asking questions you already know the answer to at the lfs

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No. I basically follow the golden rule. I don't feel that I am important enough to waste their time, and sure as heck don't think that they are important enough to waste mine.

I have Russian heritage, and shattered powerlifting competitions in my state. That coupled with my Wrestling background has caused me to not be able to drink vodka in bars due to my aggressive nature. I have proved this over and over and over.

I relate it to something like this true story:

I worked in the data center of a company with a mailplant in the same building. Lunches would get stolen out of the refrigerator daily. It was always blamed on the warehouse employees. The D.P. professionals were moved into a seperate building with nothing but D.P. professionals. Lunches still got stolen daily.

My response is that I have not brown bagged lunch since 1 week after the move. It is f'ing retarded to me to risk losing my job and facing long prison terms because of some worthless parasite. The practice that you describe would be the same as me setting a trap for lunch thieves. I flat out SERIOUSLY do not want to know who the culprit(s) are. I know that I would not be easy going enough if I caught them to calmly and rationaly verbally debate the practice. I absolutely know I would either get crushed or break the face of the guilty party.

Same with the LFS thing. It is none of my business what the integrity of any individual working at the LFS might be. I would much rather get to know an individual by being honest and respectful to them so that I can hope for the same in return. If I do get snockered, at least I have the luxury of time to be able to think the situation through and react in a civil manner saveing all parties.

I HAVE gone to management and reported false information that I have recieved from employees in any field. When you take the tact that the employee was NOT lying to you, but is grossly misinformed and needs to be educated, you would be suprised how well that often works. Most often you will never see that employee in the store ever again. I get a much greater sense of accomplishment knowing that the dishonest employee is in the unemployment line rather then scamming the next fellow fishkeeper rather then scamming me.

If the management is that bad, then this is what the better business beaureau is for.
 
bob965;3886158; said:
It makes no difference to me how much or how little the LFS employees know. If I have to ask questions when I get there, that means I haven't done enough research. Even the guys that are really knowledgeable still have to make sales to pay the bills, so you have to take what they say with a grain of salt.
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It makes little difference to me also but I do know when the store employees are lying about certain fish, to bad for those who don't..If they happen to have what I want that is good enough for me and I don't have to ask questions which is a good thing because I do recall hearing some pretty outlandish statements.
 
Guess I have been lucky, I did my research before going into make my first purchase. Over the last year I have become friends with my LFS manager and share information and experiences with him each time I go in, which is uually about twice a week.
 
I do this to an extent to determine whether a particular LFS is worthwhile or not. I certainly don't know everything and always value the input of a fellow hobbyist/enthusiast. I always do my own research too, but they guys at my LFS are quite knowledgeable and helpful. The answer I typically look for is "In my experience, this is the answer to your question, but that may not always be the case". Someone who is willing to admit that they can't know the answer to a question in an absolute way even though they may have decades of experience to draw on will generally shoot you straight and give good advice.
 
I just do it as a check at like a place ive never been to before or to see if the employee is a BSer about what they say.
 
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