goin to CA soon, to be a CC tychoon

From: Fred N. van Kempen <waltje_at_pdp11.nl>
Date: Sun Jun 8 15:42:00 2003

On Sun, 8 Jun 2003, Brian Chase wrote:

> Some background for people who don't live on the U.S. west coast or
> in Arizona, apart from Fry's being a cheap electronics reseller of
> notorious repute, many (all?) or their stores have "themes."
Yup. The old building of the Sunnyvale store (their first) was
a giant chip :) The new one is kinda themeless, methinks.

> blast. The other ones I've visited are the ancient Roman themed one
> down around Fountain Valley in Orange County and the Tiki/island themed
> one near LAX.
Yeah, the Fountain Valley one is fun.. its just hard to find, hidden
away inbeween various semi-deserted commercial lots and old buildings...
took me a while to find it, but was a nice drive down the 405, soo..

> Aside from the sometimes interesting decor, I find being stuck in a
> Fry's to be a nauseating experience. You've got sales clerks
> incessantly chasing you around, asking if they can help you.
Look back at them in anger, works miracles. "DO NOT DISTURB me when I
am enjoying myself" seems to be what they get from that look ;)

> At least I
> think they're asking to help me; half the time it's hard to know what is
> being said.
Yeah, they're never selected on their english-speaking capabilities,
that's for sure. I once complained, and I got "yeah, well, he's not
from here, he's a foreigner." "Well, duh, so am I, so deal with it."

> Bleh.
Yes, and I find it amusing to wander between, sipping my coffee :)

--f
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