I worked in GS for a couple years about 12 years ago. I worked with a couple really smart dudes, at least 5 of which have gone on to have successful profession IT careers. One of them is the smartest computer guy I've met and was a prodigy in his teens.

However, I also worked with some of the dumbest people I ever met. I had one coworker that was sending in a new laptop a customer brought back because the touch pad was bubbling up. As I was packing it up to ship and saw the paper work, I opened to look and it was the plastic sheet that wasn't removed. That may have been the worst case, but there were plenty of other bad ones.

I do think the the OG version of GS before best buy acquired the was legit, but as businesses do, it enshitified, which when you're paying youths less than $10/hr, you can expect shit service.

In my case, I didn't suck and it was a good entry for me to really get to understand computers and I learned more about actually working on and fixing computer there than I ever did in college. I did put in the effort though where a lot of people are just passing through.

That's just sales in general. I remember looking for a new car at the dealer one time and told them what I wanted and they walked me over to a completely different car. I asked him what car it was and he told me it was the one I asked him about.

I worked in sales for 6 years and was proud of my knowledge but watched my dumb and downright shady coworkers outshine me. It's depressing.

I miss Circuit City, a Circuit City Employee helped me turn a dvd player into a screen for my GameCube. 😔. My PalmOne Tungsten|C was from there. They used to fight for your warranty. I miss them so much.

In the early 00s I made a fair bit of money as a side hustle fixing stuff that the Geek Squad had messed up.

I did this for a bit in the late 90's and early 2000s. Didn't really do many jobs (I had two jobs and college to deal with already). Eventually quit altogether after a pastor gave me a computer to fix that was riddled with porn and malware. I cleaned it up, gave it back in good shape, and a few days later he wanted his money back because it had viruses again and said I hadn't fixed it.

I told him I'd give him his money back if I could look at it right then and there and confirm he didn't download a bunch of porn again. He took the machine and left without another word. It was small change stuff that was more hassle than it was worth, and that was the end of it for me. I do not need to know this stuff about people.

I walked into Apple and they couldn’t tell me anything about what they were selling either. They have some ai shit they claim about their chips i was curious about.

I will late you know that it is perfectly normal and nothing outrageous. The knowledge level of the employees.

Your expectations are some Karen Shit.