Actual Conversation

This is an actual conversation I just had with some idiot at CompUSA:

“Hello, this is (unintelligible), how may I help you?” He sounds like Pedro from Napoleon Dynamite. I hear the constant drone of girlish chatter and giggling in the background.

“Yes, I was looking for a PCMCIA wireless card for my G4 Powerbook.”

“You want a PCA…”

“No, a PCMCIA card. It’s a … style of hardware, expansion cards for laptops.”

“Uh, okay. I have here a two port USB hub PCMCIA card…” Giggles, big laugh in the background. I roll my eyes.

“No, I need a wireless card for a G4 Powerbook. PCMCIA.”

“PIA…”

“No…PCMCIA. An Airport wireless card.” I try to give him as much information so he can feed it into his search box. The unstoppable giggling is beginning to get on my nerves.

“Okay, here is one. $39.99, PCMCIA wireless for mac.”

“Okay, great. Is it in Knoxville?”

“No, it’s not in Knoxville.”

“Where’s the closest store other than Knoxville?”

“Uh…one second.” *click, click, clack* “I see it in the Alpharetta store…”

Alpharetta Georgia? “Um, okay. So is it there?” I figure I’ll just get it overnighted or 2–day express.

“No, it’s not there either,” He says. My anger begins to boil.

“So how do I get this? Is it online?”

Classic line coming up. “No, it’s In-Store Pickup only.”

“Which store has it?”

“I don’t know.”

Somebody. Just. Kill me.

He got hung up on shortly after. I then just googled the bastard, and got what I needed from SomewhereThatDoesn’tHireMorons.com.