yuuuuuuuuuuup.

my post seriously was not meant to be an online vs local shop arguement. i have no problems with people getting stuff online to save cash. frankly, there are some customers i would prefer they shop online and not in a store where they have to interact with humans.

i have problems with people wasting time when i could help other actual customers, when their only intent is to use the shop like their personal library and pit crew, (and it's not like we don't know what they are doing, we do) or trying to bully the shop into giving them a discount, as if they deserve it for just being there, or just being a jackass customer in general. i will say it again. attitude and intent. i will answer questions happily all day and you aren't obligated to spend one cent. just don't be dooosh about it.

for example...the guy who comes in all "hey, i work in a shop, hook me up with a discount." he clearly doesn't, or perhaps he did briefly. anyone who really actually does (and we get a whole lot) never asks for a discount and will usually at least buy some small somethings, because they know what it's like.

thing is...the jackass customers....they are generally jackass humans in every aspect of their life, not just in a bike shop.

really, it's like, 1 out of every 100 is a jackass. it's just fun (and cathartic) to mock them.