Saturday, February 5, 2011

Stupidity Defined

Bike shop customers are special.

Customer: "I'm looking for a bracket for a light."
(it should be noted that this, in and of itself, is not an uncommon request, as the brackets do break, get lost or a second one is necessary for another bike)
Me: "Which light do you have? The brackets are different for each one."
Customer: "Oh, I don't have a light yet. I'm going to start with the bracket."
......

We tried, desperately, to explain that this is not how it works, that each light comes with its very own bracket.

Customer: "Do you have any lights with 8 LEDs?"
Me: "Why?"
Customer: "Eight LEDs are brighter than one."
I showed the customer our brightest light. It contained one LED. Then I showed him the dimmest headlight. Three LEDs in that one.
Customer: "But 8 would be brighter."

.......

At this point, we just assume that there's an internal monologue mixed with a game of telephone and chubby bunny.