Tales From Work.
<div class="IPBDescription">Bored ftw.</div> Well, as some of you know, I work part time at RadioShack. Which while it being a nice break from the montony of continously doing work at home, and gets me out... sometimes.
I swear I do not understand the average mentality of the public.
No names because I didn't know his name, but this encounted just occurred, not five minutes ago.
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Misti(Me): Hi sir, something I can help you with?
Customer(Him): Yes, do you have video cameras?
M: Yes we do, which kind are you looking for, web camera or security camera?
C: For a laptop.
M: *Walks over to our web cam section (Only have about three types, and they are not your uber leet ones, I would assume he knows this since the prices are clearly displayed on the shelf. All are under $50.) These are our webcameras.
C: No, do you have real cameras?
M: Define real cameras for me please?
C: You know the larger ones?
M: Like security cameras?
C: Yes, that is what I am looking for.
M: *Walks over to security section and points out the security cameras* This will work, however you will need this adapter to plug into the USB Port on your Laptop to be able to capture the video, of course you will need software in addition to the adapter. *Points to adapter*
C: Do you any that just plug into a laptop?
M: A security camera that plugs into a laptop directly?
C: Yes.
M: Well, I do have the wireless network monitoring system, that uses your current wireless network to capture video and broadcast it to a secured webpage.
C: How much is that?
M: $179.99 *Shows him the package*
C: No I only want to spend about $40 dollars.
M: I'm sorry, I don't have a solution for you then sir, it costs a little more to do what you are asking then $40.
C: What a waste of time. *Walks out*
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Did I miss something during that little conversation?
*Looks confused*
Help me NS forums.
I swear I do not understand the average mentality of the public.
No names because I didn't know his name, but this encounted just occurred, not five minutes ago.
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Misti(Me): Hi sir, something I can help you with?
Customer(Him): Yes, do you have video cameras?
M: Yes we do, which kind are you looking for, web camera or security camera?
C: For a laptop.
M: *Walks over to our web cam section (Only have about three types, and they are not your uber leet ones, I would assume he knows this since the prices are clearly displayed on the shelf. All are under $50.) These are our webcameras.
C: No, do you have real cameras?
M: Define real cameras for me please?
C: You know the larger ones?
M: Like security cameras?
C: Yes, that is what I am looking for.
M: *Walks over to security section and points out the security cameras* This will work, however you will need this adapter to plug into the USB Port on your Laptop to be able to capture the video, of course you will need software in addition to the adapter. *Points to adapter*
C: Do you any that just plug into a laptop?
M: A security camera that plugs into a laptop directly?
C: Yes.
M: Well, I do have the wireless network monitoring system, that uses your current wireless network to capture video and broadcast it to a secured webpage.
C: How much is that?
M: $179.99 *Shows him the package*
C: No I only want to spend about $40 dollars.
M: I'm sorry, I don't have a solution for you then sir, it costs a little more to do what you are asking then $40.
C: What a waste of time. *Walks out*
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Did I miss something during that little conversation?
*Looks confused*
Help me NS forums.
Comments
The customer is always right, so they say. This customer however was like, way left.
So left, you could even call him a communist.
Yeah, people are a little odd when it comes to purchasing technology.
the one with concentrated satan in it.
Oh, no, that <i>that</i> problem. Just the hardware one.
I've tried searching online, but I can not for the life of me find anything that is that low, that isn't a web camera.
I'm sure you would enjoy your job more if you could point out to customers when they have become the vast majority of the public, but in most places, your trying to sell products not make people feel dumb.
Seems pretty retarded though, "I would like to buy a high performance computer" Well how about this one, its only $1500, "Oh no, I was looking for something more in the $80 pricerange", *to self* f****** moron....
Otherwise, ive seen cameras for about 40 bucks, they just arent color and arent anything close to computer compatable (unless you have a tv tuner).
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Dell HP
Dimension 2400 Pavilion a809rs
$298 $699.99
After $75 Mail-in Rebate Fifty Dollar mail in rebate
Intel® Celeron®(2.40GHz, 400 FSB) Intel Celeron (2.93Ghz, 533FSB)
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition Windows XP Home Edition SP2
256MB DDR SDRAM at 400MHz 512MB PC2700(333?) DDR RAM
40GB6 Ultra ATA/100 7200RPM Hard Drive 80GB 7200RPM Ultra DMA
17 inch E773 Conventional CRT 17 inch Flat panel 25ms response
Single Drive: 48X CD-ROM Drive 48X CDRW/ DVD +-RW 8X Double Layer
Office Productivity Software Microsoft® Works 8
Corel Word Perfect Microsoft® Office XP Pro (60 day trial)
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I know Dell isn't the greatest but why to people insist that computers should less then $400 if they want something even half decent? <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
My computer in design, of course, being a Ferarri Enzo.
