*** hates me!

[brownstown89]

not that i care and idk if this deserves its own thread but...

I usually stop by the local *** when i go grocery shopping. Well i walk in and always look around to see any almost expired protein powders or pre workouts on sale. I usually always end up getting energy drinks such as rockstars, Speed stack, ripped stack, xyicence, RTD protein shakes or protein bars for a 10 cents to a 1.50..

now the dumbass that works the desk always ask me if i need vitamins and i just laugh and tell him that my 5 dollar ones that last like a year are just as good as the *** brand. Then he asks if i need a pre workout and tries to sell muscle tech **** to me and i just laugh it off thinking no dude i am just ripping you off buying the cheap **** on clearance...

anyways t hese two skinny ass dudes come in to buy protien hes shoving muscle tech and *** brand protien down his throat..ready to buy easily 300 worth of protien/creatine etc. I just look at em and tell them man you guys are tryna get jacked right? and they say hell yea.. and im like your wasting your money on all this damn protien powder from here its way to expensive go look at the clerance get some pre workout to get you hyped before lifting and go to walmart and pick up some skinless bonless chicken. and go buy foods high in protien it can be crispy even you guys need all the calories you can get!

they proceed to agree with me put down all there items and leave *** the sales clerk was PISSSED!

[qwerty33]

haha good **** man. **** ***

[DGA3]

Do the salespeople work on commission? If so, no wonder he was pissed!

On the other hand, if they don't - he shouldn't be so upset (even if they have quotas to shoot for).

It's funny, the *** stores I occasionally visit around here do not push anything on me or suggestive sell. They just let me browse, pick out what I want, or walk out with nothing.

No pressure!

(Maybe when I ask questions they can tell that I know what I am talking about, so they leave me alone or give up on the thought of tricking me into buying a product that is a waste of money).

[H8dook]

YES,
They get paid off commission plus a paltry hourly wage.
I'd push M-tech garbage as well if I was in his shoes.Obviously the mark up is through the roof,so hence the higher commission.
I believe they are told to push certain brands,which yield higher commissions.
Makes sense.At least thats the way it was when I worked there over 8 years ago p/t.

*** is "supplementation for dummies."
You eventually learn to shop online rather than ***,unless you have a hook up.That's how I got my p/t job back in the day.The lady would sell me anything in the store at a sweet cut rate.She would just ring it up as out of date plus my gold card savings on top of that.

[gamer2be08]

LMAO, I once went into a *** asking for samples of protein and pre workouts. The guy looked at me and said "what, you think we give **** out for free. You just gonna walk all up in here thinkin im gonna give you something". He then proceeds to ask if I wanted a creatine product. I said sure to humor him. He goes and picks up some white flood and said its one of the best creatine product they had xD.. If you know anything about WF, there is not one ounce of creatine in it... I then told him to not be a jackass and any other supplement store I go to gives me free samples and I gave him deuces and left...

[Young Gotti]

i love it, maybe i'm off alittle but i have fun telling these kids what they're telling me is nonsense and they work for commision, they r like ohhh no, but i did know a girl who worked there, i love getting boxes of muscletech bars for free along with big 50 protein drinks for free when they are supposed to throw them out, i messed with the one kid telling me that jack3d was the newest pre workout, so i played along like ohhh really? sounds awesome, then i looked at him like, but the original formula was better when it was jacked and it's been out for alittle while now, the kid just looked at me like damn i thought he really was going to buy this from me

[noot]

*** hates everyone. The only thing they love is your wallet.

[BeBig]

I like all yall's posts...I can't stand ***...what a rip off...I went in there one time to buy some protein and I needed some didn't want to wait on a shipment...Well I checked the price it was something like $40 bucks..and I was like well I'll wait till gold card week which was only a couple days away and I eat plenty of chicken etc...to get protein supplementation...so I went back in and the price of the same tub during gold card week went up $10 bucks...I was like WTF is this??? So I proceeded to tell the clerk I was in here two days ago before Gold Card week and it was $10 bucks cheaper...and they insisted it wasn't and I was like whatever..so I raised a big stir in there with a bunch of people in the store and they all left...ahhaahhaah...

[JN230]

damn bro thats the truth but you jsut stepped on the sales guys dinner plate and crushed it bro, thats low. how would oyu have liked it if someone kept you from closing a deal at your job? or interrupted your next interview and caused you to not get the job, thats Fu(ked up bro

[AntonG42O]

true. even the douchebag pencilneck has to eat...not much lol but ne needs to

[brownstown89]

damn bro thats the truth but you jsut stepped on the sales guys dinner plate and crushed it bro, thats low. how would oyu have liked it if someone kept you from closing a deal at your job? or interrupted your next interview and caused you to not get the job, thats Fu(ked up bro

what about the guys who were about to waste money? and severely overprice that takes money out there pockets which they could use to eat too?

[andrew732]

AWESOME bro, I do the same thing everytime I go in there LMAO!

[bikeswimlive]

I say when you can...stick it to the man.

