Linux = Google Chrome Browser according to best buy.

[dragos240]

So I went to best buy to get a USB keyboard and Monitor, and then I heard a woman say that "Oh this computer runs Linux, it's a totally different operating system." So I assumed that some of the laptops had Linux pre-installed. I asked her later where the laptop was (because I've never seen a preloaded Linux laptop before). She guided me to a computer running Windows 7, and she said that when you opened up this (chrome), that it was Linux. It seems that she thinks that a browser is the same as an operating system, another Best Buy fault it seems. Ah well, doesn't really matter.

[_h_]

And you'd think to work at an electronics store, you'd have to know something about them, especially if you're assigned to a department (such as this case, the computer area).

[t.rei]

Considering I have seen KDE screenshots on an article about how sleek windows 7 is on a rather sincere newspaper, you cant really blame anyone for misinformation and/or ignorance.

Too bad many people are getting 'upset' when corrected, as if being wrong is something bad. :/

This DOES remind me of the interview in the first episode of IT Crowd, though: "I'm gonna put you in IT, because it says on your cv you have alot of experience with computers."

[dragos240]

Yeah, I just said "Oh, well alright". I didn't really bother to correct her.

[steveneddy]

I would have

*rolls eyes

*walked away

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Frankly I can't believe that a large company like Best Buy doesn't have employees that are more knowledgeable than they actually are.

This is why Windows users are so confused all the time about anything computer related, they are getting fed a line constantly at every turn and possibly they cannot discern the difference between truth and fantasy.

[whiskeylover]

We should have a separate "Best Buy Bashing" forum : )

[Post Monkeh]

people who work in shops are professionals, we should listen to them, they know what they're talking about

[dragos240]

people who work in shops are professionals, we should listen to them, they know what they're talking about

I completely agree </sarcasm>

[swoll1980]

You guys have never been wrong before? Anyways, why does it matter? The people that know better, know better. The people that are computer illiterate will always be that way. Doesn't matter what the people at Bestbuy tell them.

[swoll1980]

people who work in shops are professionals, we should listen to them, they know what they're talking about

People that work at Bestbuy are not professionals. They are high school kids making minimum wage. At least the ones at my Bestbuy are.