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I have to say that my wife and my 16 year old daughter have encountered various responses along the lines of what your wife encountered when shopping for me at the LHS. We live about 30 miles from a great trains only shop. My wife once called me on the cell phone when she was with an employee at the hallowed "track cabinet" to ask about what type of BK switches I wanted. In an effort to be jovial and somewhat humorous she said, I'm standing here with...." and she turned to get the employee's name..He snapped back "He doen't need to know my name!!!" Must have been a long day for this guy. We have laughed about it ever since. BTW: she bought $60.00 worth of switches, I'm sure he wasn't quite as snide then. I have sent my daughter in to buy stuff like arch bar trucks and grandt line turnbuckles for water tank bands. Blows the guys at the counter away that a 16 yr old girl is asking for this stuff. <br /> <br />We now take bets on who will be behind the counter. Some are nice, others are grumpy, some are in a bad mood, but we always keep a light attitude about it. The best by far is the owner . Over 80 years old I'm told, still shows up to work and is by far the nicest and coolest of the guys working there. Just last week when buying an old switchstand (the package had to be from the 60's) He looked at my daughter and said "this part has been sitting in this store since before you were born". A little sappy? Maybe.....but I'll be back shopping in his store.
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