January 30, 201214 yr Have I gotten so old that 9 volt batteries are not a well know product these days? I went to Sears today on my lunch to buy a new multimeter. It requires a 9 volt battery that, of course, is sold separately. So I walk up to the counter, in the tools section mind you, and ask the guy where the 9 volt batteries were. He looked at me as if I were speaking a language he wasn't familiar with. "What do you mean", he asked, "how big a battery is it"? "You know, a 9 volt battery" I said while holding my thumb and finger to about the length of a 9 volt battery. "I'm not sure I know what you're talking about" he says to me. "Not like a car battery?", he adds. "No!" "Just your everyday run of the mill 9 volt" I say. "I'm not sure I know what you mean, can you describe it?", he asks me. At this point I'm thinking "is this guy serious?" I thought for a second that maybe he never in his life ever owned anything that took a 9 volt battery. But in my mind I reassured myself that surely he had a toy or something at some point in his life that required a 9 volt battery. I decided to answer his question. "A 9 volt battery", as if that was going to help. He stared at me with a blank look. I continued, "you know, a rectangular shaped battery with a smaller circular connector and a bigger hexagonal connector next to the smaller one." The dazed stare continues. I go on, "you know, you have C size, D size, AA and AAA and 9 volt". A hint of light comes to his eyes, "oh, I think I know what you mean. Yeah, we don't have anything like that". :isurrender: I just scratched my head in disbelief and said, "that's ok I'll check at the gas station, thanks". I don't think he ever really caught on. That or I got played and he's telling everyone about the old guy he just put one over on. :idunno:
January 30, 201214 yr You should have asked him for a tack hammer so you could hit him in the head. A 9 volt is just as common today as it was 10 or even 20 years ago. Dude is obviously an idiot.
January 30, 201214 yr Author You should have asked him for a tack hammer so you could hit him in the head. A 9 volt is just as common today as it was 10 or even 20 years ago. Dude is obviously an idiot.:lol: I kind of thought so too! It was like being in a episode of The Twilight Zone.
January 30, 201214 yr You should have asked him for a tack hammer so you could hit him in the head. A 9 volt is just as common today as it was 10 or even 20 years ago. Dude is obviously an idiot. :thumb: :lol:
January 30, 201214 yr Author :thumb: :lol:Thing that got me is they had him working in the tools department. You would think he'd at least know what a 9 volt battery was. :lol:
January 30, 201214 yr Thing that got me is they had him working in the tools department. You would think he'd at least know what a 9 volt battery was. :lol: What is your best guess at his age? Not that it really matters a 13 year old should know.
January 30, 201214 yr Author What is your best guess at his age? Not that it really matters at 13 year old should know.I'd say 19- 22, somewhere in that area. Yeah, I would think by 13 you should know that! :lol:
January 30, 201214 yr Author I don't use 9 volt batteries often, but I know what they are :lol:.I thought everyone over 8 did. Apparently I was mistaken. :lol:
January 30, 201214 yr Thing that got me is they had him working in the tools department. You would think he'd at least know what a 9 volt battery was. :lol:I kind of doubt that he ever owned any Coleco football games or a transitor radio....you old geezer! :ohbrother:
January 30, 201214 yr I don't think they're uncommon at all.. But I pretty much only use one for my smoke detectors.
January 30, 201214 yr Author I kind of doubt that he ever owned any Coleco football games or a transitor radio....you old geezer! :ohbrother::lol: I know, I know... But still, he had to have owned something that took a 9 volt. Even if he didn't, I would think he'd know what the heck a 9 volt battery was!!
January 31, 201214 yr You should have asked him for a Left Handed Paper Stretcher. That gets 'em every time.
January 31, 201214 yr Thing that got me is they had him working in the tools department. You would think he'd at least know what a 9 volt battery was. :lol: Actually, he was probably on loan from their paint department covering during someone's break.
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