there is no hope for the young poeple

ok i was out at BUNNINGS 2 day and i worked out there all brain dead
i go to get a ne jig saw:U and 1 or 2 other new toys
and this young thing say hi m8 can i help u
i look down to see what i think is a alf thats got a job selling tool
i say no im ok get my jig saw and go to pay
the same alf says what do u use that for??:doh:

i stop and think why me god !!!:;
i say to cut out circular things

the alf looks at me and then say ( why dont u use a circular saw to cut circular things thats why thay call it a circular saw isnt it???):doh::doh::doh:

i stop and smile trying not to take the supur glue in my and and stick the alfs head to the counter and say have a nice day

he was pull yu leg l think:D

no its not the 1st time people there have know idear

A few hundred years ago, Ponce deLeon searched all over Florida for the Fountain of Youth. We now say we need to find the Fountain of Smart.:wink:

Joe

LOL ....."they walk among us!" ha ha......on ebay, a guy is selling an item, says, I learned to use it in my back yard.......I asked a question, he comes back, this is new, never been out of the box LOL....must have been tough learning to use it in the box :2tsup:


As for this bunnings clerk......wanna borrow my super glue ROFLMAO:;

Of course they dont know anything these days, all you old farts :q dont teach them anything. All they get is smart arsed responses to seemingly stupid questions. How they gonna learn if no one teaches them. Is it their fault the company doesn't train them? He/she was actually interested enough to talk to you, encouragement might have been a better response. :doh:funny, all the same rofl.:2tsup:

Donna

Maybe you should have used your mobile phone to 'text' him instead of talking. You might have been able to understand each other better. He probably would have put 'lol' and then you'd know it was a joke.

What exactly is an 'alf''? Alien Life Form? Maybe you meant 'elf' as in Lord of the Rings?

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Of course they dont know anything these days, all you old farts :q dont teach them anything. All they get is smart arsed responses to seemingly stupid questions. How they gonna learn if no one teaches them. Is it their fault the company doesn't train them? He/she was actually interested enough to talk to you, encouragement might have been a better response. :doh:funny, all the same rofl.:2tsup:

Donna

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Duh....isn't that what school is for? :doh:

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Originally Posted by hi ho sliver

Duh....isn't that what school is for? :doh:

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Not any more apparently :roll:

what a pack of A H u all can be:~

get off their backs ,what l know on the matter is we were all not born smart like some of u
how companies use staff they get young kids on holidays from school with some smarts whack them in the deep end if they stay afloat they will make money from them if not they push in the trolleys ,

it's not easy to get a teenager to say anything other than a grunt or a Iduno so how would the poor kid feel first day on the job don't want to go back pushing trolleys the bloke l work with needs a break they haven't replaced him they never do what to do ??

have to walk up and talk to that NZ:cool: and talk to him and hope to pick this up this game quick

I spent 4 years at bunnings and trained a few kid in the toolshop
just remember u lot it takes time to know as much as us

NZ should have taken a few moments and tell him what to use them for and the kid would have learnt something he would happy his game gets better and he doesn't have to go back and push trolleys

so know some fact before you all judge the poor mug:)

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Originally Posted by hi ho sliver

Duh....isn't that what school is for? :doh:

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we worked out that a teacher has 5 min per student per class, lets teach how to sell power tool instead of sport

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what a pack of A H u all can be

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Hope you're not including me in that 'all'.

"There is no hope for the young people". He got that right.

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Originally Posted by silentC

Maybe you should have used your mobile phone to 'text' him instead of talking.

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Touche'

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Hope you're not including me in that 'all'. :rolleyes::rolleyes:waiting to see

"There is no hope for the young people". He got that right.

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so you are saying that there is no hope silent that's it's all just a waste of time .That we are sooooo smart and stuffed the place were we live maybe the young are just waiting to move in and stop the perfect world that we made :?there is a lot of switched on kids out there

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Touche'

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bagging Bunnings worker is a sport on this forum
you work for a crappy wage get treated like crap from management ,but still one of the best jobs I have worked in the people they hirer I like :qplay the ball not the man

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so you are saying that there is no hope silent that's it's all just a waste of time .That we are sooooo smart and stuffed the place were we live maybe the young are just waiting to more in and stop the perfect world that we made :?

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No I'm not saying that at all. What I'm saying is that it's ironic that a post calling a kid 'brain dead' for not knowing about power tools is so badly written, full of poor spelling and SMS talk.

Hopefully that kid at Bunnings will learn on the job and end up being a bit more knowledgeable. We all have to start somewhere. I wonder what OP is doing about improving his communication skills?

Sheesh, I'm trying to be subtle after that 'epic fail' business.

Went to the local school concert last night. Some great teenagers played some great music. :cool:

I reacon you shoulda had a joke with the poor kid and actually taught him something. :p His opinion of old farts prolly went the same way as your opinion of teenages.:rolleyes:

When did 24 become 'old fart'? I must be ancient...

