Hi Kim No way! I am just mentioning their bias, not mine. I went to the downtown store couple times and observed who they pay attention to more, or approach. Salespeople tend to approach a certain demographics, somehow. I hope I do not offend anyone, but that is my observation, YMMV. It is like car salespeople, they think that women are less informed or they are naive. What a bunch of rubbish! I hate that attitude. Really silly. What also makes me mad is that even though my English is pretty decent, I have friends whose English is not very fluent. In such cases, customer service people get very inpatient. It is a common reaction to assume someone is stupid because they can't explain their problem well enough. I fall to thta to sometimes. oh well. Overall, I found US to be quite receptive to foreign people.
evrim ps. i used to play semi-pro soccer, fwiw, till i dislocated my shoulder. cheers! > -----Original Message----- > From: Kim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 10:05 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: EOS Sigma Super 500 problems > > > Hi Evrim, sorry to hear about your flash problems but... > > > i am not the only one apparently (read the previous > posters) - >they are > really discriminatory at that store. > > <snip> > > > they know nothing and are rude to you unless you are a > soccer >mom they > can rip off /rant) > > Uh-oh, looks like you stepped in it :) Are we naive because > we're women, > because we're mothers or because we enjoy soccer? Sounds a little > "discriminatory" to me :) > > Kim > proud soccer mom who had her equipment in order when she shot > this cover: > http://www.sciencenews.org/sn_arc99/11_27_99/index.htm (yes, > that's my son > :) > (not really offended, just yankin' yer chain :) * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