Edit: I did not intentionally mean for that to rhyme

[AntonG42O]

the way i see it, these people dont eat live and breathe supplements and nutrition, like we do. because of all the time we invest into this, we know all the best and worst supplements and see through the bull$hit. the guy thats working at *** most likely is just working at ***. he is not an advanced knowledgeable lifter and usually makes minimum wage plus commission. all that MT crap carries a few dollars of that commission every time he sells a tub of nitro tech or whatever. even if he did know about better products, he would still sell the little teenager higher commission product. i did it when i was in college working vitamin world, even though I knew the truth. Im ok with them being ignorant and sales oriented. I just dont understand why they are pushing the OTC PH's to young dudes. I have never even opened the glass door where my store kept all those. I feel like 5 or so years ago guys werent walking into *** immediately looking for prohormones

[bikeswimlive]

the way i see it, these people dont eat live and breathe supplements and nutrition, like we do. because of all the time we invest into this, we know all the best and worst supplements and see through the bull$hit. the guy thats working at *** most likely is just working at ***. he is not an advanced knowledgeable lifter and usually makes minimum wage plus commission. all that MT crap carries a few dollars of that commission every time he sells a tub of nitro tech or whatever. even if he did know about better products, he would still sell the little teenager higher commission product. i did it when i was in college working vitamin world, even though I knew the truth. Im ok with them being ignorant and sales oriented. I just dont understand why they are pushing the OTC PH's to young dudes. I have never even opened the glass door where my store kept all those. I feel like 5 or so years ago guys werent walking into *** immediately looking for prohormones

This is the real issue.

[DGA3]

Now that I think of it, *** owes me a discount coupon for messing up a sale price several months ago (long story). I have emailed them several times and they always say to be patient, because "these things take time."

Anyway, I don't think I'll ever see that coupon.

Another reason to hate ***!

[ktatro1]

I work at ***, and I wouldn't give out any advice there that I wouldn't give here. Not everyone who works at *** is a total piece of shi*t, just so you know. To those who think its funny to ruin sales for other people, I emplore you to reconsider, as this is money these people rely on to get them to the next paycheck. It's fine for you to not agree with a company's policies, but don't punish low level employees who are just doing their jobs. They don't make the policies, they just enforce them, and I'm sure anyone who is lucky enough to have a job in this curent economy, and especially those who aren't, can resect that. If you don't like the company, fine, then don't go there and show your displeasure passively, but don't fu*ck employees just doing their job.

I'm not saying I agree with *** or how they operate, but they sign my check, so i'll play along until i find something better and more suitable. I do go to school full time and coach though, and they are flexible, so it works for me.

[Gizmacho]

The guy at my local *** is cool as sh it. He does gear every summer and is one of the guys who got me interested in it, by telling me how fun it is. He knows every ingredient of every supplement and a friggin ton about vitamins and herbals. Nonetheless, he definitely "totes the company line" and tries to push *** brands to me 24/7 and I have to put him in check. But all in all, I go in on the first of every month to get my hands on freshly expired pre-workouts and protein, and he's cool. I'm to the point with him where I get BOGO 50% off on everything all the time. Which doesn't hurt, especially on the stuff that's 75% off.

But don't get me wrong. I still buy WPI (94% pure) by the lb., and pure micronized creatine by the kilo online.

[Blacktail]

LMAO I got into an argument about how my Multi was better than theirs at a lower price with the fat guy with womanly arms proceeded to push it on a friend of mine, I then told my friend to buy his ****e at NP and leave this guy with his 90 dollar (after taxes) bottle of crap. Whereupon he told me that theirs was all natural and therefore better so i grabbed the bottle turned it around and said, look under "other ingredients" does that look all natural to you? Also where is your proof that all natural is better and that yours is indeed sourced from all natural places? What is all natural to you anyway? Organic, whole sourced crushed by natives in a jungle? He turned very red and started helping another customer. I only went in there to say hi to my bud anyway haha, he ended up putting back their garbage house brand weight gainer and a bunch of garbage. I mean can they at least hire someone that actually works out? I haven't seen a guy working at one that does in like 10 years. If you try and push something thats one thing, but don't bs about it to someone twice your size and able to back up what he says.
Fuel in Canada is a much better shop. Give you tons of freebies, discounts and carry good brands and will bring in stuff if you ask. All the guys are huge,knowledgeable and know how to supplement and diet correctly.

[brownstown89]

I work at ***, and I wouldn't give out any advice there that I wouldn't give here. Not everyone who works at *** is a total piece of shi*t, just so you know. To those who think its funny to ruin sales for other people, I emplore you to reconsider, as this is money these people rely on to get them to the next paycheck. It's fine for you to not agree with a company's policies, but don't punish low level employees who are just doing their jobs. They don't make the policies, they just enforce them, and I'm sure anyone who is lucky enough to have a job in this curent economy, and especially those who aren't, can resect that. If you don't like the company, fine, then don't go there and show your displeasure passively, but don't fu*ck employees just doing their job.

I'm not saying I agree with *** or how they operate, but they sign my check, so i'll play along until i find something better and more suitable. I do go to school full time and coach though, and they are flexible, so it works for me.

i could just as easily say that the *** worker is ****ing a customer who worked damn hard for his money into buying a worthless muscletech product.. If the person had the courage to ask me what i would do why should i lie to him and help out the *** worker when im the neutral 3rd party?