Here's something Guitar Center should NOT do.
This did NOT happen at GC, but rather at a retail chain store in downtown Toronto.
I walk in, I need a Word Clock Cable.
I could only find the low-end Hosa-type, so I approach Sales Person "A".
He immediately greets me in Korean, not English. I'm Chinese not Korean.
I politely sidestep his greeting and ask which brands of word clock cables they stock.
He grabs a Mogami, but proceeds to explain how pointless it would be to buy the more expensive item by speaking with Sales Person "B".
SalesPerson A: "Hey, how much of a difference would it make between these 2 cables, going with the expensive one?"
SalesPerson B pauses, and then get this:
He replies with a really strange and cryptic acronym that is supposed to express something like, 'not a hell lot of difference'. He says something like N.A.H.L.O.D.
SalesPerson A didn't even understand, but I attempted a guess and said it out loud.
SalesPerson A (nodding): "See? He says not a lot of difference. And he would know too, he's one of the BEST Pro Tools engineers in the WHOLE city."
I politely ignore their suggestion and I go with the Mogami.
I ask SalesPerson A if he could please ring up my order.
In a really loud voice, he asks for my phone number to pull up my account on the computer. When my account finally pulls up, he ANNOUNCES my full name loud enough for the whole store. Upon seeing my last name, he also asks which Chinese dialect I speak, so he can practice his greetings. I tell him NONE.
I pay, get my change, and leave.
The part that also annoys me is that Salesperson B actually knows me by name, but is so incredibly awkward that he can't even say hello properly. The only sounds he spoke were cryptic 'letters'. I've been in their store probably more than 30 times in the past 2 years. Salesperson A was just plain annoying and should switch jobs if he's into languages so much.
