| Re: Performance bike opened a new store
>And then hired salespeople who appear to know nothing about cycling! WTF? I
>tried talking about the "virtues" of Cytomax vs. Endurox and drew completely
>blank stares. I asked about Camelbaks with the same result...but the kicker
>was when I went to talk socks. Socks! How can you not know about cycling
>socks?
OK, socks I understand. But I don't do Cytomax or Endurox, and couldn't
say much about camelbacks either. It's true that I'm not a real cyclist,
but I am a commuter and a tourist. There's more than one kind of cyclist.
>I can go to the shelf, pick up the product, and read the tag along with the
>best of them. That's not good enough for a prospective salesperson. This
>sort of product cluelessness does not exist at REI. Maybe I'm spoiled in my
>expectations....
Probably. They may have had to hire novices, in which case, you can let
someone else bring them up to speed.
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mac the naïf
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