"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


Its been said that the majority of people who respond to online talk shows
are people who have something to complain about. Happy people just sit back
and relax.
So here is a good news story about West Marine. A few years ago I purchased
a Xantrex 20 amp charger from them (it was Statpower in those days). I used
it one season. Next summer it works for 1 month and quits. I take it back
to them and they say they will get it checked out. Well it took a couple of
weeks but they gave me a brand new charger, an updated version.