Wow-- Someone needs to lighten up a little. I certainly didn't get the impression that anyone was judging you..<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Geoffrey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@serioustechnology.com">lists@serioustechnology.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Dylan Northrup wrote:<br>
> Or have a serious attitude. I've offered my advice many times to customers<br>
> in Best Buy (even in contradiction to what a sales associate has said) and<br>
> not once have I had an issue. Perhaps it's because I don't call them<br>
> dweebs, but it could be something else entirely.<br>
<br>
So you judge me based on the fact I called the sales person a dweeb?<br>
Note, I called him a dweeb because he went looking for his manager to<br>
have me ejected. I was not confrontational in any way. Maybe you<br>
should get to know a person before you start judging them.<br>
<br>
><br>
> A long time ago, (15.07.09), in a galaxy far, far away, J. D. wrote:<br>
><br>
> :=If you get ejected from a best buy, you must be a geek.<br>
> :=<br>
> :=On 7/15/09, Geoffrey <<a href="mailto:lists@serioustechnology.com">lists@serioustechnology.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> :=> Jim Moore wrote:<br>
> :=>> This was a timely post in that yesterday went looking at Best Buy for a<br>
> :=>> new cable modem. Have been using a Linksys which keeps losing the<br>
> :=>> connection. Oh well the thing's more than five years old and was a hand<br>
> :=>> me down from my brother in law.<br>
> :=><br>
> :=> I won't darken the doors of Best Buy. Do a google search on "best buy"<br>
> :=> "bait and switch".<br>
> :=><br>
> :=> Also, I was once asked to leave because I gave advice contrary to a<br>
> :=> salesperson to a prospective customer. The customer actually had asked<br>
> :=> my opinion as we had been discussing computers before the sales dweeb<br>
> :=> showed up.<br>
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Until later, Geoffrey<br>
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Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little<br>
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.<br>
- Benjamin Franklin<br>
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