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What are the Stores coming to.
wolfdog45
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I went to Academy sports the other day and was browsing their selection of firearms and asked the young man behind the counter if I could look at one of the AR15's on display, He said oh those arn't AR15's those are 223's, With a big I know more about this gun than you do grin.
I told him with no disrespect that an AR15 is a 223 and that those rifles he had there were in fact AR15's.
He said sir I have been around firearms all my life and I know that that rifle is not an AR15 it is a 223.
So I relized it was useless to argue with him so I just said ok can I look at the 223.
After that I bought 100 rounds of 30-06 and 100 rounds of 45acp.
I have the same thing happen to me when I go to Wal-mart the sales clerk doesn't know much about the firearm you are interrested in but act's like they know every little thing about it.
I was in a gunstore close to my area a couple weeks ago and the kid that was working in there every time I asked him a question he would look up from the tv on the counter and say I dunno.
I am just wondering what these stores are coming to by putting people behind the counters that really don't have any business being there.
Oh well just thought I would put this out there.
I told him with no disrespect that an AR15 is a 223 and that those rifles he had there were in fact AR15's.
He said sir I have been around firearms all my life and I know that that rifle is not an AR15 it is a 223.
So I relized it was useless to argue with him so I just said ok can I look at the 223.
After that I bought 100 rounds of 30-06 and 100 rounds of 45acp.
I have the same thing happen to me when I go to Wal-mart the sales clerk doesn't know much about the firearm you are interrested in but act's like they know every little thing about it.
I was in a gunstore close to my area a couple weeks ago and the kid that was working in there every time I asked him a question he would look up from the tv on the counter and say I dunno.
I am just wondering what these stores are coming to by putting people behind the counters that really don't have any business being there.
Oh well just thought I would put this out there.
Comments
With the younger generation, many of them act as if they're owed a job because they've a right to it. I think that's stemmed from the fact that parents of my time (I'm 38) were right about at the turning point of giving everything to their kids possible because they didn't want their kids to not have something they want instead of making sure that the kids have something because they need it (versus want it). My parents gave me things that I wanted when it was birthdaytime, otherwise, I was told that if I wanted something, that I should earn money to get it. I took my first summer job at 13, and I've worked every year in some capacity since.
Look at what's going on today -- 16 year old children are driving around in brand new cars instead of driving 10-year old wrecks. Younger children are given $300 PlayStations, cell phones, TVs in their rooms, etc., etc., etc.
In 1985, when I started driving, I had a 1973 Chevy Impala (which I wish I still had today). Other kids in my school were driving NEW Mercedes, BMWs, Porsches, we had two Ferraris, etc. Kids laughed at me for what I drove -- and it wasn't fun. However, looking back, I understood what my folks did by not buying me a brand-new car at 16. The thought of children having a TV in the bedroom was viewed as insanity. These days, you seem to be branded as a horrible, abusive parent if you don't cater to the wants of kids.
So, when it is time to hire someone, and you want to hire someone cheap (but legal), then you are hiring a kid who more often than not has a crappy work ethic -- they're there to pass enough time to get a check, they're not there with a great work ethic that you and I were raised with, which is (shudder the thought) to actually WORK and know what it is that you do.
My experience is, after speaking with business owners for 15 years, that most employers are grateful to have an unskilled worker SHOW UP when he/she is scheduled to work. Anything beyond that is viewed as icing on the cake. That's how bad things have become.
As far as older generations, I have no clue. There are compulsive liars who are convincing enough to fool experienced people (and oftentimes themselves). There are people who simply cannot admit that they are wrong -- so they continue to stand up and keep saying the same thing over and over again because they know that they are right.
This Academy place seems to be a popular gun store (I'm assuming) at GB. Normally, I would say that if you don't like the way someone runs a business, take your business elsewhere.
At the same time, these days, finding someone who even deals in weapons is difficult enough, even with the Internet.
The term "AR-15" is copyrighted by Colt Industries. If the guns weren't Colts, or if they were Colts & were stamped with something else such as Sporter, Sporter Target, Sporter Match, etc, they weren't AR-15's. I suspect they were "AR-type" rifles or "AR-15 clones".
And, AR-15's were made in calibers other than .223; they were made in .222 & 9mm, probably a couple of others.
Of course, you are right, there are a lot of clerks AND owners in gunshops that don't know what they are doing. To some degree, that accounts for the high rate of failure of gunshops.
Neal