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Article #385Re: Big Brother Radio Shack
From: Mark Luckstead
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 03:01
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 03:01
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In article <u3amTB6w165w@tcscs.UUCP>, srcsip!tcscs!zeta writes... >tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan) writes: > >> >> In article <184@newave.newave.mn.org> john@newave.newave.mn.org (John A. Week >> >In article <deuelpm.720405124@craft.camp.clarkson.edu> deuelpm@craft.camp.cl >> >> IN DEFENSE OF RADIO SHACK IN GENERAL: >> >> Having worked for an independantly owned Radio Shack, we all have the same >> >> view that a lot of you all have about Radio Shack. Please note: >> > >I've actually talked to some ex-rs managers, they told me RS had a policy, >(at least this is what they said, so it could be wrong) of not hiring someone >experienced in electronics or who knew much, because then they : >(I'm paraphrasing, as I don't remember the details) >(1) might work too long with a single customer helping the customer > build/do whatever it is he wants to do >(2) might confuse the customer, >(3) might go, no you don't want to do that, you want to do this instead. > >Does anyone know if this is true? It certainly seems to be..... > >Greg >..-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. >.. TCS Consulting Services P.O. Box 600008 St. Paul, MN 55106-0008 . >.. ..!srcsip!tcscs!zeta ..!src.honeywell.com!tcscs!zeta . >.. zeta%tcscs@idss.nwa.com tcscs!zeta@idss.nwa.com . >..-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. What I know is that I applied to work at Tandy's Incredible Universe in Arlington, Texas. I interviewed for the software department. I have a B.S. in Computing Science from Texas A&M and 24 hours toward an M.S. from The University of Texas at Arlington. And Tandy never even called me back after the interview.
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Newsgroups: sci.electronics,alt.privacy Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.uta.edu!utarlg.uta.edu!b645zhy From: b645zhy@utarlg.uta.edu (Mark Luckstead) Subject: Re: Big Brother Radio Shack Message-ID: <2NOV199221010232@utarlg.uta.edu> Summary: Well, they didn't hire me. News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41 Sender: news@utagraph.uta.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: utarlg.uta.edu Organization: The University of Texas at Arlington References: <Bx3D36.Du0@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <u3amTB6w165w@tcscs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1992 03:01:00 GMT Lines: 34