Had a fun chuckle yesterday when I went into our local Sportsmen's Warehouse.
Believe it or not, they had CCI .22 LR ammo (100 count) and CCI .22 magnum ammo (50 count)...both at better prices than Cabela's. There was a limit to three boxes each, so I picked up three boxes of each and went to the checkout.
There was this pretty young thing (probably around eighteen or nineteen) working the checkout (I was going to mention that she was blonde, but I don't want to anger any of our blonde female forum members).
Anyway, to make a long story even longer, the young lady looked at my purchase and said, "I'm sorry. Only three boxes of .22's per customer."
I explained that they were different. One was .22 long rifle and the other was .22 magnum.
"No," she said. "The .22's come in different sized boxes...long ones (as she pointed to the .22 long rifles) and short ones (pointing to the magnums). Pick which ones you want, but you can only have three."
Her supervisor came over and I tried to explain to her. I even compared the size of the bullets, showing that they were different. As I explained to the checkout girl, "You can't shoot these in the same gun. They're different."
"No," she continued. "They're both .22's."
"Yes," I said. "They're both .22's but one is .22 long rifle and the other is .22 magnum. Different bullets completely."
Well, her supervisor seemed to be siding with me, but she called the gun guy anyway. Her conversation on the phone went something like this. "He has three boxes that say 'twenty-two LR' and three boxes that say 'twenty-two WMR.' Are they the same? You mean he can buy three of each? Oh yeah..that's what I thought."
After she hung up, she told the young lady that I could indeed buy all six boxes because they were different. To which the young lady replied, "Yeah, I know."
I just had to chuckle at that experience. As many in this forum have said before, it's surprising that many outdoor stores hire people that have little knowledge about the products they are selling.
Believe it or not, they had CCI .22 LR ammo (100 count) and CCI .22 magnum ammo (50 count)...both at better prices than Cabela's. There was a limit to three boxes each, so I picked up three boxes of each and went to the checkout.
There was this pretty young thing (probably around eighteen or nineteen) working the checkout (I was going to mention that she was blonde, but I don't want to anger any of our blonde female forum members).

Anyway, to make a long story even longer, the young lady looked at my purchase and said, "I'm sorry. Only three boxes of .22's per customer."
I explained that they were different. One was .22 long rifle and the other was .22 magnum.
"No," she said. "The .22's come in different sized boxes...long ones (as she pointed to the .22 long rifles) and short ones (pointing to the magnums). Pick which ones you want, but you can only have three."
Her supervisor came over and I tried to explain to her. I even compared the size of the bullets, showing that they were different. As I explained to the checkout girl, "You can't shoot these in the same gun. They're different."
"No," she continued. "They're both .22's."
"Yes," I said. "They're both .22's but one is .22 long rifle and the other is .22 magnum. Different bullets completely."
Well, her supervisor seemed to be siding with me, but she called the gun guy anyway. Her conversation on the phone went something like this. "He has three boxes that say 'twenty-two LR' and three boxes that say 'twenty-two WMR.' Are they the same? You mean he can buy three of each? Oh yeah..that's what I thought."
After she hung up, she told the young lady that I could indeed buy all six boxes because they were different. To which the young lady replied, "Yeah, I know."
I just had to chuckle at that experience. As many in this forum have said before, it's surprising that many outdoor stores hire people that have little knowledge about the products they are selling.