Re: our brilliant education system

From	felix <me@nothere.biz>
Newsgroups	aus.tv, aus.computers, aus.politics
Subject	Re: our brilliant education system
Date	2016-01-05 16:53 +1100
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On 05-January-2016 12:49 PM, Clocky wrote:
> On 2/01/2016 4:50 PM, Clocky wrote:
>> On 2/01/2016 3:47 PM, Je�us wrote:
>>> On Sat, 2 Jan 2016 17:45:33 +1100, Trevor <trevor@home.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2/01/2016 3:51 PM, Je?us wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 2 Jan 2016 13:40:06 +1100, Trevor <trevor@home.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2/01/2016 9:46 AM, Clocky wrote:
>>>>>>> Reminds me of the time I went to Dick Smith to buy some stuff
>>>>>>> including
>>>>>>> components (yeah, that long ago) and the sales pleb put through the
>>>>>>> regular stuff and then started looking in the catalogue before
>>>>>>> declaring
>>>>>>> that "I can't be arsed looking them up, you can have them".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I thought he was joking, but he wasn't. He had given away $20-$30
>>>>>>> worth
>>>>>>> of P section stuff.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yep, idiot sales staff was probably the reason they gave up on
>>>>>> components, they would never hire sales people who actually knew 
>>>>>> what
>>>>>> they were.
>>>>>
>>>>> Up until the late 80's, at least a couple of the staff in each store
>>>>> knew their stuff,
>>>>
>>>> Not in any of the ones near me. Guess you were lucky.
>>>
>>> Oh. I must have been, I guess  :) Most of those years I was in Darwin,
>>> so that store is my reference point.
>>>
>>
>> I did a brief stint at DSE when they were still selling components. With
>> my background in electronics that was my speciality and I amassed a
>> following of hobbyists as I was the only one there who had any idea (let
>> alone interest) relating to the P section stuff.
>>
>>>>> and most of those also had their amateur ticket as
>>>>> well. It's hard to believe how different DSE is now.
>>>>
>>>> Hard to believe they are still in business.
>>>
>>> Agreed. I have no idea what they're aiming for, as there's plenty of
>>> competitors who do it much, much much better.
>>>
>>
>> Yep, DSE are a completely pointless franchise these days.
>>
>
> Heh, might as well tack it on here since it was a point of discussion. 
> DSE has just been placed in voluntary administration... well, when you 
> can't turn a profit over Christmas you know you're well and truly fucked.
>
> So long DSE and thanks for the memories.
>
>
>

Once tricky Dicky sold it there's was no longer anything special or 
unique about it, and it became just another retail store


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