4 Jun
2010
4 Jun
'10
10:53 a.m.
On 04/06/10 00:36, Fred Cisin wrote:
I learnt mean years ago that the correct answer to a Maplin (or Radio
Shack, back whenwhe had such shops over here) employee asking 'can I help
you ' was 'No'. :-)
-tony
Ever ask a Fry's employee for a serial
printer cable?
No, but I've asked a Maplins employee for a Y-cable to split a 5.25"
floppy drive power connector into a 5.25" and a 3.5" connector.
"Durrrrh, I don't think they make those, it'd, like, overload your power
supply."
"They're a standard part, and you list them on your website."
"That must be one of our competitors' websites, like, trying to pass
themselves off as us and, like, confuse our customers..."
I had a walk around and found a Y-cable, and the "Computer Department
Sales Expert" was still wittering on about how my PSU was going to blow
up... Idiot.