trail, but there were no repeaters, so we couldn't get service, etc. Nother time, I done followed the wrong car ; it turned off; we all tried calling each other & all got voice mail.. Cell Phones Just Suck ! - Carry FSR's; & some quarters..those work all the time Dan |
"Jackie" wrote in message news:O%iRb.123920$5V2.643646@attbi_s53...
"Jim Douglas" wrote in message news:pCgRb.157167$xy6.750562@attbi_s02... It there anybody out there who DOES NOT have a cell phone? I don't. I have never been in a situation where I've told myself, "god, I wish I had a cellphone". The day I do, I may get one, but for now it is an expense I don't need. Jackie I disagree. I have some twenty, possibly more, cellphones. I buy them at yard sales or retrieve them from trash piles. The going rate, for me, is twenty-five cents. If I'm in a good mood, I might go as high as a dollar. The most I've ver paid is $2 but that phone came with lots of accessories. By now I have achieved a critical mass of battery packs, power adapters, and cigarette lighter adapters. Although it is widely known to listers at misc.consumers.frugal-living, most members of the general public are not aware that calls made to 911 on a working cellphone, even if the phone has not been activated, must go through. If you can hit an antenna, even if you are not paying for service, any working cellphone can be used to make an emergency call to 911. It's federal law. You can test an inactivated phone by dialing - whoops, entering - a long string of nonsense digits and hitting "send." If the phone can send and receive but it inactivated, you will hear an error message to the effect of "we are sorry, but we cannot place your call at this time. Please call your service provider for assistance." Translation - "pay up, deadbeat." No bills to pay, no incoming calls, no chitchat: there's really no reason not to have an inactivated cellphone for emergency use only. Or, in my case, twenty of them. Best wishes. |
The majority of people that have them don't need them. It just gives them
something to do when standing in line at Wal-Mart. "Jim Douglas" wrote in message news:pCgRb.157167$xy6.750562@attbi_s02... I figure if you don't have a cell phone by now you don't need one? |
Yes.
"Jim Douglas" wrote in message news:pCgRb.157167$xy6.750562@attbi_s02... It there anybody out there who DOES NOT have a cell phone? |
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 ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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 |
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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 ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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 ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
no ****. and thought it was just my 3 local stores. one store didn't even
have a catalog for me to look in. just leave your job in the shoe store to be a RS store manager. sad *******s. |
So everybody doesn't think we've lost our collective minds, these are all
references to bits from "The Firesign Theatre" radio-comedy troupe. Gosh I miss them. Thanks, guys. -- Stinger "BubbaBob" wrote in message . 115... Tony Meloche wrote: Shoes for industry, compadre! Tony If you push something hard enough, it WILL fall over. (Teslicle's Deviant to Fudd's First Law) ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
"Stinger" wrote in message .. . So everybody doesn't think we've lost our collective minds, these are all references to bits from "The Firesign Theatre" radio-comedy troupe. Gosh I miss them. Thanks, guys. -- Stinger I think we're all Bozo's on this bus..... |
Brenda Ann wrote: "Stinger" wrote in message .. . So everybody doesn't think we've lost our collective minds, these are all references to bits from "The Firesign Theatre" radio-comedy troupe. Gosh I miss them. Thanks, guys. -- Stinger I think we're all Bozo's on this bus..... Keep on chasin' the bus... even if it passes you by. |
"N8KDV" wrote in message ... Brenda Ann wrote: "Stinger" wrote in message .. . So everybody doesn't think we've lost our collective minds, these are all references to bits from "The Firesign Theatre" radio-comedy troupe. Gosh I miss them. Thanks, guys. -- Stinger I think we're all Bozo's on this bus..... Keep on chasin' the bus... even if it passes you by. LOL |
Brenda Ann wrote: "N8KDV" wrote in message ... Brenda Ann wrote: "Stinger" wrote in message .. . So everybody doesn't think we've lost our collective minds, these are all references to bits from "The Firesign Theatre" radio-comedy troupe. Gosh I miss them. Thanks, guys. -- Stinger I think we're all Bozo's on this bus..... Keep on chasin' the bus... even if it passes you by. LOL Never give up! |
"N8KDV" wrote in message ... Brenda Ann wrote: "Stinger" wrote in message .. . So everybody doesn't think we've lost our collective minds, these are all references to bits from "The Firesign Theatre" radio-comedy troupe. Gosh I miss them. Thanks, guys. -- Stinger I think we're all Bozo's on this bus..... Keep on chasin' the bus... even if it passes you by. You will receive a handsome simulfax copy of your words.... |
Brenda Ann wrote: "N8KDV" wrote in message ... Brenda Ann wrote: "Stinger" wrote in message .. . So everybody doesn't think we've lost our collective minds, these are all references to bits from "The Firesign Theatre" radio-comedy troupe. Gosh I miss them. Thanks, guys. -- Stinger I think we're all Bozo's on this bus..... Keep on chasin' the bus... even if it passes you by. You will receive a handsome simulfax copy of your words.... Never give up! |
Brenda Ann wrote: "Stinger" wrote in message .. . So everybody doesn't think we've lost our collective minds, these are all references to bits from "The Firesign Theatre" radio-comedy troupe. Gosh I miss them. Thanks, guys. -- Stinger I think we're all Bozo's on this bus..... Antelope Freeway: 1/128th of a mile . . . Tony ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
Tony Meloche wrote: Brenda Ann wrote: "Stinger" wrote in message .. . So everybody doesn't think we've lost our collective minds, these are all references to bits from "The Firesign Theatre" radio-comedy troupe. Gosh I miss them. Thanks, guys. -- Stinger I think we're all Bozo's on this bus..... Antelope Freeway: 1/128th of a mile . . . Back out on the street again... Tony ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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