Unbelievable (stupid) experience with Nike employee at OT

I'm sure there is a range of knowledge, but I had a really great conversation inside the Nike Dome with a smart young guy about spikes, athletes, etc.

Sounds like the kind of comment I'd hear from a distant relative who knows nothing about the sport.

He was a day hire tasked to hand out flyers is my best guess

He probably came from his job at Best Buy. Cut the kid some slack.

Most running veterans or knowledgeable experts aren't sitting in a tent handing out brochures.

At least he tried to have a conversation with you instead of burying his head in his smartphone.

Pre841 wrote:

I became completely blown away by his knuckleheadedness when he made a comment about there being "a real big meet over there" (points toward Hayward). "It's like a tryout meet."

I thought he was trying to be ironic but then he said, "If they do really well there, they get to go to the Olympics."

What am I missing? This all sounds correct to me.

Lol, typical of a newbie. Poor kid.

They were gone by the time I entered. But, lots of great Nike people in their shoe demo area, and t-shirt sales area is Fantastically Set Up.

The trials are a "I died and went to USA Trackand Field heaven," experience. (not USATF. All Hail Emperor Vin and Staff.)

If you are here you know it is even better than before... It's almost overkill with love for the sport, but, nah, not really, it is like a surreal happy dream. Fun as hell, and of course, if you are the kind of person to be here, all your friends are here too... And great social events and morning social events and after parties. Free stuff. Alway gotta like free stuff, lol.

Enjoy the Sport.

Hard to get good help paying 65 cents an hour. He thought he was going to make $12 an hour but he wasn't handing out the flyers fast enough. Should have read his work agreement a little closer.

sounds right wrote:

Pre841 wrote:

I became completely blown away by his knuckleheadedness when he made a comment about there being "a real big meet over there" (points toward Hayward). "It's like a tryout meet."

I thought he was trying to be ironic but then he said, "If they do really well there, they get to go to the Olympics."

What am I missing? This all sounds correct to me.

I agree.

Real (sic) big meet. true

Like a tryout meet. true

If they do really well there, they get to go to the Olympics. true

Maybe he took a look at you and didn't think you looked like a hardcore track fan, so rather than come off as elitist, he put it to you in very simple terms.

While all this may be true, you sound like a bit of a blowhard asshat.

That kid is not a Nike employee, he is minimum wage temp worker hired specifically to do what he was doing.

^^^ nailed it

How would the OP feel if someone visited him on his very first job and then went off to write a long critique about how bad he did on an online message board that is read by millions. Ok not millions but thousands. Ok not thousands but a couple of hundred. Alright a couple of people and their many aliases.

Anyway, bad idea for a thread. Lighten up and don't think you are the best just because you know more than a kid at a Nike booth. You are no better than the kid trying to make money and be personable too.

HR director wrote:

He probably came from his job at Best Buy. Cut the kid some slack.

Most running veterans or knowledgeable experts aren't sitting in a tent handing out brochures.

At least he tried to have a conversation with you instead of burying his head in his smartphone.

Bingo. It's not like the competitive sport has any visibility outside of a few thousand people anyway.

Person that agrees wrote:

an online message board that is read by millions. Ok not millions but thousands. Ok not thousands but a couple of hundred. Alright a couple of people and their many aliases.

Funniest thing read all day!

Are you a millenial? Did you shed man tears?

Funnybecauseitstrue wrote:

Person that agrees wrote:

an online message board that is read by millions. Ok not millions but thousands. Ok not thousands but a couple of hundred. Alright a couple of people and their many aliases.

Funniest thing read all day!

Exactly.

I have determined by a science 'experiment' on Alberto Salazar's 2 male children... that there are only 17 to 33 actual people at this forum (depending on my dose of Risperdal (risperidone) for that particular day).

I get what you're saying. But perspective- the guy needed a job, applied in the store, got it- & has been focused on the product line since. He might be a wrestler or cyclist. A NIKE store doesn't mean pro T&F knowledge. Knowing who Rowbury is, won't get a sale. Plus, he wasn't actually wrong.

[quote]Person that agrees wrote:

^^^ nailed it

How would the OP feel if someone visited him on his very first job and then went off to write a long critique about how bad he did on an online message board that is read by millions. Ok not millions but thousands. Ok not thousands but a couple of hundred. Alright a couple of people and their many aliases.

Pretty well sums up LRC.

Stinking funny

I still agree with OP. No excuse for people this brainless about track to be working in or near Hayward.

Also, OP update us on day 7. Anyone out there saying more stupid crap about our sport? I say we beat that a$$.

Clearly, had you allowed him to suck you off, your vast knowledge of and contagious enthusiasm for Track & Field would have instantly been imparted to him via the mechanism of Semen Osmosis.

Go forth upon the land, Johnny Trackseed, educate the masses!