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Found this on Gizmodo: “The Seven Types of Employees You Meet at Best Buy”

I worked in the in the home theater department at Best Buy for about 6 months in 2001.  It was easily one of the worst experiences of my life.  I found myself laughing my ass off on this one because it is absolutely spot on.  I’ve personally witnessed all seven stereotypes, both as an employee and as a customer.

Especially this one:

Slick Careerist Manager
This guy wants to go right to the top. He runs team meetings, irons his blue polos, and gets a hard-on when talking about accessory sales and service-plan attach rates. He’s climbing the ladder with everything he’s got, and he spews corporate nonsense with the passion of a true believer. You’ve never seen him have an actual human interaction with someone, and you wonder if he even has any furniture in his apartment. He may be a robot.

One of the guys I worked with was a regular sales associate like me and now, still working in the same store, he’s assistant manager.

On a side note, I love going into Best Buy and shopping for, say, HDTVs, and seeing how much crap the sales associate will pull out of his/her ass.  I think I’m pretty knowledgeable in the area of technology and get real enjoyment out of seeing sales people lie directly to my face about how great their products are but how I really need to buy a “service plan” because the product will most likely fail after the limited six-month guarantee.

And I love seeing their complete dissapointment when I don’t opt-in for one of those plans.  I sort of get a sense of retribution for my months of bullshit I was forced to endure.

Happy reading.