Rawr. Most stupid people atleast understand vehicular comparisons.
Edit: a used, old, beat-up, chewed-up-interior chevy caprice. That smells like weed.
Cyn, trying not to invoke the wrath of the Daughter of the Night, but a watery HP Celeron system is hardly what I would call reasonable, but then again, not everyone wants a ninja gamers system like we do ^_^, no discernable graphics solution, yet they bundle a 17" TFT, which will run at a native 1280x1024, but will never actually reach its native, as the sluggish onboard graphics that HP use will choke and die at that kind of resolution.
Even on the DX9 tests...
It's beyond me why companies do 17" TFT's for gamers, yet provide a sloppy graphics solution. My kind of system will run a 17" TFT, in HL2, at native, at around 90fps (Like mine does now! ^_^)
It's beyond me why companies do 17" TFT's for gamers, yet provide a sloppy graphics solution. My kind of system will run a 17" TFT, in HL2, at native, at around 90fps (Like mine does now! ^_^) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Patch, you should blatenly make your own brand of built PC's
Call them Patchware or something.
Damn that names catchy.
I know the HP isn't "hawt" nor is it "fast", but it will do what they want better then the dell, not to mention the flat screen (which I would NOT use for gaming).
I did forget to mention the graphics controller, of course it is on board, as the one with the dell is too, and like the dell it isn't expandable, but it is 128MB instead of the 64 on the dell. (The ram and the HD are what is amusing personally.)
@Patch: TVR Speed 12: 1999 800HP 8.1L V12 Naturally aspirated, 0-60 2.5 Seconds, Top end 220 Estimated. $#125,000 retail at the time. Yeah, I want one too. :-)
@Omegaman: He specifically said VIDEO CAMERA.
I didn't mince any words nor did I change any of them, I wrote it verbatim, as it was extremely recent in my memory, which is why I said "not five minutes ago". <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
On my way back to school from lunch, a person asked me where the train station was.
But here's the stupid part....We were ALREADY in the station. The ticket booth and signs were all over and the person STILL didn't know where she was.
Oh, and the train station in question also acts as a subway if anyone was wondering why I had to walk through it.
What a waste of (MY SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT) time.
*Walks out.*
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You haven't lived until you've been forced to put shoes on the diseased and fungus infected foot of an 80 year old man Cyndane, you got nothing on me.
Have you been accused, in all seriousness, of flirting with a 40 year old woman by another 40 year old woman?
When you obviously were <i>not</i>?
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Considering you are female, if this has happened to you, providing pictures would be... most... appreciated...
stop complaining
My job entails:<ul><li>Sitting in a Dark, Dank, Smelly Lockerroom(not kidding)</li><li>Filling Various Odd-Smelling Bathroom Liquid Containers with specific Liquid</li><li>Dealing With Idiots who Forgot their Lock or lost the key</li><li>Staring at Old(i.e., over 55), Fat(i.e., over 325), Stupid(i.e., IQ below 80), hairy(i.e., fur carpet), Naked Men all Day</li><li>Being Yelled at by a Illegal Immigrant to "Clean the Fans"/"Pick up the Towels"/"Clean the Counters"</li><li>Being Yelled at by Customers to "Cut this Lock", "Go to someone before cutting lock", "Open this so I can get/steal this stuff"</li><li>Not Exit Said Lockerroom for 6 Hours straight(breaks must be in the room)</li><li>Only getting to read books deemed 'appropriate'- aka, no books, just the paper. And even then, nothing political/scientific/local/anythingbutsports</li></ul>
Start complaining. Yes, I come home smelling. Yes I deal with trash too. Yes I don't get to see or hear female for 7 and a half hours straight. Yes, the weight machine is right next to where I sit, and a rumor has indeed gone around about losing a lot of 'gaseous' weight.
....go shove it
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I'll try and find time for it in my busy schedule.
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This man deserves a medal of some kind.
I would have given almost anything to be the one to deliver that <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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