# She believes me now! -or- Why I love Best Buy. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 15, 2002, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-believes-me-now-or-why-i-love-best-buy/142810 "2002-12-15T00:45:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![d\_redguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@d\_redguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d_redguy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-believes-me-now-or-why-i-love-best-buy/142810/1 "2002-12-15T00:45:10Z")
Today my wife and I were Xmas shopping at the great and powerful Best Buy. I, as a red-blooded male-type person, have a genetic predispostion to **loooove** Best Buy. Can’t get enough Best Buy. No, really. I love Best Buy. We groove to the computer section to look at LCD monitors. **D\_redgal** has a dirty little habit with LCD screens. She likes to touch. Make pretty swirlies on monitor…oooooooo:) . I have told **d\_redgal** repeatedly that this **could** damage said monitor if done repeatedly. My warnings fall on deaf ears. So, I make a plea to authority. We ask Best Buy guy. He is very friendly and courteous. Maybe a bit _too_ courteous. I will not mention what Best Buy we were at, or what the gentleman’s name is, to protect the guilty. Best Buy guy is also a big fan of “the touch”…Make pretty swirlies on monitor…oooooooo:). He says he does it to **these** monitors all the time, but he wouldn’t do it at home to his, primarily due to finger smudges. He then says,“However, you _can_ break one if you push hard enough. I mean if you…” He proceeds to gouge with his thumb on a $500 17" Samsung LCD screen. _ **CRACK!!** _ :eek: :eek: :eek: **D\_redgal** believes me now. I love Best Buy. PS - 50th post! woohoo!! ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-believes-me-now-or-why-i-love-best-buy/142810/2 "2002-12-15T01:56:57Z")
Gotta admit, that’s a story worth telling. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-believes-me-now-or-why-i-love-best-buy/142810/3 "2002-12-15T01:59:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*Gotta admit, that’s a story worth telling. \*\* I agree, and I hate The Evil Place Whose Name Shall Not Be Spoken. ---
**Author:** ![d\_redguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@d\_redguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d_redguy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-believes-me-now-or-why-i-love-best-buy/142810/4 "2002-12-15T02:19:16Z")
I mean, c’mon! Where else do you get customer service like that? That was possibly the best product demo I’ve ever seen. How often do you get to see an inch of lines shoot from the point of impact up and down a beautiful LCD screen like that? Besides, now I can buy one, because **d\_redgal** is _terrified_ of touching them! Why, I might even buy it there… > [@](#): > > I agree, and I hate The Evil Place Whose Name Shall Not Be Spoken. Is Voldemort a major stockholder now?😃 ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-believes-me-now-or-why-i-love-best-buy/142810/5 "2002-12-15T04:50:08Z")
I like Frys better. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-believes-me-now-or-why-i-love-best-buy/142810/6 "2002-12-15T04:55:30Z")
Great story. Being the unwitting cause of someone’s really bad day at work! I bet he’s probably typing HIS side of the story off in some message board somewhere, never to be seen by us. Gotta love it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-believes-me-now-or-why-i-love-best-buy/142810/7 "2002-12-15T15:34:34Z")
I wonder what he told his boss? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-believes-me-now-or-why-i-love-best-buy/142810/8 "2002-12-15T16:43:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by handy \* > \*\*I wonder what he told his boss? \*\* …that a customer did it. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-believes-me-now-or-why-i-love-best-buy/142810/9 "2002-12-15T17:50:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by handy \* > \*\*I wonder what he told his boss? \*\* Well, after he broke it… :eek: then… :smack: then his boss asked him about it… [Teachers voice from Charlie Brown] :o Wha wha wa wa whaa whaa. [/Teachers voice from Charlie Brown] and he said… 😕 “$500 17” Samsung LCD screen? What $500 17" Samsung LCD screen?" 😕 then he looked back at the customers… 😃 followed by… 😉 (hoping they’ll keep his secret, you see) as the customers walk off, you can hear them mutter… :wally This dramatization has been brought to you by… Enright3 Thank you, I’ll be here all week. ---
**Author:** ![hyperjes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@hyperjes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hyperjes)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-believes-me-now-or-why-i-love-best-buy/142810/10 "2003-02-18T07:10:21Z")
I, being d\_redgal, before I chose to assert my own damn identity, DO BELIEVE HIM NOW. Oh, yes. I will not touch, I will not touch, I will…not…well- maybe just a little- in the store… After all, they can’t prove it wasn’t one of the employees. No, seriously- I wouldn’t. But I can no longer look Best Buy employees in the eye. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-believes-me-now-or-why-i-love-best-buy/142810/11 "2003-02-18T07:40:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enright3 \* > \*\*Well, after he broke it… > :eek: > then… > … > as the customers walk off, you can hear them mutter… > :wally > > This dramatization has been brought to you by… > Enright3 > > Thank you, I’ll be here all week. \*\* You forgot the reaction of the boss: :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-believes-me-now-or-why-i-love-best-buy/142810/12 "2003-02-18T13:31:23Z")
FTR, you can damage an LCD screen another, much more insidious, way by touching them. Over time, you will damage the matrix that makes it work, creating little black dots where a glowing dot should be. My library system uses these for public access catalog terminals and unfortunately, the interface _looks like_ a touchscreen. Branches that have had these in place for fewer than two years already have very noticeable fingertip-sized black spots on their monitors which will never again display information. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-believes-me-now-or-why-i-love-best-buy/142810/13 "2003-02-18T14:41:42Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by d\_redguy \* > \*\* Why, I might even buy it there…_\* I bet the have a floor model for sale, real cheap… only slightly damaged… 🙂 That, by the way, is one of the things I love about Best Buy. Every once in a while, I find something that’s for sale that’s been opened, and it’s way discounted. 15" monitor for $25, modem for $10, Voodoo 2 card for $10… ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-believes-me-now-or-why-i-love-best-buy/142810/14 "2003-02-18T14:44:01Z")
Could the touching distortion be avoided by putting one of those glare screens over it? There’d be a slight loss of clarity, but your fingers’d stop before they got to the screen. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-believes-me-now-or-why-i-love-best-buy/142810/15 "2003-02-18T14:59:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hyperjes \* > \*\*I, being d\_redgal, before I chose to assert my own damn identity, DO BELIEVE HIM NOW. Oh, yes. I will not touch, I will not touch, I will…not…well- maybe just a little- in the store… After all, they can’t prove it wasn’t one of the employees. \*\* Don’t you watch CSI? They can prove _anything_. Can I have you stick this cotton swab in your mouth? Thanks! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![hyperjes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@hyperjes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hyperjes)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-believes-me-now-or-why-i-love-best-buy/142810/16 "2003-02-19T00:29:50Z")
I was just kidding.😉 I really wouldn’t do that. I won’t touch them anymore, really. It IS tempting though, as they closely resemble those cool oil stickers from my childhood. We can buy one now- well, no- we can’t. They cost too much.☹