rant · moment 13 of 16
The Death of Retail and Working at a Camera Store
from Freedom Fingers · #88
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3 minTim laments the death of retail stores like Best Buy, recalls his old job giving expert advice at a small camera store, and debates the merits of keeping mega-retailers alive versus mom and pop shops.
- 45:48Tim questions the purpose of going to Best Buy staffed by clueless people in khakis.
- 46:12He used to work at a small camera store where he gave expert technical advice on expensive purchases.
- 46:47Tim argues that big-box stores like Best Buy and Target killed the mom-and-pop camera shops by hiring unhelpful employees.
- 47:11Supporting Best Buy and Target means keeping alive mega retailers that treat employees poorly while specialty expertise vanishes.
- 47:22Costco's pizza gets brought up as actually good, unlike the mediocre chain-store alternative.
- 47:45Tim imagines a Costco commercial: a man on a couch ignoring his wife's gestures, unwilling to remove his headphones to eat pizza, saying it's "good enough."