CommentHe then went on to the next customer. Okay that wasn't a problem as I figured I would just have to keep looking. A month or so later, I came back in with the actual fountain piece that the adapter plug would fit into. Once again, I was "helped" by Chris. He pointed me to the various adapter plugs he had on one wall. He said if I didn't find a plug that would work, then I would have to just check elsewhere since they didn't have what I needed. Well I didn't find anything obviously and went on my way. Once again, no harm, no foul. Tonight was a completely different story though. I went into the store again for something different but this time my boyfriend was with me. Chris was the one who asked if we needed help and my boyfriend told him what we were looking for. After finding what we came for, my boyfriend mentioned to Chris that he was looking for an adapter for a tabletop fountain. Chris went to the adapter plug wall with my boyfriend to help him find the correct plug. I went out to my SUV and got the adapter that I had brought in on my previous visit so they could find an adapter with the correct voltage, which they did. Then Chris proceeded to go to a big storage unit within the store and search for the right plug for the adapter. He looked for about 10 minutes and came up with a plug,. but since I wasn't sure it would work with the fountain, I went back out to my SUV again and got the part of the fountain I had brought in before when I was by myself.
Amazingly the plug that Chris found fit perfectly. He spent about 15 minutes with my boyfriend to make sure he found what he was after, yet when I came in with the same exact requests and same pieces in hand on 2 different visits I was quickly sent on my way without anything more than a cursory look at the parts. I am looking for the Customer Service Number for Radio Shack tomorrow. It may do me no good, but I don't appreciate being discriminated against because I'm a female.
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| 1. Written by KnVsMom, on 09-09-2008 23:54 Well it's good to know I'm not alone. My boyfriend thinks I'm just being paranoid when I have him deal with male CSR's instead of me. I'm not a helpless female by any stretch of the imagination and can hold my own with the worst chauvinist around. However I quickly get fed up with not getting what I came for, getting poor customer service or being talked down to. It starts to get old after awhile.  |
| 2. Written by Carebearskinrug, on 09-09-2008 23:12 WOW that ***. i tell my bf all the time that women are treated differently than men. especially at places like any place that deals with autos, or electronic stores. i know loads more about both of these subj. than he does yet i get treated like a moron. he doesn't understand. he says it is all in my head. but he never sees it from my point of view because when he is there i get treated more equally like he'll bust them out later or something.  |
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