# Radio Shack: I'm speaking Greek, they only understand Latin **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-im-speaking-greek-they-only-understand-latin/674638 "2013-11-23T20:00:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-im-speaking-greek-they-only-understand-latin/674638/41 "2013-11-25T02:31:41Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > So you had a thing for older men? 🙂 _Shhhhhh_. Don’t tell anyone! ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-im-speaking-greek-they-only-understand-latin/674638/42 "2013-11-25T02:32:02Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > Oooh, 8080 based machine. Machines are coooool. Trash-80’s had their good points. But they were mostly trash. Taught myself to program on one, changed career from medical research to software at age 30. I owe my home and early retirement to the TRS-80… ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-im-speaking-greek-they-only-understand-latin/674638/43 "2013-11-25T02:38:22Z")
> [@SerafinaPekala](#): > > I think I see the problem. **Loew’s** is a luxury hotel chain, where they could not care less what you’re looking for, but in a polite and patronizing way, of course. **LOWE’S** is the DIY hardware place. Yeah, that sounds about right. It would explain the pillow cases in what should have been the electrical section. And the crappy mints at check-out. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-im-speaking-greek-they-only-understand-latin/674638/44 "2013-11-25T02:52:27Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > **Worst** place in the world to work. Yes, worse than a Bangkok whore house. At least you could get something in your tummy once in a while there. I’ll have you know there are some very nice Bangkok whorehouses. Harumph! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-im-speaking-greek-they-only-understand-latin/674638/45 "2013-11-25T02:53:40Z")
Oddly enough, when I lived in a little town in SE NM (about 16K pop) last year, I needed some soldering supplies and some wire, resistors, and ‘stuff’ for fixing some older electrics in the hotel I worked at, and I had noticed a Radio Shack sign inside a furniture store on the bigger of the two main streets. (Nice sentence structure, dude) It took up a small back corner of the store, but it had everything I needed. Some items (that I bought just for fun) didn’t even have SKUs on them, just RS item #s. I felt like I was back in High School! Back in the big city again, and I order stuff online or go to the local guitar/keyboard store. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-im-speaking-greek-they-only-understand-latin/674638/46 "2013-11-25T04:27:55Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I’ll have you know there are some very nice Bangkok whorehouses. Harumph! That’s my point! There are NO nice Radio Shitshacks. The Shack makes WalMart seem like Goldman-Sachs. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-im-speaking-greek-they-only-understand-latin/674638/47 "2013-11-25T04:41:06Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > Because I needed the wire. And I needed it fucking NOW. Know any _other_ else, mass market, I could buy it? I had this exact same issue back in July. I got mine at Meijers. I also could have gotten it at Walmart or K-Mart, I just happened to be in Meijers first. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-shack-im-speaking-greek-they-only-understand-latin/674638.md?page=2)