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When did 24 become 'old fart'? I must be ancient...

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Well, spare a thought for those of us who actually are, then..:D

Lucky I missed this before, I would have ended up saying something fitting the AH description...:D

Anyway, this has nothing to do with woodcarving, which explains your unusual presence here... :D

Let's move this thread then, so I can start my rant about the competence of the local education system.

I thought it seemed a bit strange in here. I'd better leave because I haven't got an artistic bone in my body...

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Originally Posted by silentC

Hope you're not including me in that 'all'.
There is no hope for the young people
"". He got that right.

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this quote could have meant something else :?

after your reply no I don't think l will put you (u) in the "all" but lets not judge people on grammar and how they sound but what they do


43 not old :D

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I thought it seemed a bit strange in here. I'd better leave because I haven't got an artistic bone in my body...

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no need to leave stay and make some comments on the work that goes up on the forum , please no great ,cool ,:2tsup:when they are not :;

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Well, spare a thought for those of us who actually are, then..:D

Lucky I missed this before, I would have ended up saying something fitting the AH description...:D

Anyway, this has nothing to do with woodcarving, which explains your unusual presence here... :D

Let's move this thread then, so I can start my rant about the competence of the local education system.

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:toot:rant away

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lets not judge people on grammar and how they sound but what they do

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Yeah I know. I stir people up about that a bit but I usually only have a shot when they've been hooking into someone else. The way I see it, if you're prepared to have a go at someone, you should be prepared to get as good as you give. I understood his post well enough and these days we're not supposed to criticise people's spelling etc. but we're also not supposed to call people 'brain dead'. Fair's fair I reckon. :)

On the Bunnings thing, I went in looking for rubber grommets one day. I couldn't find them so I asked a young guy that was hanging around near the electrical section. He had never heard of a grommet. I eventually found them, so I grabbed a packet and went looking for him. I found him, showed him the packet and said "these are grommets". Next time someone asks him, he will know.

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When did 24 become 'old fart'? I must be ancient...

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Oops. :doh:

Well 24 did seem quite old when I was a teenager.:rolleyes:

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Yeah I know. I stir people up about that a bit but I usually only have a shot when they've been hooking into someone else. The way I see it, if you're prepared to have a go at someone, you should be prepared to get as good as you give. I understood his post well enough and these days we're not supposed to criticise people's spelling etc. but we're also not supposed to call people 'brain dead'. Fair's fair I reckon. :)

On the Bunnings thing, I went in looking for rubber grommets one day. I couldn't find them so I asked a young guy that was hanging around near the electrical section. He had never heard of a grommet. I eventually found them, so I grabbed a packet and went looking for him. I found him, showed him the packet and said "these are grommets". Next time someone asks him, he will know.

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Educating the youth is everybody's job

and fairs fair l guess



l love spell checker my grammer is getting better l hope :B

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bagging Bunnings worker is a sport on this forum
you work for a crappy wage get treated like crap from management ,but still one of the best jobs I have worked in the people they hirer I like :qplay the ball not the man

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Hi Spirit,
I'm not really having a good go at him... its just I'm old school and can't read SMS speak, especially with no punctuation or capital letters! It honestly takes me longer to decipher it than if it was in the old fashioned longhand!!
Needless to say, after a few abortive attempts at texting on my mobile I have abandoned it as a joke. Despite that apology of sorts, I actually agree with Silent, and think that if our nz_carver and the clueless chap at Bunnies were texting, they would have had a far better chance of communicating successfully!
As for Bunnies employment process, surely it would be in their own interests (call it a funny name like customer service, or public relations) to either have staff with a modicum of knowledge already, or train them up in the basics (Budget Powertools 101), and not rely on frustrated customers trying educate them, as the grommet episode implies.
I certainly agree with the comment that it takes years to have a real handle on the subject, and the wealth of knowledge shown in this forum is testament to that, I just don't agree with them (Bunnies) starting staff from a zero background.

Cheers

ALF little person im 6.0 this little thing was 4.9

i mean yes im still young but young people here give me the sh!@s

i mean its not like there job is hard or long i mean dont even think u have to speek english to get a job there or count to 10
and at starting pay of $18.50 phr

just gets me that know one there ever knows anythink about the things thay are selling:no:

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Hi Spirit,
I'm not really having a good go at him... its just I'm old school and can't read SMS speak, especially with no punctuation or capital letters! It honestly takes me longer to decipher it than if it was in the old fashioned longhand!!
Needless to say, after a few abortive attempts at texting on my mobile I have abandoned it as a joke. Despite that apology of sorts, I actually agree with Silent, and think that if our nz_carver and the clueless chap at Bunnies were texting, they would have had a far better chance of communicating successfully!
As for Bunnies employment process, surely it would be in their own interests (call it a funny name like customer service, or public relations) to either have staff with a modicum of knowledge already, or train them up in the basics (Budget Powertools 101), and not rely on frustrated customers trying educate them, as the grommet episode implies.
I certainly agree with the comment that it takes years to have a real handle on the subject, and the wealth of knowledge shown in this forum is testament to that, I just don't agree with them (Bunnies) starting staff from a zero background.

