# I Told A Lie!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 8, 2001, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-told-a-lie/57275 "2001-03-08T22:25:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2001, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-told-a-lie/57275/21 "2001-03-10T04:04:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TVeblen \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by astro \* > > \*\* > > > > If this was meant to be an amusing fictional tale it was quite droll but I yet to see ANY Radio Shack that will refuse custom unless they get the address. In the unlikely event this tale of tribulation is true call the Regional Manager (not the District Mananger) and raise holy hell. > > \*\* > > It really does happen, **astro**. > > Just for the record, **pluto** is almost painfully honest. (We keep WORKING on him but it just hasn’t taken.) What he wrote is completely consistent with the person he’s shown himself to be over a long posting-life. You may find his account hard to believe but your accusation truly is unjust. > > I believe him implicitly, both for the reputation he’s established here and because I’ve had the same experience. (Radio Shack in eastern Iowa.) The clerk refused to ring up the sale unless I provided my home address. (This was, hmmm, maybe 5-6 years ago? It’s been a while.) I put my $2.00 gizmo down on the counter, gathered up my cash and left. > > Maybe it was just poor training, management, whatever. I had no reason to assume the clerk wasn’t acting w/in policy. My Ex had complained about the same thing but it involved that particular store as well so maybe it was just the proverbial “bad apple”. > > Anyway, maybe it shouldn’t happen, but it DOES. If you don’t believe me I’d be quite happy to email you the exact address of the store (if it’s still in business). > > Veb > > \*\* I CAN believe that an individual, idiotic salesperson might try this once (if it had been in my store _once_ and OUT would have been it). It’s tougher for me to believe this is an individual store policy unless the manager is completely and utterly insane. The violations of privacy issues and possible lawsuits would make any Regional Manager apoplectic. Having said this I take what you and the others mods say with a great deal of weight. Therefore I apologize to Pluto for doubting his veracity and I will call the store in the morning just to satisfy my curiousity as to their policy. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2001, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-told-a-lie/57275/22 "2001-03-10T04:27:55Z")
It happens, **astro.** It has happened to me on Long Island and in Central Jersey within the last couple of years. I only go in there as an absolute last resort. ---
**Author:** ![callie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@callie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callie)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2001, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-told-a-lie/57275/23 "2001-03-10T04:37:58Z")
Now I feel guilty cause I’m sitting here thinking that if that is the worst lie you’ve ever told - then thats pretty darn good. Weren’t any of you people ever teenagers? Once, as a teenager, I tried to convince my parents that I wasn’t drunk while being drunk. Of course they figured it out but hey, it was worth a shot. So, **Pluto** – IMHO you don’t have to any lose any sleep over this one. Just get over it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Girlbysea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Girlbysea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlbysea)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2001, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-told-a-lie/57275/24 "2001-03-10T17:11:04Z")
And to think that I would even be in your thread, but God!! what a cute story… Got any cable left? I’ve got this TV, and the picture, no, it’s the sound. Maybe it’s just the… Oh hell, think I’ll join your wife and go buy a bra… ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2001, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-told-a-lie/57275/25 "2001-03-10T20:02:31Z")
Yes, that was the only lie I’ve ever told, unless you count this one. ---
**Author:** ![callie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@callie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callie)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2001, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-told-a-lie/57275/26 "2001-03-10T21:14:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pluto \* > \*\*Yes, that was the only lie I’ve ever told, unless you count this one. \*\* Too funny **Pluto** 🙂 You’re forgiven. Don’t you feel better now? See how powerful I am? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-told-a-lie/57275.md?page=1)