Fuckin' finance it
You know what hits me right in the ribs? Listening to salespeople in electronics stores talking to customers who are hopelessly underinformed.
Todat I stopped by BestBuy and as I was browsing through the laptop aisle I overheard like three different salespeople taking full advantage of customers who didn't have a clue. I don't know much about computers, but I know enough to know that these sales dudes were throwing around technical terms just to confuse people into thinking they needed x laptop or y hard drive. And the sales dudes themselves didn't seem to know much.
It was all "this computer has 512 megabytes of RAM, which is really awesome. And the hard drive is 80 gigabytes -- that's what you need." And the poor (usually older) customers just nod along helplessly. And commerce tales place.
It's lame when people do shit like that. It reminds me of the scene in the fine 80's film Ruthless People (IMDB link)when Judge Reinhold is trying to sell the young married couple some speakers. Sensing their ignorance, he takes them to "The Big Room," where he pushes a giant, shitty, expensive set of speakers on them. They are blown away by his pitch and they are all ready to sign their names on the layaway plan, and then Reinhold's character notices the wife is pregnant, and he can't go through with it. He then sells them better speakers for less money.
He does the right thing, and costs himself money. That's usually how it works, I guess. Especially in sales.
BestBuy dickheads, go rent Ruthless People.
Todat I stopped by BestBuy and as I was browsing through the laptop aisle I overheard like three different salespeople taking full advantage of customers who didn't have a clue. I don't know much about computers, but I know enough to know that these sales dudes were throwing around technical terms just to confuse people into thinking they needed x laptop or y hard drive. And the sales dudes themselves didn't seem to know much.
It was all "this computer has 512 megabytes of RAM, which is really awesome. And the hard drive is 80 gigabytes -- that's what you need." And the poor (usually older) customers just nod along helplessly. And commerce tales place.
It's lame when people do shit like that. It reminds me of the scene in the fine 80's film Ruthless People (IMDB link)when Judge Reinhold is trying to sell the young married couple some speakers. Sensing their ignorance, he takes them to "The Big Room," where he pushes a giant, shitty, expensive set of speakers on them. They are blown away by his pitch and they are all ready to sign their names on the layaway plan, and then Reinhold's character notices the wife is pregnant, and he can't go through with it. He then sells them better speakers for less money.
He does the right thing, and costs himself money. That's usually how it works, I guess. Especially in sales.
BestBuy dickheads, go rent Ruthless People.
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Half the time when I go to espn.com I see this douchebag:
And each time, I think:
1) he looks sorta like Anthony "Goose" Edwards.
2) he has the expression of somebody who really thinks he knows what he's talking about.
3) I don't like him. And having read his columns, I don't think he knows what he's talking about.
ESPN, dump this dude, or at least dump his picture. Thanks.
And each time, I think:1) he looks sorta like Anthony "Goose" Edwards.
2) he has the expression of somebody who really thinks he knows what he's talking about.
3) I don't like him. And having read his columns, I don't think he knows what he's talking about.
ESPN, dump this dude, or at least dump his picture. Thanks.
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