McDonalds apperently don't sell McDonalds, fucking kids (1744 hits)
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Submitted by Walrus_King <jamespeddle.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2005-03-17 11:24:02 EST
I fix computers.... I fix computers and I fucking hate them. It seems all of my life I'm destined to be some bloke that sits there fixing computers. Ok not strictly true, I'm in IT management which means I don't tend to have to fix computers anymore unless it's for a friend or a little bit of cash on the side.
The other day a friend of mine realised that he had ran out of Hard Drive space, being that he only had a 6gig drive in his antique I figured that it would probably be best to upgrade his drive rather than try and save him some space. Please bear in mind that this machine runs AOL, XP, Autocad, office 2003 and tonnes of other shit. Basically when you've got the software on there isn't any room for files.
I picked up an 80gig drive, this would normally be easy except my little computer shop has all the stuff in the back room, you walk into what appears to be a confession booth and ask the priest.... I mean the mother fucker behind the counter for your goods. It also has one of those names which suggests that they sell every computer part under the sun... Guess what. It doesn't, in fact I would go as far to say that they are rather poorly stocked.
I walk in and survey the fresh out of school kid behind the counter.
"Good morning I would like an 80 Gigabyte IDE hard drive." I said whilst trying to hide the fact that I would rather be buying computer parts from Hannibal the Cannibal.
"Certainly" He walks out to the back room and comes back with a box, I look at it, the stupid kids gone and got the wrong fucking drive. Fuck I hate this shop; I suppose it's my fault for not going to a better one. I to him;
"erm... this is a Serial ATA drive I need an ATA133 IDE drive"
"Oh... why don't you have a serial ATA drive instead, their things move faster"
"You mean the data transfer rate is faster, and no the mother board I'm installing it onto doesn't support serial ATA."
"Ok then, why don't you buy a serial ATA card things"
I stared at him for a while to see if he was actually trying to be a salesman or if he was just too fucking lazy to go out to the back room and get me a drive. I said
"What you mean a PCI Card?"
"Yeah one of those things" At this he gesticulates wildly with his hands, I've clenched my hand into a fist and I'm about to gesticulate I decide against this action and tell him.
"I know that serial ATA is faster than ATA133 but I do not need one, there is a perfectly good IDE connector available which I can use as the IDE channel is only running one drive at the moment."
"Oh okay" he says and wonders off.
I swear these places do it on purpose, they have a competition with some other little pimply faced youth in the back room to see how long they can keep a customer standing around in the broom cupboard of a shop front for without actually selling them anything. Fuck I hate those fuckers.
He then brings me the correct drive and I hand over £34 and go off to install the drive. I open up the machine and realise that the IDE cable only has 2 connectors on it, one for the motherboard and the other for a drive. Ok no worries there I'll just pop home and grab one of my spares from my huge box of computer parts.
I get home and I can't believe it, I have none left, these things happen, my mistake and all. To be fair I have installed so many drives on machines that only originally had a 2 way IDE cable that I would have slowly used them all up. So I go back to my favourite shop of the day.
"Oh hello again, did you decide to buy the serial ATA after all" The fucking kid grins at me.
"Erm... no, the machine I'm upgrading only has a 2 way IDE cable on it, can you grab me a 3 way please?" He fucks off again and leaves me standing in the room. I start to think about what would happen if they had more than one customer and it rained, any other custom would surely walk off rather than stand in the rain. Then I start to think about how a store like this would be perfect to sell drugs and smuggled fags from.
"Hello I would like to buy a computer case, a keyboard 400 Benson and hedges and a Henry of your finest green please"
"Certainly sir that will be £110 please"
I'm brought back from my imagination by the kid;
"I'm sorry we don't have any of those cables, we just don't stock them" He said
"How can you be called computer world* if you don't sell IDE cables for christs sake?"
And then he said it, a reply that I don't think I'm ever going to forget.
"Well McDonalds don't sell McDonalds, they sell burgers and milkshakes and things" He then fucking grinned at me.
There you have it ladies and gentlemen, McDonalds apparently don't actually sell McDonalds.
"I bet you thought that was a really witty retort didn't you, McDonalds don't actually sell a product named McDonalds. The actual store name is Raiders burgers limited. McDonalds is just the franchise name, what's more they sell McDonalds products. I digress, you don't sell the part I want when I've just spotted one right there" I said pointing to the aforementioned IDE cable.
"Oh okay then," He say's gloomily
"that'll be £3.99"
I hand him the money, walking out of the store I see a computers for dummies book. I take it off the shelf and throw it to him.
"Here read this you might learn a thing or two!" I say as I walk out of the door.
Fucking kids.
