Similar to car salesmen I guess then ;-)
James
Ps - was roasting in work today!
Steve Cook wrote:
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> They will tell you which ones you
> are supposed to encourage the customer to buy.
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Sean Miller wrote:
> Yes, you're right James... that's why I haven't criticised the staff
> in my post above. If we want them to be consultants then companies
> like John Lewis have to train them to be open minded, but I don't
> think the folks who fo
Maybe they thought my friend was a yob for wearing tracksuit trousers.
He is actually a magistrate and a very sensible person.
So maybe we all need to wear dinner jackets, not. I think most
restaurants welcome any business they can get.
David
Sean Miller wrote:
> I shall ponder that through t
I can't believe your friend got thrown out for wearing full length
trousers. Like you said - do they want to make money?
James
On 30 May 2009, at 11:19, Sean Miller wrote:
> I shall ponder that through the day.
>
> Only time I've been refused entry to a restaurant was for wearing
> shorts.
I shall ponder that through the day.
Only time I've been refused entry to a restaurant was for wearing shorts.
One does wonder why these rules exist.
How does another customer wearing tracksuit bottoms offend others???
Should we all be in dinner jackets?
Sean
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PC World staff are sometimes the worst, they often do not have a clue
about anything beyond the written tech specs on the packaging of anything.
If you want to know about a product, if it works with linux, you really
have to google it first before going to the shop, as salespeople are
generally
James Milligan (Lake54) wrote:
> Haha - ain't it great when people don't quite know what they're
> talking about (like me sometimes!). At least when a customer asks me
> something, I'm stupid enough to say I don't know, then look it up on
> Google :S better safe than sorry though..
That's the one
Yes, you're right James... that's why I haven't criticised the staff
in my post above. If we want them to be consultants then companies
like John Lewis have to train them to be open minded, but I don't
think the folks who form corporate strategy can see the difference
between selling a dishwasher
Haha - ain't it great when people don't quite know what they're talking about
(like me sometimes!). At least when a customer asks me something, I'm stupid
enough to say I don't know, then look it up on Google :S better safe than sorry
though...
A quick small story as well - a few weeks back som
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On 05/27/09 16:48, Sean Miller wrote:
> Yes, I'd be interested to hear the reply.
>
> I have very little time for salespeople at these places... they only
> know what they're taught, they're not expected by their employers to
> be experts simply to se
Yes, I'd be interested to hear the reply.
I have very little time for salespeople at these places... they only
know what they're taught, they're not expected by their employers to
be experts simply to sell whatever is on offer on the shelves... I
remember once going to PCWorld to try to buy a CD-R
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On 05/27/09 14:49, alan c wrote:
> Below is an copy (with permission and with identity removed) of a
> letter of complaint from a pensioner friend to the department store
> where she had attempted to buy a webcam. For Ubuntu. The high handed
> way the
Below is an copy (with permission and with identity removed) of a
letter of complaint from a pensioner friend to the department store
where she had attempted to buy a webcam. For Ubuntu. The high handed
way the staff member acted has prompted a formal response from my
friend, who, (until now) has b
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