A message in another thread reminded me of a little fun I had in a Circuit City store. I thought I'd post it & see what fun others might have had (no illegal stuff of course.) A few years ago I was in a Circuit City store that I had visited a few times and was frustrated by the lack of staff. It wasn't that I needed advice - I needed a price since the geniuses that ran the place decided that no computer peripherals should ever have a price listed - you always had to find a staffer and they would look it up in their computers. This was an especially big pain since they had very few staff on the floor and they were often off in a corner. I went to the computers on display and selected the one with the biggest screen - a few clicks later the screen saver was a scrolling marque with large letters proclaiming "The service here SUCKS!" - And just for fun I put a password on the screen saver. A few days later I went back and someone was training several new staff and security software had been put on all the computers to prevent any changes to settings. I laughed all the way home.
You bad bad boy. I should talk. That one day where they had an alienware in the store, I just happened to have one of those generic keys that goes to almost all computer cases (all of those chieftec/chenming/etc ones). Wasn't in the store the next time I went in. Serves them right for having generic keys.
I think the door that has a lock on it probably covers the on/off switch when closed. Firehed (the rowdy rebel) locked the door so the machine couldn't be powered up after being shut down. I remember going to Dixons in Middlesbrough about ten years ago and changing a PC's screensaver to 'Buy an Amiga' and setting a password on it. The whole PC got swiftly replaced
I went into dixons and changed the desktop background of the computer to "do not buy this computer" then it turned out that computer was connected to about 12 monitors lol.
Agh, I truly hate any retail computer store, for one, 99% of the staff don't have a clue, most of their knowledge is 10 years out of date, I literally heard some guy in PC world tell someone that 'this hard drive is massive, you could probably store 1000000 documents on it", I thought that analogy went out in the 486 days? Besides, if you actually WANT to buy something off display, you have to trudge around for half an hour to find some spotty gimp to get it for you I do remember playing on an old compaq computer in dixons when i was about 10 which had windows 3.1 on it, and that terrible GUI that looked like a personal organiser, 'tabworks' I think it was called when some old guy came over (who wasn't a staffer) and said 'these things are not toys, go and find your mummy and daddy'. So i opened the marquee screensaver properties and typed 'This old guy is a pratt', clicked preview and walked off, I know it's sad but i was 10, I was laughing at the time
on the other hand, i like my local computer store, all the long term people know what they are talking about, and the manager/boss man gives me free stuff (like old cases , because its cheaper to give them to me for free, than pay to have them as industrial waste). however, they have a few new employees, who are as thick as two short planks, i walked in one day, and looked at a mobo that was on the shelf, and thought "hey thats not too bad a price" (no intention of buying it), and i go to the counter (all im after is 1 120mm fan), and this little twit starts trying to flog me a motherboard, which i explain i dont want. i then asked if they had an 120mm fans in stock, as there wernt any on display, and he explians "we dont sell 120mm fans, but we have some 12cm ones". the bad thing was that he was serious! so after managing to procure a 120mm fan (sorry 12cm ) i asked how much it would cost for them to install a wireless G pci card in my parents pc, as they wanted to keep the warrenty in tact. he explains that its simple to install, i reapeat again that i know how to install cards, but i will invalidate the warrenty. he then tells me that "a B card would be better because they are easier to install". huh? wtf? etc. needless to say, i bought a USB dongle from ebuyer instead, and went of with my 120mm fan feeling quite aggrovated. i have been back several times now, and i am pleased to say the little pratt is not there anymore
I did a few summer jobs in a used electronics store (we had computers aswell). The first thing I did was set a administrator password and made a demo-account (with limited access) on all computers. I aswell putted up "do not touch"-signs on all the computers and audio equipment. But every day at least 2/3 kids (teenagers, adults, old folks) were trying to mess with the system. The first few times you kindly ask them if they would please not touch the computers as it says on the bloody sign. But after a few hundres times you are sick of being friendly and you kick them out (refusing to sell them anything that they were holding and were going to buy). The worst, however, are those that mess with a 3000£ audio system (that is playing a cd). You are talking to a customer and suddenly somebody sets the volume (alot) higher, when it is cleary marked : do not touch. That always pissed me off, so out they go, no excuses. It's cleary they aren't buying anything, just wasting there time wandering around in my store. I have no problem with them wasting time (actually, I do) but for gods sake, keep your filthy paws of expensive equipment that you are not going to buy. Sorry for the little Rant but this just reminded me of a few idiots I had to kick out. (In conclusion, it's not smart/funny to change the passwords or screensavers) L PS: I know plenty of computer hardware and Tried very hard to talk people OUT of buying a 1200£ for emailing and surfing. Always tried helping people to get the best product for there specific needs and for the best price possible.
HAHAHA, I was laughing all through that post, That's pretty bad lol, not sure I could have refrained from smashing his brains all over the counter Did you not know that your not supposed to have a conscience when your a salesman? i got the sack once for talking someone down to a suitable model
A mate and I once ended up in comet where my brother worked, the computers were all fairly easy to get full access too, and once in, said friend promptly went about taking potshots at whichever registry keys he felt like deleting. I'd hate to have been the people who got any of the display models at that store. Course I'd never do anything bad, I'm a model citizen.
Hmm I have some free time today. Too bad the nearest computer stores like Best Buy and stuff that stock staff who know nothing is too far for biking and I don't feel like getting on a bus at the moment since I think the only bus that goes taht way can't carry my bike O well. I remember being somewhere were the sales person did the same thing as we don't sell 120mm fans but we stock 1.2 decameter fans if you like. Yikes people. O well as my history teacher says Drugz in Irvine... He was also the only health teacher until he retired just after this last year.
I don't usually go to computer stores, but I went to this massive one in Germany once (can't remember the name) and every single PC was completely open, and quite a few with huge widescreens. Unfortunately I had to go before I could **** them up.
gah whats even worse is the current pc world adverts, i hate them worse than the inept staff. this pc has core duo! it means you can download e-mails and upload photos! makes me want to go on a killing spree in some large pc world stores. i mean seriously its an advert, its ment to make people want to visit your store not think wow what idiots.
That pretty much sums this whole thread up for me. Who the hell do you guys think you are?! If you just thought for one second about what you were doing you would realise that the only people you are hurting are the guys that work in the shop who have to sort out all the problems you guys cause. This just reminds me of smashmyipod.com, stupid 12 year olds bothering people cuz they have nothing better to do. No one's impressed. Get a life. Sorry, rant over. AH
