View Single Post
Old 03-09-2020, 12:58 PM   #94
j.p.s
Grand Sorcerer
j.p.s ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.j.p.s ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.j.p.s ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.j.p.s ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.j.p.s ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.j.p.s ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.j.p.s ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.j.p.s ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.j.p.s ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.j.p.s ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.j.p.s ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 5,808
Karma: 103362673
Join Date: Apr 2011
Device: pb360
Quote:
Originally Posted by ZodWallop View Post
Your example is very specific, but to stick to it, if you are in a store where the clerk is as well versed in Java texts as you are and the clerk is well aware they don't have a copy of James Gosling's preferred book, it is human nature (as well as good business) to try suggesting something they do have in stock.

If I went to a store looking for a copy of Raymond Chandler's The Little Sister, I would far prefer suggestions of other Chandler works or similar authors works that they do have in stock to a flat 'no'. I would think that clerk that did just say no is an unhelpful jerk.
Let's say it might be in stock, but the clerk does not know that, and is only able to hand you a 10 page disappearing ink custom for you print out cluttered with listings for gadgets, clothes, videos, and music, and the only way to see whether The Little Sister is in the list is to read each item until you have seen it or got to the end.
j.p.s is offline   Reply With Quote