Concerning _Pro-2042_, Bill Cheek said to Troy H. Cheek in SCANRADIO:
 TC>> (Not only do the employees recognize me by sight now, but some of the
 TC>> other regular customers are starting to say hi to me when I walk in.)
 BC> Oh oh.  That is sad.  Very sad.  It may mean you are very sick, too.
 BC> :-)
It may.  Did I mention that I helped a couple pick out an antenna for their 
scanner the other day, after the employee revealed she didn't understand the 
question?
"You've got questions?  We've got a cute little way of tilting our heads to 
one side with a confused look like your dog the first time he saw you naked."
 BC> That's the odd thing.  Employees don't know beans about things like
 BC> that, and are admonished and sometimes fired for prying too deeply.
 BC> They are not supposed to know.  The employee's job is to SELL, SELL,
 BC> SELL.........
So I gather.  The manager of the local Shack has told me things that he 
claims would cost him his job if they got out.  For instance, cluing me in 
that a scanner I was looking at would be on clearance the next week.  Or that 
a scanner I was looking at would indeed pick up the CB band, and that I 
didn't really *need* to buy a CB transceiver though he'd be happy to 
recommend one.
The previous manager was even more helpful, giving me my first frequency list 
(which I gathered he was supposed to sell me), recommending frequencies, and 
praising me for buying a use Pro-43 instead of one of their newer handhelds.  
Of course, he doesn't work there anymore...
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