User Reviews
Submitted by Shroom (user info) at 2005-03-18 22:32:53 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Walrus_King, I sympathize...
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-03-17 16:48:15 (#)
Ranking: 2
Dude, that is NOTHING!
Here in California, we have FRY'S...FRY's is ENORMOUS, navigating through it is like wading thru the depths of hell...
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Ugh! FUCK FRY'S! I fucking hate them. They look cool with all their decorations and shit, but that's all that they are: decorations and shit. They know shit about computers and the stuff they seel is cheap and shitty quality.
Submitted by williamson (user info) at 2005-03-17 17:00:31 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
He's a little prick. He would have outsmarted me though. Computers are not my forte.
Submitted by Professional_Peon (user info) at 2005-03-17 17:00:16 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
And to answer your question.....
Yes, we do fuck with you on purpose. It is the only joy in working retail.
Submitted by nrduncan (user info) at 2005-03-17 16:59:31 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-03-17 16:48:15 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Dude, that is NOTHING!
Here in California, we have FRY'S...FRY's is ENORMOUS, navigating through it is like wading thru the depths of hell...
Submitted by Walrus_King (user info) at 2005-03-17 12:38:12 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I can't belive I spelt apparently wrong in the fucking title!
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2005-03-17 12:25:08 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Gee, this reminds me of every experience I've ever had with *my* local computer stores.
Online shopping is so much easier, and the cgi-bin salesman never argues with me.
Submitted by kai070169 (user info) at 2005-03-17 12:23:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
rdrr
Submitted by Munchkin (user info) at 2005-03-17 12:17:57 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Heheh... been there, done that, tried to buy the t-shirt but that feckin kid wouldn't let me, so I beat him to death and got in anyway... happy dayz
Submitted by Jo_of_the_golden_P (user info) at 2005-03-17 12:12:09 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Haha it's funny because you're English
Submitted by wardy (user info) at 2005-03-17 12:11:11 EST (#)
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sat, pertricks daty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2005-03-17 11:59:36 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I feel your pain and I am sorry!
Submitted by RamJetMax (user info) at 2005-03-17 11:59:30 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2005-03-17 11:56:01 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
ownage
Submitted by MichaelJackson (user info) at 2005-03-17 11:52:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by hobbs (user info) at 2005-03-17 11:47:01 (#)
Ranking: 2
You made my balls feel bigger.
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That is an awesome title for a new song! Shamone! I am going to get Quincy on the phone right now! Michael Jackson: 1 - Your royalties: 0
Submitted by hobbs (user info) at 2005-03-17 11:47:01 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
You made my balls feel bigger.
Submitted by Walrus_King (user info) at 2005-03-17 11:46:25 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
precision - the more people I meet the more I like my cats. I think most people get into computing for 2 reasons, 1 is that it was their hobby and they were naturally good at it. 2 is that someone told them it was where all the money is.
1. When you making computing (your previous hobby) your job it ruins the hobby for you and turns you twisted and into hating all computers
2. That person my friend was a lying scum-bag
Submitted by MichaelJackson (user info) at 2005-03-17 11:44:40 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I used to have a McDonalds at Neverland - but I'm not allowed to go there anymore :(
Submitted by precision (user info) at 2005-03-17 11:43:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I feel your pain...I also am repair tech, and I also hate computers, come to think of it, people aren't real high on my list either.
Submitted by Envenom (user info) at 2005-03-17 11:42:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I shared similar frustration when I bought my new mothermoard a year or so ago and realized that my "upgraded" soundcard from my old Micron was IDE. Worthless piece of shit.
Submitted by the_lone_stranger (user info) at 2005-03-17 11:39:53 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I am also an IT manager.
I had a similar experience here while doing a secret shopper assignment at PC World. Local computer stores are overpriced and underknowledged.
Normally, I just get everything at Newegg.com. Newegg will get most orders to me by the next or second day.
Submitted by Affinity (user info) at 2005-03-17 11:39:26 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I would have destroyed him by making him eat coolant paste.
Or I might have just punched him in the balls
Submitted by Walrus_King (user info) at 2005-03-17 11:34:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Hey I'm not the one in the dark ages, the computer I was working on was. I would never have the computer myself.
Submitted by AwesomeJohnson (user info) at 2005-03-17 11:33:15 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
next time, burn him with a heatsink.
Submitted by Envenom (user info) at 2005-03-17 11:33:00 EST (#)
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Haha. You really ought to step out of the dark ages though.
Submitted by Walrus_King (user info) at 2005-03-17 11:30:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
oh yeah sorry I forgot...
Not all McDonalds are called Raiders, jsut our local one.. And I slightly cahgned the name.
Also this computer world is not in anyway associated with any computer world you've ever heard of or been to.