# Pitting Amateur Barbarian **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 8, 2015, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554 "2015-07-08T08:05:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 216
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554/216 "2015-07-20T07:07:09Z")
To brighten up your Monday morning, here’s an **AB** classic: [Too Smart to Work at Radio Shack](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17946583&postcount=4). A choice excerpt: > [@Tales From The Old RadioShack, or We went almost a whole summer in Texas without AC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-old-radioshack-or-we-went-almost-a-whole-summer-in-texas-without-ac/706236/4): > > As, basically, a freelance writer, I was never averse to extra income, so a couple of years I tried to sign up as Xmas help at the stores. I knew the managers well - first name, special orders, occasionally lunch at the McD’s next door, that kind of thing - and all three told me, over time, that they could not hire me because I was too knowledgable - they were bound to hire only iggerant neat young men in white shirts and ties who knew nothing about electronics, so that their knowledge would be RS-approved or nothing. They actively did not want anyone with wider knowledge. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-amateur-barbarian/724554)._