Let's kill all the stupid people.

[Deceptitech]

Even when I am a customer, I am dealing with stupid people. Anyone in Florida knows what a snowbird is, and that they need to be hunted down. Case in point:

SC: Exterminator of brain cells.

BBE: Poor Best Buy employee who has to deal with said twit.

D: Jesus Christ.(Hey, I've been told I can do miracles, so why not?)

Customer in front of me places a box for a $800.00 home theater system on the counter to purchase. there is a dent in the corner, just like someone had dropped it on the corner. there is unlikely any damage, it's not that bad. the cardboard is barely mushed in. I'm standing behind him with a pack of stylis for a treo 650. I'm not in a hurry, so noting to worry about.

SC: Yes, I would like to buy this, but I want a discount because it's damaged.

BBE: Are there any other ones on the shelf?

SC: No, but the box is damaged, so I should get a discount. You shouldn't have dented merchandise on your shelf, so for a good discount of 200.00, I'll buy it from you.

D: Wha wha what?

BBE: I can't give you a discount because it's the only one there. That and there is minimal damage to the box. You can buy this and if--

SC: Get me a manager. I want this on a discount. Can't you see the box is damaged?

BBE: I can't do that, but we can open it here to see if it is damaged.

SC: I don't want to open it here. I want to open it at home. I want a discount cause the box is damaged.

D: How does it feel to want?

SCto me) You have a problem sir?(best buy employee looking at me with fear in her eyes)

D: Yes I do. this box has a dent. You are buying the last one, so You really must like this brand as they are one of the best out there. The damage isn't too much, probably someone dropped it and put it back. I doubt it is damaged, but she has offered to open this box for you to inspect this before you buy it, to insure you have good merchandise. You refused this simple solution. Now this place has a 30 day return policy, and I am sure if you took it home now, and you set it up you would see if it was damaged. Why entitlement whores like you(yes, I DID say this) think that they can get everything they want simply on your say so is beyond all logic and reason.

SC: Well they wouldn't treat me like this back in Bawwwston. (I knew it, damned snowbird) They treat customers up there with respect, not giving me the run around.

BBE: Sir, that is the company policy.

SC: Well, your policy sucks.

D: No, you suck. If they would do so much for you in Bawwwwston, please do me a favor, and take I-95 north. You'd be doing yourself, this poor cashier, and me a favor by going back there. You are also causing a scene with your idiotic antics. now you either want to buy this, or you don't. So for Gawwwwd's sake, either buy the thing or leave.

(smattering of people behind me clapping)

SC buys the unit with no discount aside from his BB rewards card. he storms out of the building, and I put my item on the counter.

BBE: You know, you didn't need to say that.

D: Actually, I did. people like that think they are a gift to Florida simply because they spend the winters here where it's not snowing. I don't like snowbirds with their "I'm bewwter than you are because I can travel from state to state as I want." He's lucky I decided to curb my words. That and I have my suspicions as to how that dent got on the cardboard.

Item was paid for, and I left the building. As I walked to my car, SC was there beating the box with more dents trying to get it in the way too small trunk in his car.

Jesus wept.

[AZangel]

I work in one of those snowbird states so I know exactly what you are talking about. They think because they supply your income part of the year it entitles them to whatever they want. Silly me. I manage to live just fine the other half of the year without their business.

[Amethyst Hunter]

THANK YOU for saying this. As somebody who remains trapped and working retail in SW Florida for little over a year now (which believe me was NOT my choice - long story), I can vouch for the attitudes of some people (though I would also add that it isn't just the northerners who are rude twits, I've encountered some locals who are as well). Bawwwwwston was being a wanker and good on you for calling it!

[Ree]

Well, killing people seems a little extreme. Also, how would we determine who is stupid? It's a rather subjective thing.

The dude behaved pretty suckily.The clerk is probably happy you spoke up.
Just because there is a dent on the corner, doesn't mean the contents are damaged. Now, I know there is concealed damage, but when the clerk offered to open it, that should have been the end of it.
Also, if there was hidden internal damage that causes it to malfunction, what's the point of knocking off a couple hundred bucks when he can bring it back in if it doesn't work?


Not that I don't believe you on the other customers applauding, but I read about that happening in a lot of stories on here and it always makes me think of some scene in a movie. I always thought that kind of stuff only happened there.

[XCashier]

I work in one of those snowbird states so I know exactly what you are talking about. They think because they supply your income part of the year it entitles them to whatever they want. Silly me. I manage to live just fine the other half of the year without their business.

