I hate Radio Shack

From: Chuck Dickman <chd_1_at_nktelco.net>
Date: Fri Jun 7 17:11:09 2002

Cameron Kaiser wrote:
> Best blank stare from a salesdroid was obtained by a friend of mine at a
> CompUSA, who (legimately, he wasn't trying to be difficult) walked in and
> asked for a DE-15 breakout kit to make up a serial cable. The salesdroid
> sank deep in thought and his brow furrowed deeply for a good fifteen seconds,
> during which a junior saleslarva came up, which he waved off with a finger,
> and continued to pontificate for another thirty seconds longer, after which
> he came to a sudden internal conclusion, looked up, and said, "No."

Your friends mistake was thinking that CompUSA would have such a thing in the
first place. Chains stock what they can sell at a high volume and NOTHING else.

Check out WalMart. It killed the local hardware store, but try and get any
hardware from there.

-chuck
Received on Fri Jun 07 2002 - 17:11:09 BST