Training

Ok, here's a little story for you all about the incompetency of Best Buy employees. This pretty much applies to Circuit City and other big box stores. None of them know anything. Let me stress that again, they packed full of shit. Whenever they speak and try to give advice, only vomit comes out of their mouth.

I've had experience working for Best Buy. I worked at the State College, PA store for about eight months. In that time as a computer salesman, the amount of product training I received was .... ZERO. They don't train their employees regarding product knowledge. The only training I received, typically twice a week, was on selling products faster, worthless service plans, and how to lie to customers so that they buy more useless accessories.

Never take any advice from these people. Its about on par with taking medical advice from the McLanaBob (the homeless guy in State College).

Tonight, my friend, Amanda, was the victim of crappy Best Buy employee advice. Her current computer mouse had ceased to work, so she went shopping for a new one. The employee told her that optical mice need mousepads, which she hadn't used. She went on to say that her lack of a mousepad was what caused the optical mouse to break. So, she suggested a ball mouse, because it would work without a mousepad.

Here's the truth. Optical mice do NOT need mousepads. They work on tables, your leg, and pretty much every other opaque surface. On the other hand, certain material surfaces with a low coefficient of friction do not work well with ball mice. Without enough friction, the ball can't move. Mousepads solve this issue. So basically, the employee's advice was the complete opposite of the truth.

Never trust these idiots. You're much better off asking McLanaBob.