[kj] Peter West Goes Disc Shopping...

[Leigh Newton]

That is the fucking worst. It's hard to tell though if
it's because the customer service person is stupid or
if it's because they are so used to dealing with
stupid customers who don't even bother to look for the
item themselves to begin with. 

--- "peter.west410" <peter.west410 at ntlworld.com>
wrote:

> 
> I usually go to look in the *K* section , look for
> Killing Joke section,
> look for the album, find it's not there and then go
> and ask the assistant
> "Have you got the new killing joke album", she says
> "come with me", and we
> both walk over to exactly where I ve just come from
> and then SHE starts
> looking for the *K* section!!!!!! I say "What are
> you doing? ", She
> says"Looking for the new Killing Joke album" !!!!! I
> say loudly    " It's
> not there !!!!", THATS WHY I CAME TO ASK
> YOU!!!!!!!!!
> And she says nonchantly "If it's not on the shelf,
> then we haven't got it",
> and I Say "WHY DID NT YOU TELL ME THAT, WHEN WE WERE
> STANDING OVER THERE"?.
>   I Just hate dealing with people.
> 
>     PW
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alex Smith" <vassifer at earthlink.net>
> To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the
> band!)"
> <gathering at misera.net>; "A list about all things
> Killing Joke (the band!)"
> <gathering at misera.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 9:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [kj] Peter West Goes Disc Shopping...
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > I don't mind, really. I mean, I'll grant you that
> it *can* be tiresome
> sometimes. My biggest pet peeve is the following
> scenario:
> >
> > Alex: Excuse me, do you have the new Killing Joke
> disc?
> > Clerk (to assitant in back of store): Hey Henry,
> is there a new Killing
> Joke disc?
> > Assistant: Uhhh....I don't think so.
> > Clerk: No, there isn't one.
> >
> > Dick, I didn't ask *IF* there is a new one, I
> asked if you have it. I can
> tell you what it looks like, what's on it and what
> it's fucking serial
> number is. The question remains: DO *YOU* STOCK IT?
> Just because you're on
> *THAT* side of the counter, that doesn't make you a
> fucking expert.
> >
> > That said, the advent of the internet has made the
> world a much smaller
> place. Rare 7" vinyl that one used to have to scour
> through dusty basement
> shops for can now be found with only a few clicks of
> a mouse. As such, lots
> of mom'n'pop specialty shops (not the big chain
> stores) have summarily gone
> out of business here in NYC (or, at the very least,
> changed their line of
> business to internet sales and closed their shops).
> I actually miss the lost
> art of scouring through disc shops and record
> stores, looking for those Holy
> Grail-like items. I mean, now that I'm 38 and
> married and with a job etc.
> etc., I obviously don't have the same amount of time
> to devote to shopping
> for elusive records, so in that respect, internet
> shopping is great -- but I
> do miss the hunt, you know?
> >
> > Alex in NYC
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
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