Why do you need to go into a marine supply store?

The West Marine Portland is quite good but there is a better and
cheaper store called Hamilton Marine down on the waterfront. Locally
owned and more oriented to commercial vessels but good selection of
sailboat stuff. I only go to WM when I can't find what I need at
Hamilton.

The store you were in does sound weird though. Which one is it so we
can avoid it?

Oops, I forgot, revealing which city you are in might open you up to
identity theft and abduction by aliens

--

Roger Long



"Thomas Wentworth" wrote in message
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Yesterday afternoon I stopped at a West Marine Store .. have you
been to one of these stores lately? The help ( wait,, I just typed
"help" ,, there want no "help" ) walk around with ear plugs, talking
into a mike as if they were police at a crime scene. And what do
they say to each other?

"John, do we carry anchors"? ... "John, what is a GPS"? .....
"John, there is a guy here looking for a piece of hardware, what is
hardware"?


I kid you not. It is laugh a minute nuts.

But the best part is the check-out lady. She carries on a
conversation with herself as she tries to figure out how to ring up
sales.

"Come on computer, I know this is right, it didn't do this
yesterday, what am I doing wrong ,,, please swipe your card again
and again and again ,, where did you find that thing ,,, I hope
they turn off the GPS that is talking to me ,,, oh well, do you have
cash".

I asked one clerk to show me a GPS handheld unit. He was busy
talking into the secret microphone. Then he looked up and said "I
don't know anything about these things, and John is busy trying to
turn off the security alarm so it might be awhile before you get any
help".

HELP?

West Marine ,,, pass at your own risk