I always got good help at my neighborhood Radio Shack in KC. I actually like RS because it is small and not as overwhelming as the big box stores like Best Buy.
Tell me more good stuff about me.
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quester - Aug 03, 2009 5:48:46 pm PDT #10842 of 25501
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
le nubian - Aug 03, 2009 6:01:54 pm PDT #10843 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I had a guy who was helping me say, "I'll be back" and then walked up to another customer and say "may I help you sir", and then proceeded to start another transaction.
This is the rudest shit ever.
meara - Aug 03, 2009 6:17:35 pm PDT #10844 of 25501
I had a guy who was helping me say, "I'll be back" and then walked up to another customer and say "may I help you sir", and then proceeded to start another transaction.
It's probably one of those corporate things where they're measured on how quickly each customer is helped when they walk into the store....but not on whether there's follow through, or each customer actually gets...HELP.
I think the last time I went to one was when I moved here to Seattle, and the apartment I was subletting had a tiny TV, but only to watch DVDs, so I went there (since there was a Radio Shack downtown, and big-box stores were not easily accessible) to buy rabbit ears, so I could watch TV.
Vortex - Aug 03, 2009 6:20:50 pm PDT #10845 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I had a guy who was helping me say, "I'll be back" and then walked up to another customer and say "may I help you sir", and then proceeded to start another transaction.
This is the rudest shit ever.
I'm sure that it is a surprise to no one that I said loudly "EXCUSE ME, BUT I HAVE NOT COMPLETED MY TRANSACTION"
Toddson - Aug 04, 2009 1:39:58 pm PDT #10846 of 25501
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Clearly, crisply, and with your take-no-prisoners tone, I assume.
Beverly - Aug 04, 2009 2:01:15 pm PDT #10847 of 25501
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Clearly, crisply, and with your take-no-prisoners tone, I assume.
I have been witness to this on two occasions. Makes my toes curl just to think about it.
What? Oh, right. No, I haven't a tech question. Don't get up, I'll go now.
Hil R. - Aug 05, 2009 12:33:16 pm PDT #10848 of 25501
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
The power cord for my laptop has a tear in the insulation, and the only way it works is if it's bent at a really particular angle. I'm pretty sure I can fix this with some electrical tape, but I don't have any electrical tape right now and I really don't feel like going out. I've got another power cord at my office, but I can't get it until tomorrow. How much am I risking fire if I just use the damaged one and keep an eye on it?
tommyrot - Aug 05, 2009 12:36:23 pm PDT #10849 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
How much am I risking fire if I just use the damaged one and keep an eye on it?
I'd just make sure the frayed part of the cable was not resting on anything flammable.
quester - Aug 05, 2009 1:35:59 pm PDT #10850 of 25501
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I'd just make sure the frayed part of the cable was not resting on anything flammable.
Or near any water.
Speaking of which, I managed to spill water into a Dish Network receiver this morning. I unplugged it and overturned it to get the water out and put a fan on it to dry it out.
But, there was a smell and a little puff of something. The satellite company told me to leave it unplugged for a day and try it again.
Do you think I have fried it?
My sister, who owns the house and pays the bills is out of town. Will she kill me? Stay tuned!
Hil R. - Aug 05, 2009 2:28:55 pm PDT #10851 of 25501
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
OK, well I got something kind of rigged together with Scotch tape, but this so isn't going to last. It'll only work if the cord is bent right where the insulation is frayed, so right now, I've got tape around the frayed insulation, and then the wire taped to the side of my computer to keep it bent the right way, but I think I'm going to have to either get a new power cord at home or start bringing my office one back and forth.