azredhawk44
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I went to Walmart last night just on the off chance that they might have a box or two of 7.62x54R ammunition for my "new" Mosin Nagant. It was about 6:30pm.
No one was at the sporting goods desk.
No one was within 4 isles of the sporting goods desk.
I ended up finding a woman who professed most loudly to her ignorance of guns, her inability to help me, and her lack of qualification to service us.
I didn't know this gun stuff was rocket science. I guess guys who bubba up an SKS are astrophysicists? What's that make a genuine gunsmith?
She runs off to find someone "qualified" and a couple minutes later a 20-ish looking asian woman comes to help. I tell her what I want (7.62x54R), and she gives me a smile that basically contains a "I have no idea what that means... please help me understand and I'll do my best to get that for you" kind of look.
I explain that I want rifle bullets with a diameter of 7.62mm, and to ignore the second number. Just start by locating any box that says 7.62 on it and we'll go from there.
She starts to produce a box of 7mm magnum.
At this point I lean closer over the counter, give everything a quick once over, and tell her that she does not have the caliber I am looking for.
She then starts to produce a box of 7.62x39.
I inform her that this is closer to what I want, but it isn't the same as the 7.62x54R. I take about 10 seconds to (try to) educate her a bit about this particular caliber difference (39mm versus 54mm length of cartridge). I thank her for her time, then I leave to go buy the other stuff I needed anyways.
I was very nice to her the whole time... I didn't want her afraid of the scary gun people or anything, and I wanted her to feel welcome to the material.
On my way out, I stopped a manager and explained the situation to her. This manager was a gunny, and she understood the frustration. I requested that they survey their staff a bit better and find out who participates in firearms related activities and find out their interest in working the sporting goods department.
I pointed out that the girl did the best she could with the information she had, but she wasn't an enthusiast. It's not the girl's fault, it was the fault of the store for having the wrong staff at the counter.
She agreed with me and told me they were in the process of training up a couple of more folks to work that particular department at that moment.
Any of you guys try this tactic with Walmart to get more qualified staff working the counter at sporting goods?
No one was at the sporting goods desk.
No one was within 4 isles of the sporting goods desk.
I ended up finding a woman who professed most loudly to her ignorance of guns, her inability to help me, and her lack of qualification to service us.
I didn't know this gun stuff was rocket science. I guess guys who bubba up an SKS are astrophysicists? What's that make a genuine gunsmith?
She runs off to find someone "qualified" and a couple minutes later a 20-ish looking asian woman comes to help. I tell her what I want (7.62x54R), and she gives me a smile that basically contains a "I have no idea what that means... please help me understand and I'll do my best to get that for you" kind of look.
I explain that I want rifle bullets with a diameter of 7.62mm, and to ignore the second number. Just start by locating any box that says 7.62 on it and we'll go from there.
She starts to produce a box of 7mm magnum.
At this point I lean closer over the counter, give everything a quick once over, and tell her that she does not have the caliber I am looking for.
She then starts to produce a box of 7.62x39.
I inform her that this is closer to what I want, but it isn't the same as the 7.62x54R. I take about 10 seconds to (try to) educate her a bit about this particular caliber difference (39mm versus 54mm length of cartridge). I thank her for her time, then I leave to go buy the other stuff I needed anyways.
I was very nice to her the whole time... I didn't want her afraid of the scary gun people or anything, and I wanted her to feel welcome to the material.
On my way out, I stopped a manager and explained the situation to her. This manager was a gunny, and she understood the frustration. I requested that they survey their staff a bit better and find out who participates in firearms related activities and find out their interest in working the sporting goods department.
I pointed out that the girl did the best she could with the information she had, but she wasn't an enthusiast. It's not the girl's fault, it was the fault of the store for having the wrong staff at the counter.
She agreed with me and told me they were in the process of training up a couple of more folks to work that particular department at that moment.
Any of you guys try this tactic with Walmart to get more qualified staff working the counter at sporting goods?
