Amethyst
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There is/was a RS in our local mall (mall morbidity would make another thread). We used to go there for batteries and whatnot. We were dumb, and trusted the person behind the counter for advice on what to buy.
Well, four years ago I went there to get batteries for something, and the 2 young employees "on duty" could not be bothered to interrupt their personal conversation to help me. Being me, I interrupted them anyway, and then they pretended to be unable to help me decide which battery to buy. (Or, maybe, they were just as ignorant as I was?) So I went home and eventually found what I needed online. It was at that moment that I decided that RS must be on its way out. I'm only surprised it's taken this long.
By contrast, it p***** me off that our local Expo, which had the best employees in the world and was actually making a profit, had to go down the tubes when the Expo chain crashed just in time for Christmas, 2008. I especially miss that sparkling lamp department, staffed by a guy who knew everything about lighting and loved to share his knowledge. But I digress.
Amethyst
Well, four years ago I went there to get batteries for something, and the 2 young employees "on duty" could not be bothered to interrupt their personal conversation to help me. Being me, I interrupted them anyway, and then they pretended to be unable to help me decide which battery to buy. (Or, maybe, they were just as ignorant as I was?) So I went home and eventually found what I needed online. It was at that moment that I decided that RS must be on its way out. I'm only surprised it's taken this long.
By contrast, it p***** me off that our local Expo, which had the best employees in the world and was actually making a profit, had to go down the tubes when the Expo chain crashed just in time for Christmas, 2008. I especially miss that sparkling lamp department, staffed by a guy who knew everything about lighting and loved to share his knowledge. But I digress.
Amethyst