Comments | houseboi: Apple-cheeked and Chick-fil-A'ed

houseboi

Apple-cheeked and Chick-fil-A'ed

Mar 26, 2007 08:31

I'm not dead yet ( Read more... )

Comments 4

lilbjorn March 26 2007, 13:31:48 UTC

This is exactly why I've avoided any position that requires me to deal directly with the public.

Welcome back!

houseboi March 31 2007, 12:17:53 UTC

Thanks! :-D

sekhmets_song March 30 2007, 00:36:19 UTC

I was wondering if we had lost you forever into the abyss of domestic bliss. Good to see you.

And, yeah. People....
I spent my winter working hours demoing the new MP3 player offered by the Enormous Korean Concern to the unwashed masses at the Best Buy:
Are you in the market for an MP3 player, today, sir?
"No. I want an iPod."
Okay, I can only help you with the Enormous Korean Concern's products. But, the iPods are down there on the end, and I will get a Best Buy employee to help you with them.
"No. I don't want one of those. I don't like the way they work."
Okay. Well, there are other options in MP3 players...."
"No, I told you. I don't want an MP3 player. I want an iPod."
Um, those are the iPods.
"I don't like those. Aren't there any other brands of iPods?"
Um, no.
"Yes, there are. What about those?"
Those are MP3 players, yes, but they are not iPods.
"I told you. I don't want an MP3 player. I want an iPodAt which point, I begin to impale myself through the ocular cavity with the nearest cell phone display unit, preferring the ( ... )

houseboi March 31 2007, 12:19:53 UTC

Yes, you've pretty much summed up the Public Sales Experience. I'm so glad that I've been promoted to Creative. This means that I get to work with customers in one-on-one training sessions. They learn that way. Well, assuming they can unscrew the cell phone's earpiece for five damn minutes.