Airheads in stores

In article <[email protected]>,
"Peter Pan" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Just out of curiosity, what planet are you from? Been to a store lately?
> While there are a few knowledgeable people, in my experience they are VERY
> few and far between, heck, most managers don't even know that stuff, and if
> training ever gets done, it's usually a few months after a product starts
> selling (and about the time it is obsolete and replaced with a new model).
> If you think the churn rate on phones is high, you should see what it is for
> the store salespeople!

Thats because they are paid mostly on commission, and after they sell
to friends relatives and former colleagues, their salary becomes too
little to live on.

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"Tim Harrick" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Peter Pan" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Just out of curiosity, what planet are you from? Been to a store lately?
> > While there are a few knowledgeable people, in my experience they are
VERY
> > few and far between, heck, most managers don't even know that stuff, and
if
> > training ever gets done, it's usually a few months after a product
starts
> > selling (and about the time it is obsolete and replaced with a new
model).
> > If you think the churn rate on phones is high, you should see what it is
for
> > the store salespeople!
>
> Thats because they are paid mostly on commission, and after they sell
> to friends relatives and former colleagues, their salary becomes too
> little to live on.

Spoken like a true troll- how would you know anything about this, Tim?

In article <1%[email protected]>,
"Scott Stephenson" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> "Tim Harrick" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > "Peter Pan" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Just out of curiosity, what planet are you from? Been to a store lately?
> > > While there are a few knowledgeable people, in my experience they are
> VERY
> > > few and far between, heck, most managers don't even know that stuff, and
> if
> > > training ever gets done, it's usually a few months after a product
> starts
> > > selling (and about the time it is obsolete and replaced with a new
> model).
> > > If you think the churn rate on phones is high, you should see what it is
> for
> > > the store salespeople!
> >
> > Thats because they are paid mostly on commission, and after they sell
> > to friends relatives and former colleagues, their salary becomes too
> > little to live on.
>
> Spoken like a true troll- how would you know anything about this, Tim?

I read posts from former salespeople, and I don't forget them like you
must have.