In article , Philip Pemberton <philpem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
In message <emJ2ELEobLB$Ewdg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Kennedy McEwen <rkm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Reminds me of an incident in Dixons which had a similar long term effect
on my shopping habits. After an affirmative response to the question of
whether they sold projector lamps I asked if they had a specific bulb
type by quoting the type number. The response was a classic "Oh, wot's
that mate, a ba'ery?" The last comments I ever made in a Dixon's store
included detailed instructions on removing wax from earholes!
*sigh*... That's happened to me all too many times. I once tried to order a
new battery for my Nokia mobile phone (cellphone to you Yanks ;) by quoting
Nokia's part number for said battery. BIG mistake... The droid "er...
umm..."ed a few times and finally asked... "What's that? A display panel or
something? You can't fit them yourself you know". I politely requested that
the droid visit a hearing specialist as he was obviously hard of hearing...
Then again, what can you expect from someone who was probably flipping
burgers in a certain massive fast-food chain not many weeks earlier? Hmm...
What really irritates me about the evolution of this type of droid store
is comparing it to my own youth when every one of the local photo shops,
even the local drug store, had staff who not only knew the equipment
they stocked but understood how and when it was best used and the
relative merits of one camera/lens/flash unit against the others. The
hours I used to spend at weekends poring over Exacta and Nikkormat
bodies and optics (pre-OM days of course) getting all of the wisdom from
a generation fed to me - when the OM-1 was launched it was obvious that
was the 35mm camera to aspire to. If I was growing up today I wouldn't
have a clue about what to buy or why anything was worth spending my
pocket money on! Then again, is any of it, these days?
--
Kennedy
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed.
Python Philosophers
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