Hall of Winners

[Josh]

Mother Nature never ceases to amaze me. No matter how much is spent in research, development and improvements to make it Idiot Proof, Mother Nature just builds a better Idiot.

different customers, not sure yet if that's a good sign or bad ):

a 75 watt car cigarette/Aux plug dc to ac power inverter, 5 outlet power strip and a 12' extension cord will not power your 40" lcd tv, your Playstation 4 and assorted gizmos you need for your tailgate superbowl part'ay. neither will the 150 watt one. Bonus points for asking if it had an internal battery

Yes, there is this nifty little machine to plug to your old phone to transfer all your data to your new phone, caveat: your old phone has to work! that asphalt chewed, toilet drowned, dead thing no one wants to touch will not do, NO, no one is even going to 'try'.

My co-worker is not an idiot because he didn't know what a 'plug-plug-plug' is. I am not an idiot because I don't know what a 'plug-plug-plug' is. When asked what were you using for and when your reply of "you know, to plug a thing" failed to enlighten, did not confirm 'the store is full of idiots'.

You do need to know the button cell number, a round silver one about 'this' big
for a clock, watch, weight scale, whatever; sadly, does not give all the information to help. There's the wall with 30+ different numbers, good luck.

You saw a You Tube video of someone buying " individual" parts here, using them to fix or build 'X'? well, this doesn't mean there's a kit shelf ready for you, that we know what the heck your talking about, or that we will build it or fix it for you.

A router is not a portable hot-spot.

A range extender will not help you steal your neighbors wi-fi.

Buying A Roku, Firestick, Chromecast, etc. doesn't mean you will get all the stuff that you can access , or pictured on the box for free, or without having internet in your home.

IF you walk in exuding confidence and knowledge, AND ask for a common product i.e. pc mouse , AND we walk you to the 4' of space were we keep them AND wave our hand at them and say "these are our selection" please, please don't, just don't, pick any random thing and follow with a quizzical "is this one?"

well, that's all for now

[notalwaysright]

My co-worker is not an idiot because he didn't know what a 'plug-plug-plug' is. I am not an idiot because I don't know what a 'plug-plug-plug' is. When asked what were you using for and when your reply of "you know, to plug a thing" failed to enlighten, did not confirm 'the store is full of idiots'.

The other day a guy asked for flat thread. I have never seen our store carry flat thread. Instead of just saying "we don't carry that" I was trying to be helpful, so I asked what it was used for. He looked at me and said "to sew things." I gave him to another CW.

A router is not a portable hot-spot.

People have no idea how the internet works, it's really quite frightening. My step-dad got a tablet and got it on their cell plan with 3G data. A while later my mom said that they went over their data limit. He hadn't understood that his tablet used data from the shared plan, or really what 3g meant at all. He had set it so that it would only use 3g instead of switching to wifi when available. Don't worry, Red Checkmark was not bothered, my mom managed to explain and just pay the bill. I think they increased their limit though.

IF you walk in exuding confidence and knowledge, AND ask for a common product i.e. pc mouse , AND we walk you to the 4' of space were we keep them AND wave our hand at them and say "these are our selection" please, please don't, just don't, pick any random thing and follow with a quizzical "is this one?"

People come into my store and pull that. They ask for fleece, and we have probably 3/4 of the length of the store just with fleece, and they'll say "which is for blankets?" Hint: All of it. Or ask for sewing machine bobbins and then pick some up and ask if it will work with their machine. They proudly tell me what brand it is. Bobbins are really not universal, and within the same brand different machines use different bobbins, so that's not really helpful.

[MoonCat]

I like the "plug-plug-plug" guy. I bet we could direct him to some plugs that are probably NOT what he had in mind......and it would serve him right for being so dense.

[Kit-Ginevra]

I think you need an extra 'plug-plug-plug' as one accounts for just three orifices....

[Nunavut Pants]

My co-worker is not an idiot because he didn't know what a 'plug-plug-plug' is. ... did not confirm 'the store is full of idiots'.

Well, there was certainly one idiot in the store at that point!

You do need to know the button cell number, a round silver one about 'this' big
for a clock, watch, weight scale, whatever; sadly, does not give all the information to help. There's the wall with 30+ different numbers, good luck.

Is a "button cell" a battery? Like a watch battery? Yeah, I usually bring the dead one with me when I buy a replacement.

[prjkt]

Well, there was certainly one idiot in the store at that point!




Is a "button cell" a battery? Like a watch battery? Yeah, I usually bring the dead one with me when I buy a replacement.

What's worse is that some batteries have up to a dozen names for the same thing

[icmedia]

Or people who want a battery for their cellphone but *bonus points!* neither know which model of phone they have, nor have it with them in the store. No, sir or madam (as the case may be), they don't all take the same one. "About this size" also does not help. They're all "about this size."

[wolfie]

What's worse is that some batteries have up to a dozen names for the same thing

That's because in the good old days, the same physical size of battery was made with different chemistries (for example, a battery whose part number starts with "AG" was originally a silver oxide cell - very high energy density). As alkaline technology improved to the point where it would give decent life, the cheaper technology displaced the silver oxide. Also, some technologies (e.g. mercury cells - popular in cameras because they maintained a constant 1.35 volts from brand new to almost dead, so they didn't need a regulator when used for a light meter) were legislated out of existence, and replaced by alkalines (too high a voltage when new, so you underexpose your photos, too low when almost dead, so you overexpose them).