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Last time I went in there (probably 6-7 years ago now) I got asked 5 times in like 15 minutes if I needed help with something. Like fucking chill! I gave up on trying to find anything because I couldn't think with being pestered. I also could tell I was being followed through the store by one of their loss prevention people while I was wearing business clothes on the nicer end of town.
I remember going in there once to get a cable for transferring data between drives and it was awesome because otherwise I would have had to wait days for one to come in. Being able to pick up something specialized or computer parts was pretty awesome. It was even more awesome when there were stores dedicated to that. I feel like micro center was the name of the one locally before their stores disappeared.
I worked there for a bit in college and you have 30 seconds from when someone walks into your section to 'greet' people or else the managers will yell at you. It was so stupid and always annoyed everyone.
I am so glad we have a microcenter in my city.
Opposite experience for me last time I was in one, which was only about a month or so ago when I picked up my Quest 3. They don't keep them on the shelves so I had to find someone to go get it and, dude, there was NO ONE on the floor. I actually live way closer to one now than I ever did before so I was going in a bit more often since I can just walk down the street and get something in 20 minutes over waiting a day to have it delivered.