Cheers

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so are u say all use young people use texting to talk to eatch other???
i work in a kitchen and have a thing with people textin it me off!!!!
well thats like saying all fat people dream of a job at KFC !!!!!

im not saying all there people in all there stores are brain dead just gets me coz id think if u a payed to do a job u do it???
or payed to know what you are selling u read up on it???

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ALF little person im 6.0 this little thing was 4.9

i mean yes im still young but young people here give me the sh!@s

i mean its not like there job is hard or long i mean dont even think u have to speek english to get a job there or count to 10
and at starting pay of $18.50 phr

just gets me that know one there ever knows anythink about the things thay are selling:no:

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:D Oh please you are having us on.......right.......I hope:doh:

Sorry all I could not help but chime in, I'll go now

no im not:?

Everyone has to start somewhere however I feel it is up to the employer to train their staff - not left to the customers.

Obviously it is not the kid's fault his employer doesn't train him but that doesn't mean customers should not be concerned. What if I wanted advice on a product that I had no knowledge and incorrect advice wasted my money or compromised my health?:o

It is too easy to knock any large organisation especially one who targets the budget tools and caters for a wide range of customers and employs a large number of staff.

I have visited probably more Bunnings stores than most people in every state and territory around Australia as part of my previous job. I found the majority of their staff pleasant to deal with even under sometimes difficult conditions.

I haven't been in any of their stores for a couple of years because they are a fair way from here and don't really sell much that I am likely to buy.

Could all dislexics here please identify themselves, so we can safely separate them from the DHs? (or is this considered AH ?) :rolleyes: :D

cant spell to save my self:(
good thing i can carve:2tsup:

... I'll take that as a yes, then :)

look anybody that has read my post know I have a learning difficulty :-but there is a great button at the top of the screen that says ABC check I click on that and it makes my post able to be read

to nz carver if you use this all the time your spelling does get better ,


as for the bunnings thing there is a lot of good people that work there that know their stuff as for training they do on line training but your under the pump and who has the time :?

they squeeze every cent from the workers

i always say that the tradesman is in the store when im in there and leaves when i do:D (that means me being the tradesman):rolleyes::cool::2tsup::oo:

I can't and won't name anyone here, because I don't know anyone here....but from my experience......most "learning deficiencies" can be boiled down to a simple statement........"An overly abundant amount of lead in the butt!" lol....if anyone wants to learn to spell and not look like a dunce 'DO IT'! It's too easy to sit back and make everyone else try to figure out what the H you are talking about........anyone can learn if the really WANT to and have the gumption! again, only in my opinion, wouldn't want to start a fire here . ;)

Please don't take this as adding fuel to the fire. My earlier smart-???? remark was intended only for levity.

I've found a few clerks eager for new knowledge, and have exercised a method similar to silentC's about grommets. One very dedicated clerk at Home Depot (similar to Bunnings) griped that management seems concerned only about profits, apparently unaware that profits derive from customer satisfaction. Andy Mac hit the nail on the head about proper training being management's responsibility.

Joe

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I can't and won't name anyone here, because I don't know anyone here....but from my experience......most "learning deficiencies" can be boiled down to a simple statement........"An overly abundant amount of lead in the butt!" lol....if anyone wants to learn to spell and not look like a dunce 'DO IT'! It's too easy to sit back and make everyone else try to figure out what the H you are talking about........anyone can learn if the really WANT to and have the gumption! again, only in my opinion, wouldn't want to start a fire here . ;)

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:pointlaugh::roflmao: This is why Teachers spend an extra few years at SCHOOL/Uni. Then spend additional time being taught how to teach on all those "Pupil Free Days"/ "Development Days" they get every year paid for by Taxpayers.

Not to mention the educational additional studies that they get paid for as part of their job claim tax benefits for. They do this to further their education and Pay Packets. So at what point do they feel they have knowledge enough to educate the youth of today for tomorrow's life when all they are being taught is yesterdays mistakes.:rolleyes:

NZcarver you started this thread in scorn of a practice in business and a political system which these old pharts voted for, that allows the educational standards to have dropped in our schools.

Yet government pays these companies a sum of $$$ to train personel which never seems to happen the cash goes into pockets of CEO's and execs for a job well done.:doh::~

Its been well and truly :jacked: into a nit picking denigration by Spelling Natzi's who have nothing better to do with their time. Good job none of them ever tried to cypher or learn Hansard reporting or Shorthand:roll:.

Pity the old as they grow old for they forget the days of their youth and rebellion, the fights they had to create the world we have today where the young can stand up and be heard, speak out and be free.

Like a 24 year odl noticing that something is very wrong like you have done here and spoken out.


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