[muir_redwoods]

I once went to Dick’s to buy binoculars that were advertised in a circular in that morning’s paper. I asked for two pair and was told by the surly clerk that he didn’t have any. They had been open about ten minutes that day so I asked if they had sold out. I was told, loudly, that the units never arrived. I observed that someone hadn’t done his job. The clerk told me he didn’t need a smart ass customer.

I looked at him and said, loud enough to be overheard, “Now I know why they call this place, ‘Dick’s’”

The laughter around me was clearly audible

[hflynn]

It ‘s the same reason lesbians prefer to shop at Modells. They also hate Dicks.

[SledgeCS]

I have never been able to find anything that was advertised that I actually wanted to buy, they always seemed out of stock and the stuff they did have I could get cheaper either at Walmart or Sport-Authority, both within a 2 block radius.

The only thing I can say positive about Dicks Sporting Goods was the entertainment I got at a company where I worked in the IT department that had an owner that was completely an Internet NOOB. One day he wanted to look up something from the store website and entered in dicks.com. His scream could be heard though out the building, every pop up he closed got him 2-4 more. I just yanked the power cord and rebuilt the PC with a new HDD. To this day I laugh every time I think about it.