Wife wants an air conditioner.
Me: “OK honey be home late I’m going to buy us an air conditioner.”
“You don’t know anything about air conditioners.”
“Yes but I know about sales guys so will walk into the store and say ‘I am definitely going to buy an an AC today.’ Solved.”
Me: “OK honey be home late I’m going to buy us an air conditioner.”
“You don’t know anything about air conditioners.”
“Yes but I know about sales guys so will walk into the store and say ‘I am definitely going to buy an an AC today.’ Solved.”
“But how do you know you get the best air conditioner?”
“If I devoted the next ten years of my life to the subject I could, maybe, get a better answer than ‘I want the best-selling one.’ but ain’t got time for that so spoiler alert.”
“They’ll be mortified.”
“If I devoted the next ten years of my life to the subject I could, maybe, get a better answer than ‘I want the best-selling one.’ but ain’t got time for that so spoiler alert.”
“They’ll be mortified.”
“No see this is the great thing about sales guys: when you say you have definite purchasing intent and want a named product with minimal opportunity for either side to screw it up they are literally impossible to offend.”
Elapsed time between getting to correct floor and being walked to door: 26 minutes, most of it confirming installation details.
Capitalism, ho!
Capitalism, ho!
