Ah, Best Buy, You Are My Comedy Central

[elfs]

I went to Best Buy to price some backup storage, since there are those new ~500MB USB-only drives out there. The guy who decided that a backup drive should be the exact same size and shape as a Moleskin deserves a freakin' Clio for that kind a brilliance.

As I was looking at the selection, a blue-shirted salesdude, older than the average, leaned over said, "Do you need any help?"

I picked up the model I was looking at, a Seagate, and said, "What does this work with?"

"That works with everything." He smiled as if there were a joke hidden somewhere in his reply.

"So, does it work with Ubuntu?"

He said, "Is that for Windows or Mac?"

I sighed. "It's neither. It's an operating system."

"Oh. I don't know."

At least he didn't say, "I doubt it" or something. I put the drive back.

Comments

[yamazakikun.livejournal.com]

Same MediaMarkt as in Germany? Didn't think they were quire as bad as BB, but I'm trained to not waste my time trying to get any useful information out of salesdroids.

[bbw-seska.livejournal.com]

I checked mediamarkt.de and yup it's the same chain apparently.
It's untrained monkeys anyway in these stores.
Then again, the last time I went to a 'specialist' store I also got help from a salesdroid (like the term) that couldn't tell the difference between a normal UTP cable and a Crosscable...

[yamazakikun.livejournal.com]

Your mistake was attempting to buy a network cable at retail in the first place... €1/m (or less) on the Internet, or €10/m (or more) at retail, your choice. Not quite as obscene as HDMI prices -- even Staples is screwy there.

I keep a stockpile of HDMI, Ethernet, and power cables so that I'm never in danger of needing to buy one locally.

[bbw-seska.livejournal.com]

Well, when in a pinch I buy where I can ;)
I actually rather just have the spool and add connectors so that it's easier to customize length. Just couldn't find the spool after I moved lol.