And when they're residents during the winter, they vote in our elections, putting their winter visitor wants ahead of us poor schmucks who live here year-round. Not to mention clogging up our streets with their land yachts...

[Dreamstalker]

For the love of Cthulhu, it's a damned box. They get dented (unless this guy has come up with some miracle cardboard process that lets it bounce back like new).

SC: Well they wouldn't treat me like this back in Bawwwston. (I knew it, damned snowbird) They treat customers up there with respect, not giving me the run around.

Oh dear, I'm afraid there's another escapee from the Deer Island holding pen...how he managed to swim all that way I don't know. The attack seagulls must not be doing their jobs (or maybe they just weren't hungry that day).

Item was paid for, and I left the building. As I walked to my car, SC was there beating the box with more dents trying to get it in the way too small trunk in his car.

[Barefootgirl]

SC: Well they wouldn't treat me like this back in Bawwwston. (I knew it, damned snowbird) They treat customers up there with respect, not giving me the run around.

Naughty fibbing snow bird...Wasn't it Filene's Basement in Boston who banned those bad customers, because they were perpetually returning stuff?

[myswtghst]

Even if Ree is right, and you were not applauded in store, I applaud you now. I often want to say things like this when I'm stuck in line behind the entitlement whores at BB and similar stores.

If you want to get it cheaper, do your homework, find the cheapest price and buy it cheaply. If you need to have the last one at BB, you can pay their price and be done with it. The clerk did everything they needed to do and beyond, and the customer just wanted something they didn't deserve. Glad they didn't get it.

[Ree]

Even if Ree is right, and you were not applauded in store

To clarify...I never said it didn't happen...I just thought that kind of stuff only happened in movies.

[Imogene]

SC: Exterminator of brain cells.

BBE: Poor Best Buy employee who has to deal with said twit.

D: Jesus Christ.(Hey, I've been told I can do miracles, so why not?)
--snip--
Jesus wept.

Did you now?
Good to see someone who isn't afraid to hold back their emotions.

[RentalRacer]

Allow me to play Devils advocate....

Being from a state that the snowbirds take off from in the winter, I feel your pain. Personally, I wish they moved away for good. Because, you know what we get 8 months out of the year? In FLORIDA, they would do this for me. In FLORIDA, they treat us with respect. In FLORIDA they yada yada yada. You get the point I am sure.

As far as Mr. Bawwston goes...well, there is a reason why they have earned the nickname "Massholes" up here.

[ForestDragon]

Well, killing people seems a little extreme. Also, how would we determine who is stupid? It's a rather subjective thing.

Besides, if I had to kill all the stupid people myself 'cause the rest of you slackers aren't holding up your end, I wouldn't have any time to do anything else. As much fun as wasting all the dumbasses might be, it doesn't pay the rent or put food on the table and the cops tend to get all excited about it...

[protege]

Allow me to play Devils advocate....

Being from a state that the snowbirds take off from in the winter, I feel your pain. Personally, I wish they moved away for good.

We get that crap in PA too. I think that if PA is "sooooo bad," they need to leave, and take those damn land yachts with them. It would free up so much space on the parkway and make my commute a bit less stressful

Then there are the Noo Yawkas (usually rich yuppies or similar "entitled" people) that head to places in southern New Jersey...and complain about things. It's no wonder that the locals *hate* tourists!

[CrazedClerk]

I'm not sure if the problem is snowbirds as much as it is older people in general who always feel they deserve a discount on top of their precious senior rates.

I respect my elders, but I don't think they should pay too much less than I do.

And I don't like people who bitch because there's bit of minor damage on the box when the product inside is more than likely in perfect condition. I know there are exceptions to this (if say you were moving and needed a sturdy box, but then again you could always rebox the item after the fact).

[Broomjockey]

Frankly, I was in a "similar" situation to that guy when I went to buy a toaster oven last year.

I found this nice toaster oven, digital timer, and it's capable of cooking a 12" pizza!

So I go to the register, pay, move to leave, and that's when my dad notices that there's a hole punched in the side of the box. We checked the hole, and determined there was a chance the oven was damaged, so we swung over to customer services as it was on the way out. I had to laugh internally at the look on the poor girl's face when I told her we noticed there was a hole in the box, after we paid.

She looked relieved when we just said we wanted to check for damage and if she had something we could use to open the box and borrow some counter space. She even offered to let us exchange it for a different box, but we just wanted to make sure the oven was fine. It was, we repacked it and left.