that i will never write because I'm too lazy or busy or not fiscally motivated enough to make it happen
to the point
Someone made a comment about being unwelcome in bike shops in their region and how they have had to resort to mail order... person is a functional mechanic, does most all themselves on their bikes.
I don't know why, could be the individual is just unlikeable or a real pain... However they might not be and well shop rats are a peculiar bunch. Riding in I was thinking about it (while chasing backpack guy - actually caught him despite hauling the trailer/impact attenuator and having studded tires back on).
I've spent many years holding wrench, helping on the sales floor, not just ancient history either. I started getting paid to wrench back in 1990. Recently have spent a couple seasons again working a second job with a wrench in my hand. The current time has reinforced, nothing really has changed except the bikes.
People are still people.
Thing is, there are plenty of people who think they know more about how to do it than the person behind the counter. Just take a peek at the internet forums. Always has been that way. rec.bikes predates all the forums, that's probably the start of the internet know it all. And sure there are times when the customer might know more than the mechanic or sales person.
But here's the deal. That person at the shop? working there? getting paid somewhere between $6 and $12/hr? Yeah, they work there. Don't be a know it all dick. They aren't getting paid enough to be polite if you're badgering them, unless they own the joint, and even then, even the owners will act like the shop rats.
Don't ask for free shit, be prepared to pay for something.
anyway
yeah the analogy is sort of don't start telling your surgeon what to do just before you get gassed, maybe you are the best surgeon in the world and you need the other dude to do it, even then, let them do their job.
Problem is, everyone feels entitled to everything. People are a pain.
Common sense and respect are a rare commodity.
That and pretty much everyone reading this doesn't need to hear it.
I'll write about worlds... at some point. Maybe.
heddwch
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As a shop owner, I almost never have had to tell a customer no about a sponsorship request for free or discounted shit because they are a racer. I just asked them to put together a detailed sponsorship proposal that includes a contract and a researched potential ROI for the shop and it's amazing how none of those things ever get done and I never have to say no.
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