tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452704934227974757.post3274440599559258719..comments2023-07-27T20:23:34.043-07:00Comments on Slightly Exaggerated: The Great AA SearchMelissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14007327658134711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452704934227974757.post-32054754194623666182008-02-26T15:08:00.000-08:002008-02-26T15:08:00.000-08:00Ouch! Painful story. But let me encourage you not ...Ouch! Painful story. But let me encourage you not to punish Radio Shack. That 19-year-old, after all, did know that there was nothing special about manganese batteries. If the know-nothings at all the other stores hadn't been so completely unhelpful, you might not have felt there was so much on the line.<BR/><BR/>And besides, they won't remember you. All of us almost-40 ladies look alike, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452704934227974757.post-75242595639964834652008-02-25T14:40:00.000-08:002008-02-25T14:40:00.000-08:00Oh, I feel your pain. Though I haven't done this ...Oh, I feel your pain. Though I haven't done this with a calculator, I have had similar experiences runnign from store to store for watch batteries, creating magnified frustration levels w/ each stop...I swear the folks who right those product instruction manuals get insurmountable GLEE imagining all of us idiots attempting to find their 'fancy' batteries...they clearly are sadistic and have too much time on their hands!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452704934227974757.post-55613812696155808212008-02-25T13:42:00.000-08:002008-02-25T13:42:00.000-08:00Okay, this reminded me of the lecture I gave Steve...Okay, this reminded me of the lecture I gave Steve the other day. He was operating the TV remote by banging it against the arm of the chair. I asked him what in the world he was doing. He said simply that the batteries were running low...duh! Oh my, hmmm...let's think...needless to say I changed out the batteries and they were AA's. I asked Steve the next day if the remote was working better. It was.Spring Meadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02256678272374751917noreply@blogger.com