I used to work at one of the busiest GNC’s on the east coast and I have my share of horror stories from customers (had someone shit their pants in the store) but my favorite story (actually it happened twice) was pretty short, customer comes in off the street:
“hey, you guys sell cigarettes here right?”
[quote]Phyrgian wrote:
“hey, you guys sell cigarettes here right?”[/quote]
Kid you not, the same thing happened to me twice this past month…why would someone ever assume that?
It was bizarre for sure, especially since the GNC i worked at was right next to several other shops, incl a liquor/cigarette store.
I had a lot of the “now…I don’t want to get TOO big” customers, it was always too risky to say stuff like
“well I’ve actually never had to do a return on a product for it being too effective” Like you’re going to grow out of your shirts from one tub of nitro-tech
Most people that wander in here just assume we are a GNC and are shocked when I tell them that we’re an independently run store and that we don’t have a return policy on opened goods that you didn’t get you huge in a week. The only time I even consider a return is if I recently sold the item to them and it’s something that I myself would use. At that point I usually get them to sell it to me at a price that is very much in my favor.
Was just informed by skinny fat Arabic gentlemen that a standard full spectrum amino acid product was the most powerful substance he has ever had. First, I was relieved that he wasn’t shouting the praises of some stupid pre-workout pump product as the EAA’s obviously have their place. He did however have no clue that the amino acids are the building blocks of protein and that the specific product he was looking for was basically a scoop of protein in pill form per serving. He could not stress how much this product was “duh bess” though.
What I Learned From This Thread: There are many Arabs in Nova Scotia and they like supplements.
Halifax I believe has one of the highest amount of Lebanese people outside of Lebanon. It’s also a university city with two out of the three major universities/colleges doing a lot of overseas recruiting. Just for the record, I do not have anything against Arabic people but when it comes to exercise, nutrition and supplements…I don’t think there is a more misinformed, ignorant, and careless group of people on the planet.
Perhaps I should stop including someone’s race when I tell a story?
Meh, I didn’t get offended.
[quote]Nards wrote:
What I Learned From This Thread: There are many Arabs in Nova Scotia and they like supplements.[/quote]
I thought I was taking crazy pills, being the only one who was so unaware of the huge Arab population in Nova Scotia. I mean, it just seems so random.
A+ thread. Reminds me of a friend who thinks any more than 1 scoop of protein powder per day causes rectal bleeding.
Man, I read the shit outta of every label when I go to GNC / Vitamin Store and the ilk. I do it to a fault and end up finding something that I dont like and end up going home empty handed.
[quote]JaseHxC wrote:
Perhaps I should stop including someone’s race when I tell a story?[/quote]
Please don’t stop. I like the visual and I read it in the stereotypical accent of the race so it makes it funny to me.
I know a HS football player that asked me what type of workout he should do to gain weight. I told him it was all diet to gain size and asked out of the blue if he took anything pre/peri/post workout or supplemented his diet with any protein. He said “naw man, i play HS football and I don’t want to be testing positive for steroids…who knows what they put in those things???” I was in a hurry and didn’t have time to correct him, but i did say that my mom supplements with her diet with protein shakes to replace her breakfast, to which he replied “whoah! your mom is hardcore!”
i thought it was funny. seems like anywhere you go, there are still people that have no idea what the word “supplement” truly means. They think it means “end all, be all, do all” product.
[quote]BARDUKE wrote:
i thought it was funny. seems like anywhere you go, there are still people that have no idea what the word “supplement” truly means. They think it means “end all, be all, do all” product.[/quote]
Yes they are. GNC said so, why would they lie?
[quote]BARDUKE wrote:
I know a HS football player that asked me what type of workout he should do to gain weight. I told him it was all diet to gain size and asked out of the blue if he took anything pre/peri/post workout or supplemented his diet with any protein. He said “naw man, i play HS football and I don’t want to be testing positive for steroids…who knows what they put in those things???” I was in a hurry and didn’t have time to correct him, but i did say that my mom supplements with her diet with protein shakes to replace her breakfast, to which he replied “whoah! your mom is hardcore!”
i thought it was funny. seems like anywhere you go, there are still people that have no idea what the word “supplement” truly means. They think it means “end all, be all, do all” product.[/quote]
Indeed.
Like when women wonder if protein powder will make them bust out of their sleeves, I ask (well it’s only happened once or twice) them if their biceps feel like they’re going to explode after they eat chicken or a 3 egg omelette.
