i'll fucking kill you

  • discontinuuity [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I used to work at a big-box retail store. For Black Friday one year they pulled me out of my normal department and put me in electronics. A customer asked which HDMI cable he should buy, and I told him "the cheaper one, there's no difference." Fuck profits

    • SkolShakedown [he/him, any]
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      4 years ago

      there actually is a difference, the cheaper one is often more durable. the expensive ones are made to break.

      • discontinuuity [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Iirc the more expensive one was Monster brand which are like 90% marketing 10% quality

    • MarxGuns [comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      I got a job at Best Buy over the summer a few years ago. This is one of my pet peeves and during sales training the trainer asked me to mock sell HDMI cables to another new hire. I started essentially saying that there is no difference and the trainer stopped me from telling the mock customer to buy cables from Monoprice. I was pretty sure I'd just lost my job after a day or two of the training. I somehow got past that and worked there over the summer. I suppose it helped that I was going to be working in the Geek Squad instead of a floor sales person.