[Kevin]

This happened a couple of months ago but after 7 years in the electronics retail business this has to be the single stupidest couple of people I've ever met.. This may be a little long but it's kind of funny... So read on if you'd like some cheap entertainment..

The store was set to close at 8PM and it was now 7:55PM. A couple in their mid-30's walked in the door. Of course last minute rushes are not uncommon -- but as often as it happens -- folks coming in when they KNOW I'm trying to close it's always aggravating.

The couple was dressed in humble clothing, torn t-shirts and old, dirty jeans. They smelled like they hadn't bathed in awhile... They reaked of stale cigarette smoke. The kind that makes you gag.

The gentleman had a question involving a TV and a video game console he wished to hook up to it. It took me around 5 minutes to establish exactly what he needed. He thought there was some adapter to take composite cables and plug them DIRECTLY into an RF connector with some kind of splitter/combiner or something (translation: RF connector is that screw-on connector on the back of your TV that you plug your cable into... Composite are those yellow, red and white connectors that are also known as A/V or Audio/Video jacks -- long story short this device does not exist!)

So I explained to him what he needed... An RF Modulator... This device takes the raw audio/video information that the console puts out and then inserts it onto your TV's channel 3 or 4.

No lie... this took 10 minutes to explain.. He'd repeat back to me what I just said and then say he didn't explain it... Then I'd repeat it back to him... It's like beating your head on a brick wall. He then proceeded to try and explain this to his wife.. I actually walked away while he was repeating something back to me so that I could go and lock the door.

5 minutes later I had actually pulled the product off the shelf, told him that he either gets this or the thing will never work and actually made some headway in getting him to understand.

He then thanks me for his time and tells me that he'll have to think about it!

Here's something I've always wondered... People think NOTHING of spending $20 on a meal... But when it's a $20 part to get their $150 product to work it's like pulling teeth.

He's of course very thankful and to show his thanks and reward me he reaches into his pocket and pulls out a melted peppermint. He tried to place it in my hand.

At first I refused (no telling where that thing had been, I didn't want to touch it)... But he insisted. His argument was that the peppermint wasn't from him... you see it's "From the Lord".

Normally this would have been hilarious to me... But I was rather frustrated and it was now 10 minutes past closing time and I just wanted him the hell out of there... So I thanked him and let them out of the store.

I promptly tossed the peppermint in the trash and tried to get the hell out of dodge.

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Now I'm not normally a squeemish person... I just cannot tolerate stupidity and poor hygeine. I felt really sorry for the kids that they brought with them I think with the sole intention of decimating our toys section.