Ignorant staff

jonnyburgo

I totally get the OPs point. If I go to a shop I want staff with good knowledge in their sphere of retail. If you go to a HIFI shop you want it to be staffed by HIFi nerds etc but they arent, they know just as much as people on the end of a phoneline to BT broadband know about broadband - fuck all.

stratman3142

randella

jonnyburgo said:

I totally get the OPs point. If I go to a shop I want staff with good knowledge in their sphere of retail. If you go to a HIFI shop you want it to be staffed by HIFi nerds etc but they arent, they know just as much as people on the end of a phoneline to BT broadband know about broadband - fuck all.

Specifically re. hi fi, I find the staff in Richer Sounds buck the trend, seem to know their products pretty well. 

Different thing, but Grainger Games' staff know their stuff too.

You can get knowledgeable and useless staff in any sphere really. I take the view that if I know what I want, there's no point the assistant knowing more than me; as long as they're pleasant I can just buy my thingydoodad and be on my merry way. If they don't know what they're on about and I do need advice, there's always another shop. 

fftc

People who are intelligent, articulate, able to retain information and convey it effectively, usually end up getting jobs that pay more than minimum wage.
You will get some enthusiasts who will work in a particular job well below their earning ability for the love of it or the lifestyle, but they are the exception and not the rule.
To expect anything else in a market driven world where service jobs have low wages and even lower public respect is a bit naive.

Dominic

Homebase,B and Q etc are the absolute worst for this

scrumhalf

fftc said:

People who are intelligent, articulate, able to retain information and convey it effectively, usually end up getting jobs that pay more than minimum wage.
You will get some enthusiasts who will work in a particular job well below their earning ability for the love of it or the lifestyle, but they are the exception and not the rule.
To expect anything else in a market driven world where service jobs have low wages and even lower public respect is a bit naive.

So if you consider that you're underpaid it entitles you to do a half-arsed job?

fftc

scrumhalf said:

fftc said:

People who are intelligent, articulate, able to retain information and convey it effectively, usually end up getting jobs that pay more than minimum wage.
You will get some enthusiasts who will work in a particular job well below their earning ability for the love of it or the lifestyle, but they are the exception and not the rule.
To expect anything else in a market driven world where service jobs have low wages and even lower public respect is a bit naive.

So if you consider that you're underpaid it entitles you to do a half-arsed job?

No. I believe, however unfashionable it may be, that if you are taking the money, you have to do the job. But there is a difference between doing a half arsed job and not knowing what a midi-thru box is. You are lucky if the guy in a music store knows one end of a guitar from the other if you only pay minimum wage.

Dominic said:

Homebase,B and Q etc are the absolute worst for this

B+Q are often quite good at employing older tradesmen who may have retired from plumbing say, but still want to work. Some of the knowledge base is very good, but it can be a bit hit and miss.

Maybe music stores should employ retired rock stars!

Dominic

Yeah and sex shops should employ ex Porn stars 

57Deluxe

You get this on Talk Radio too. A caller will ring/txt in to engage with a debate on xxx subject and the mouthy-piece-arrogant Host will be googling what they talking about and as if by magic suddenly become a moderating and moralistic 'expert' on something they otherwise knew fuck all about - Steve Allen on LBC is onesuch cnut

Sambostar

Remember folks working for free is a privilege.

CabbageCat

Dominic said:

Yeah and sex shops should employ ex Porn stars 

Oh man, there's gonna be tears when you learn that it's not just porn stars who get to have sex. 

Myranda

Which shop was it op? 

Do they have a lot of product lines or just one? 

Does the Midi specialist need a degree on Electronic Music Production, or does knowing a reasonable amount count as enough... 

I'm sure we can all go to a shop and ask very specialised questions on topics and outsmart a minimum wage drone in our own fields, but does that make them fools or us smug? 

TheBlueWolf

prowla said:

TheBlueWolf said:

So I'm just getting started for the days trade at my bakery when this nutter  walks in and starts blathering on about a MIDI Thru Box......

I want one and I've got the dough!

I see what you did there lol

Handsome_Chris

TheBlueWolf said:

prowla said:

TheBlueWolf said:

So I'm just getting started for the days trade at my bakery when this nutter  walks in and starts blathering on about a MIDI Thru Box......

I want one and I've got the dough!

I see what you did there lol

But does he kneed it?

Ravenous

Handsome_Chris said:

TheBlueWolf said:

prowla said:

TheBlueWolf said:

So I'm just getting started for the days trade at my bakery when this nutter  walks in and starts blathering on about a MIDI Thru Box......

I want one and I've got the dough!

I see what you did there lol

But does he kneed it?

Yet again, the forum Punster rises to the occasion.

Handsome_Chris

@Ravenous , I thank you, sir.  I was just using my loaf.

ESBlonde

Anyway you slice it, thats a crusty response. I'm suprised I've risen to the bait.

scrumhalf

Handsome_Chris said:

@Ravenous , I thank you, sir.  I was just using my loaf.

Just this once, mind.

Do it again and you'll be toast.

Handsome_Chris

I'll stop now. It's the yeast I can do.

Handsome_Chris

Oh come on guys, I'm on a roll!