Thats another thing, I love my local co-op and I try to volunteer there atleast a couple times a year, but nobody at my shop has ever done anything like that and they all hate the local co-op. I can see how some people get the idea that the people who work at bike shops are dicks.
I'm also nice to all the little bmx kids, 1) because i've been in their shoes and I know that shops are always dicks to bmx riders, and 2) they are the future, one day their gonna need big boy bikes and I'm gonna be the guy they come to