People,
So Monday was one of Guitar Center's annual huge-ass everything must go sales. It was also the day I was supposed to make approximately a billion dollars and ended up making about 70. It seems that with gas prices where they are, plus Rochester's dismal economy, picking up that rackmount effects unit isn't of paramount importance. Oh well.
It wouldn't have been so bad if I didn't have to have conversations like this one, which I will repeat here verbatim.
Customer: Hey, you guys having a big sale today?
Me (happily ignoring that this dude is disregarding about nine million "we're having a huge sale!" signs): Yes sir.
Customer: Hmmmmmm
Me: Anything I can help you with?
Customer: I guess I need a pick.
Me: OK, how many?
Customer: Just one. How much is that?
Me: Thirty-five cents.
Customer: Wait, that's what it costs all the time!
Me: Um, yeah.....
Customer: I thought this was a sale!
Me: Well, the sale is on things like guitars and amps and drums and...well, things that cost more than thirty-five cents.
Customer: That's ridiculous. You shouldn't say you're having a sale if you're not.
Me (deciding to let my fury fly, I reached into my pocket and slammed thirty-five cents on the counter): Wow! Look! It's free pick day! Who's the big winner?
Then I walked away. Of course, I never really rang up the sale, so him taking the pick was technically stealing. I think I'll have him banned from the store.
Anyway, thanks for reading. While you're here, enter the "how long will Joe last at this job" sweepstakes.
I predict Joe will be fired 8 days from now. Reason: For bludgeoning a 15 year old boy who plays Boulevard Of Broken Dreams on a $399 Mexican Strat, over and over and over . . .
Good Luck Guitar Center, you've hired a ticking time-bomb.
I predict he'll quickly be made assistant manager and his co-workers will get him a cake on his birthday.
this reminds me of when i used to work at a store called "music 4 less" that sold cd and tapes basically at the same price, sometimes even higher than all the other places. people would come in a pull the "why are you called music 4 less if things aren't really for less?", chuckling of course. i'd tell them i didn't name the place, or set the prices, and then sent them on their way.
i was there for 2yrs. i hope you don't last that long.
