I pretty much can deal with the assholeness at GC. BUTTTT. lmao ,,, I had some twit once absolutely refuse to take my money cuzz I wouldn't give him my address!! I was like... uh ,, dude! it's cash! The little puke stood firm ..lmao,, would not sell me a couple sets of strings and a package of picks.. without my address :shock: said he wasn't aloud .. it's just the way the system is set up! ... geesh As I stood in that DMZ between reaching over and yanking his tonsils out with my barehands and utter dispair and walking out. Someone with a brain cell realized the state of mind I was begining to enter, and stepped up and took over..... gave him cash and I walked out with my meeger purchase.. thinking how did that just happen, when the other puke said it couldn't be done. :roll: :twisted:
I actually don't like asking them questions. Or hearing their explanation of something. I prefer to explain to them how and why they're wrong, tell them to mind their own business, ask them not to talk about things they don't understand - stuff like that.
One of my favorite examples. I go into GC to pick up a pair of DJ cables - 1/4\", balanced. They don't look to be anywhere on the shelf. The following conversation ensues.
\"Can I help you, sir?\"
\"Yes, I'm looking for a balanced stereo 1/4\" cable.\"
\"Oh, here it is right in front of you\" (hands me a balanced 1/4\" cable)
\"That's great, but I need it to have two ends... y'know, stereo.\"
\"That is stereo, see it has a tip and a ring.\"
\"But that makes it unbalanced. I need balanced stereo... two cables.\"
\"You don't need two cables, because this is already stereo, and it's still balanced because it carries ground.\" (points to sleeve)
[At this point, Ilia experiences an inner fury of magnitudes that Alice from Dilbert may never know.]
[....zen.....happy place....breathe deep....]
\"Nah, dude... a balanced 1/4\" line carries two of the same signal... cause y'know, there's a differential input and output on the s**t you're connecting to each other.\" (my spoken expression is a lot less refined than the written/typed)
[Blank stare.]
\"Alright, look. Forget what I said. I need two stereo cables like the one you got in your hand, but attached to each other, like this one here.\" (showing him a DJ cable with different connector)
\"Lemme see what we got in the back.\"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_JXKVUY6e8
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I pretty much can deal with the assholeness at GC. BUTTTT. lmao ,,, I had some twit once absolutely refuse to take my money cuzz I wouldn't give him my address!! I was like... uh ,, dude! it's cash! The little puke stood firm ..lmao,, would not sell me a couple sets of strings and a package of picks.. without my address :shock: said he wasn't aloud .. it's just the way the system is set up! ... geesh As I stood in that DMZ between reaching over and yanking his tonsils out with my barehands and utter dispair and walking out. Someone with a brain cell realized the state of mind I was begining to enter, and stepped up and took over..... gave him cash and I walked out with my meeger purchase.. thinking how did that just happen, when the other puke said it couldn't be done. :roll: :twisted:
One of my favorite examples. I go into GC to pick up a pair of DJ cables - 1/4\", balanced. They don't look to be anywhere on the shelf. The following conversation ensues.
(For reference, this is what I want: http://tinyurl.com/bfa9vo )
\"Can I help you, sir?\"
\"Yes, I'm looking for a balanced stereo 1/4\" cable.\"
\"Oh, here it is right in front of you\" (hands me a balanced 1/4\" cable)
\"That's great, but I need it to have two ends... y'know, stereo.\"
\"That is stereo, see it has a tip and a ring.\"
\"But that makes it unbalanced. I need balanced stereo... two cables.\"
\"You don't need two cables, because this is already stereo, and it's still balanced because it carries ground.\" (points to sleeve)
[At this point, Ilia experiences an inner fury of magnitudes that Alice from Dilbert may never know.]
[....zen.....happy place....breathe deep....]
\"Nah, dude... a balanced 1/4\" line carries two of the same signal... cause y'know, there's a differential input and output on the s**t you're connecting to each other.\" (my spoken expression is a lot less refined than the written/typed)
[Blank stare.]
\"Alright, look. Forget what I said. I need two stereo cables like the one you got in your hand, but attached to each other, like this one here.\" (showing him a DJ cable with different connector)
\"Lemme see what we got in the back.\"
[Goes to talk to the manager.]
I didn't even wait for him.