A message for all rude workers in Guitar shops

Blaendulais

At a guitar emporium in Camden today.  Just browsing.  Overheard snidey remarks as I trialled a guitar.

Walked up to them and said sorry i know they have a shit job and get shit pay but thats the way life is.

I'd like to add FUCK OFF

fretmeister

schrodinger1612

What sort of snidey remarks?

starwarsnosebleed

Were you playing ‘Stairway...’ again?

Blaendulais

starwarsnosebleed said:

Were you playing ‘Stairway...’ again?

yes but still........

Blaendulais

schrodinger1612 said:

What sort of snidey remarks?

The usual it sounds better if you ....the amp is.....

Blaendulais

fretmeister said:

Harder than 2 losers going nowhere slowly for definite 

Dopesick

Are you drunk?

MagicPigDetective

Guitar Guitar perchance? As it happens I was there on Monday.  Tried a couple of guitars, staff were helpful, though not that talkative, set me up and let me get on with it. I did keep the volume pretty low though, so perhaps they were spared from hearing my playing.They’ve got some good stuff there. 

gusman2x

Had a pretty rubbish staff experience inthe Camden guitar guitar before. Just rude staff. 

RandallFlagg

I'm not sure all rude guitar shop workers are going to read your rant on here.

ourmaninthenorth

As a customer, I'm rarely a ray of sunshine either. 

So maybe I've never noticed over the years, cos I've simply cancelled any friction out.

Who knows, and to be frank, who fookin cares....

lovestrat74

Funny you should say that i walked into Don Strikes the other day with my son and the rude old b#stard didn't even acknowledge us! I even had to say "Hi", to get a rumble out of him...

Shame, as I heard good things about his shop. Not sure why though as there wasn't a single guitar within arms reach (they were either hung up high or behind the fence in window!) and most of it was dross - maybe one of the those shops that you have to catch at the right time.

Anyway...the answer is to vote with your feet and we won't be going back - well, not in his lifetime

Sassafras

I'm not surprised, you were making an ungodly racket.

Dominic

On the other hand............
Whilst I appreciate good service there's nothing as annoying as a very pushy sales assistant up your arse with a "suits you Sir" type comment in a clothes shop .......you've only got to stop for a 2 second glance at something and they're on you like a Tramp on chips.
 The minute you walk through the door ..." Hello sir , what exactly are you looking for , have you seen our Winter Knitwear collection which is now 25% reduced , Are you having a good day today ? Oh, and don't forget we are doing 3 shirts for £85 as part of our Spring promotion ,but not the ones on the Left hand rail.........they're New Season stock.........Are you sure there's nothing I can help you with ? What size are you ?"
 I hate all that shtick ;so I say ...
 " Oh nothing really , my wife is shopping over there in River Island but it's cold outside so I thought I'd come in to the warm "
  They are usually really polite and just say "sure"........that way I can look around in peace.
 If I get  jumped on in a guitar shop I feign naiivety (even tho' I can't spell it ) and ask in a Louis Theroux type innocence if they have any guitars "that are good for Serbo -Croat Folk Music or Armenian Square Dance "
 They Fuck off bemused and I carry on browsing undisturbed .........the one decent thing I can play is a bit of Jerry Reid (you know, like a kid's party -piece) so I always amuse myself 20 minutes later by presenting them with an expensive PRS or Gretsch .....get them to set it up with an amp as they hover nervously ,rip into a bit of Jerry's Breakdown /The Claw medley then curl my lip ,hand back the guitar and blithely say to the open mouthed twats "  I don't think so ....it will overpower the Balalaika or the Domba .......very important in Armenian Music you know "

Strangefan

I have have literally never had any bad experiences in a guitar shop they are pretty much always friendly and wanting to help,  I have a feeling it's more about how you come across  and judging by some of the awful "holier than thou, I know better than any one" behaviour on here, it's probably the case

RaymondLin

Don't write forum posts complaining about staff in shops.

Write the same woes to the management of the shop.

The former does nothing except venting; the latter you get to vent with a possibility of getting a apology, action from management, a token gesture or even in a serious event, the relevant staff terminated when warranted.

merlin

I asked to try out a guitar in a famous "independant" guitar shop a while ago. The "assistant" took it down, plugged it in, tuned it and then played it for about 5 minutes. I asked him "Are you buying it or am I?". He got really huffy and said "Just checking it all works". 

Happened again in the same shop a few weeks later, this time with a different "assistant". I just turned around and walked out. 

If it ever happens again, I'm going to say, "I don't want it, it sounds shit", and then walk out. 

Dominic

Actually I would have just asked "How much is it now that it's secondhand ? "

GoldenEraGuitars

Do we know what the snide comments were yet? 

munckee

Makes a change from apathy which is all I every get in PMT portsmouth if I go there.