Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LOL - I am a native New Yorker who frequents B&H. and who survived a Bris.. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Laurel" <jplaurel@nwlink.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 7:59 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:B&H > I''ve done business with B&H for many years and always found them to be one > of the more reputable equipment suppliers in NYC. Until a few months ago, > I'd never actually been there in person, and I was shocked at how busy they > are at the main store and how efficiently the ordering process works. > Obviously, they have to protect themselves from shoplifting, so you select > your item from a showcase and the salesperson adds the items to your ticket. > Whey you're finished shopping, you take the ticket to the cashier and pay, > then proceed to the pickup area, where your items are waiting, having been > delivered by a mechanized basket system that gathers your purchases from > each department and moves them to the pickup area. > > I had to laugh when, as I walked up to the Leica counter, two employees were > deep in conversation. Now, remember, they're speaking at about 2x normal > speed in New York accents, complete with waving of arms. > > "I told him 2 months ago I had to go to the bris. How can I not go to the > bris? The kid's my nephew. I can't miss the bris. Now they tell me I > can't have the day off. What am I supposed to do? I've got to be at the > bris! What am I going to tell the kid when he grows up? That I couldn't be > at the bris because I had to work? How can I face my brother? Oy vey!" > > --Jim > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html