[quote]Nards wrote:
[quote]BARDUKE wrote:
I know a HS football player that asked me what type of workout he should do to gain weight. I told him it was all diet to gain size and asked out of the blue if he took anything pre/peri/post workout or supplemented his diet with any protein. He said “naw man, i play HS football and I don’t want to be testing positive for steroids…who knows what they put in those things???” I was in a hurry and didn’t have time to correct him, but i did say that my mom supplements with her diet with protein shakes to replace her breakfast, to which he replied “whoah! your mom is hardcore!”
i thought it was funny. seems like anywhere you go, there are still people that have no idea what the word “supplement” truly means. They think it means “end all, be all, do all” product.[/quote]
Indeed.
Like when women wonder if protein powder will make them bust out of their sleeves, I ask (well it’s only happened once or twice) them if their biceps feel like they’re going to explode after they eat chicken or a 3 egg omelette.[/quote]
My sister-in-law was asking for dietary advice so I told her to replace some of her refined carb calories with some protein. She bought a 5lb tub of whey. After using about half of it she told me she had to stop because she had already put on 10 lbs. of muscle! I should have snagged the rest of that magic powder. Every 2.5 lbs you use you gain 10 lbs of pure muscle.
It seems I “gave her da wrong advizes”
[quote]greggio wrote:
[quote]Nards wrote:
[quote]BARDUKE wrote:
I know a HS football player that asked me what type of workout he should do to gain weight. I told him it was all diet to gain size and asked out of the blue if he took anything pre/peri/post workout or supplemented his diet with any protein. He said “naw man, i play HS football and I don’t want to be testing positive for steroids…who knows what they put in those things???” I was in a hurry and didn’t have time to correct him, but i did say that my mom supplements with her diet with protein shakes to replace her breakfast, to which he replied “whoah! your mom is hardcore!”
i thought it was funny. seems like anywhere you go, there are still people that have no idea what the word “supplement” truly means. They think it means “end all, be all, do all” product.[/quote]
Indeed.
Like when women wonder if protein powder will make them bust out of their sleeves, I ask (well it’s only happened once or twice) them if their biceps feel like they’re going to explode after they eat chicken or a 3 egg omelette.[/quote]
My sister-in-law was asking for dietary advice so I told her to replace some of her refined carb calories with some protein. She bought a 5lb tub of whey. After using about half of it she told me she had to stop because she had already put on 10 lbs. of muscle! I should have snagged the rest of that magic powder. Every 2.5 lbs you use you gain 10 lbs of pure muscle.
It seems I “gave her da wrong advizes”[/quote]
That’s funny! Yeah, I wish gaining muscle was as easy as most women think it is.
[quote]JaseHxC wrote:
Was just informed by skinny fat Arabic gentlemen that a standard full spectrum amino acid product was the most powerful substance he has ever had. [/quote]
WTF? “full spectrum amino”, Is this some kind of sunblock?
[quote]Biffinator wrote:
[quote]JaseHxC wrote:
Was just informed by skinny fat Arabic gentlemen that a standard full spectrum amino acid product was the most powerful substance he has ever had. [/quote]
WTF? “full spectrum amino”, Is this some kind of sunblock?
[/quote]
My way of saying that it contains all the EAA’s with some BCAA’s as well. I guess calling it “complete” would have been better, but I’m from Canada so I don’t know much aboot book’ learnin’ eh.
[quote]JaseHxC wrote:
Halifax I believe has one of the highest amount of Lebanese people outside of Lebanon. [/quote]
I thought that it was Fredericton. There must have been a change since I went to school.
^^ Wasn’t aware that there were Lebs in New Brunswick.
Two stories from today:
#1 Few younger guys come wanting to know if Muscle Milk is good for “the bulk”. I told them that it’s certainly a better choice than just consuming one scoop of protein in water (their current plan) but it’s not the most cost affective product and they’d be better suited going with a standard gainer or making one on their own. This was not what they wanted to hear because gainers contain “carbs and shit” and they didn’t want to get fat and Muscle Milk doesn’t have any of that “bad shit”. At this time, I pointed out to them the carb/fat content of Muscle Milk and gave them my opinion again. All these guys were no more than 120 lbs soaking wet.
#2 Guy comes in and starts searching through the bottles of Creatine we have. Apparently my coworker had mislabeled the price on one and instead of $26.99, it was tagged as $8.99. Buddy comes up to the counter like he’s about to get the deal of the century and I tell him I’m not feeling that generous today. He complains that it’s our fuck up and he should get it for that price to which I inform him that if for some reason there was a defect with the packaging, I would gladly lower the price for him but this was just a simple error of trying to price a lot of stock in a short amount of time and I wasn’t about to take a $10 net loss for a customer I had never saw before (clearly my people skills are at an all time high) He acts like a bitch a bit more, but eventually decides to buy the product. We have 15% off store wide right now anyways and I tossed in a t-shirt for his troubles.