RYDMOTO
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- Feb 16, 2001
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I saw this on one of the forums I frequent.I read it and was not going to say anything but the more it sat the more it bothered me.(Pissed me off!!!) It was one of those " I can't let this go by and say nothing" moments.I hope I did right by calling this guy out. His terminology was "Home Depot imbecile" discount and "Sears imbecile discount".
Originally Posted by Barometer View Post
I was buying fencing for my back yard, and the kid assigned to that area knew absolutely nothing about fencing, gardens, or anything for that matter. As I said, that pisses me off. Anyway, the metal posts were wrapped in tape in groups of six. Each post clearly had a price tag on it. I bought something like 42 of the posts. The 16-year old wands one of the posts, counts the number of bundles, multiplies the single price by seven, and gives me a total. I was ready to spend over $200, and the total only came to something like $40. I was going to be a nice guy but hey, I knew my dept. when I was his age, and if he didn't know the difference between a $200 sale and a $40 sale, so be it. So, I paid and left, smiling all the way. I saved over $150.
I actually have a "Sears Imbecile Discount" story, too. A while back, a friend of mine broke his Craftsman 1" drive torque wrench, a real monster, which at the time retailed for about $600. He brought it back to Sears, and the 16-year old high school girl gladly gave him a free replacement. As he was walking away, she said, "Sir, do you want your old one back?" He smiled slyly, said "How stupid of me, thank you," took it back, then went to the Sears in the next town and turned it in again for a second replacement. Classic.
My integrity would not allow me to do that.And there are all kinds of justifications none of which can compete with moral soundness.If you can sleep good at night you scare me.Calling a young kid who is naive and trying to show an act of kindness by giving back the torque an imbecile is reproachable.You gave this young kid good reason to be cynical of humanity.Hopefully there was an older MAN who schooled him or her that there are people out there who will take from you any way they can and smile while they do it but you young kid can live life in a higher plane.
Originally Posted by Barometer View Post
I was buying fencing for my back yard, and the kid assigned to that area knew absolutely nothing about fencing, gardens, or anything for that matter. As I said, that pisses me off. Anyway, the metal posts were wrapped in tape in groups of six. Each post clearly had a price tag on it. I bought something like 42 of the posts. The 16-year old wands one of the posts, counts the number of bundles, multiplies the single price by seven, and gives me a total. I was ready to spend over $200, and the total only came to something like $40. I was going to be a nice guy but hey, I knew my dept. when I was his age, and if he didn't know the difference between a $200 sale and a $40 sale, so be it. So, I paid and left, smiling all the way. I saved over $150.
I actually have a "Sears Imbecile Discount" story, too. A while back, a friend of mine broke his Craftsman 1" drive torque wrench, a real monster, which at the time retailed for about $600. He brought it back to Sears, and the 16-year old high school girl gladly gave him a free replacement. As he was walking away, she said, "Sir, do you want your old one back?" He smiled slyly, said "How stupid of me, thank you," took it back, then went to the Sears in the next town and turned it in again for a second replacement. Classic.
My integrity would not allow me to do that.And there are all kinds of justifications none of which can compete with moral soundness.If you can sleep good at night you scare me.Calling a young kid who is naive and trying to show an act of kindness by giving back the torque an imbecile is reproachable.You gave this young kid good reason to be cynical of humanity.Hopefully there was an older MAN who schooled him or her that there are people out there who will take from you any way they can and smile while they do it but you young kid can live life in a higher plane.