I’d like to put out a huge vote of thanks
to the young man in a major musical-instrument franchise based in Dunedin, NZ. By
my estimation, he saved me several hundred dollars and helped put more food on
my children’s table.
My friend, I know yo are filling in time while your band gets some traction in the market, but seriously, were you that above putting in an ounce of effort?
Having done some research about Loop pedals,
I went into a veritable Alladin’s cave of music and asked about the best options.
I was keen to buy – perhaps ready to be persuaded.
The guy who showed me the pedal was a
paragon of restraint.
No ‘buy-now, pay later’ nonsense.
No ‘perhaps you’d like
to leave a deposit.’?
No reference to any easy-to-buy or credit facility.
No taking the object out of the box, rigging it to an amp and leaving me to savour its delights while he unobtrusively allowed me to fall in love with the pedal.
No. This guy was impassive. I can attest to
the sheer bloody-minded dedication with which he made sure I was not going
to be tempted, induced, impelled or persuaded to invest one red cent into the said equipment.
In fact, such was his disdain, I began to
suspect he thought I’d visited the shop in order to try and sell the peddle to
him!
Once again. Thanks for your dedication,
anonymous young man. I suspect you’ve saved many a relationship perhaps the odd marriage with your
dogged devotion to treating customers like some kind of inconvenience in your
otherwise frantic day….
Ps i am now a dedicated shopper in another music shop.
You know, where they actually interact with you.
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