Message-Id: <20041031205745.WXDW2430.imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net@[68.212.103.222]> Butch wrote: >Well, you know their motto. "You got questions--- we got >batteries", or something like that. >Their hiring policies are strange as well. There was a store here >in Vegas and I would go out of my way to go there because of a lady >working there who really knew her stuff. Alice would help you find >what you wanted, and she'd look on the computer for you if they >didn't have it. She'd worked there for many years and last summer >they decided to fire her on some trumped up customer complaint. >They even tried to deny her unemployment, but she appealed and I >went to the hearing to testify on her behalf. Radio Shaft didn >'t even bother to show up, and she at least got unemployment. >73s Amen brother! THe radio Slack in Burlington IOwa has had its ups and downs with personnel. Back in the days when I was running a Fidonet connected bbs the store manager was one of my regular BBS users and became a friend. HIs dad was a ham from northern Illinois. I could go in there in those days even looking for parts and if they had it or could get it he'd get me the right part. THen of a sudden they promoted him then let him go, he became a district or regional manager. tHey got this little bimbo with her platform heels who couldn't find anything, didn't know anything and was offended when I told her that no I didn't want a cell phone for a penny and didn't want her to try to sell me another long distance plan. sHe couldn't tell the diff between crimp-on and regular solder type Pl259 connectors, and forget their mini rg8 coax, wouldn't have it as a gift. That said the htx-202 and 404 were excellent value for the money. Owned both radios and loved 'em. THe 202 was built like a tank!!! YEars ago they had a guy who was the electronics technology teacher at the community college as one of theri clerks and a couple of other guys, th is was back in the '70's in fact. 73 de nf5b Richard Webb Electric Spider Productions almost 50% of those at ground zero on 9/11/01 still have longterm health problems. Almost half of those have no health insurance.