Image via Wikipedia This is almost not funny. Phil phones a store that is on either side of a big road, route 9. He asks a simple question: "Are you on the north or south side of the highway ?" This is a perfectly reasonable question. If you are driving on a major highway in a metro area and you are trying to pin down one lousy store, the wrong turn can easily eat 15 more minutes of driving trying to turn around and head in the right direction. Their answer? Not only they didn't know, but they felt offended at being asked the question. And yes, the manager of the store flunked the question too. Here is where it gets pathetic: he was calling a cell phone store. You can assume that these morons: All have nice cell phones , loaded with features. One of these? GPS -driven maps. All are involved in up-selling customers into picking up optional GPS service for their phones. Are all involved in up-selling customers from their current phones into a flashy smart phone, and...
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