I'd probably walk out. I don't tolerate any B.S. from sales-people
of any kind.
On the inside, I'd sigh and feel a little bad that the harmonica
gets such a bad rap. Why does everybody always ask me, "What else
do you play?", then back-pedal and apologize like crazy when I ask
them why the harmonica isn't enough. I get frustrated, but it's a
really difficult battle to fight. The masses really don't expect
much of harmonica.
How do I break it to the girl at work that the "jammin' harmonica"
she heard at the Coldplay concert was really sloppy, shrill, and
generally lacking in any musical quality? She had fun, so if I say
something,then I'm just an ass.
I get by with the words of Rick Estrin (I put this question to him
directly). I asked him if it bothered him that the world often
looks down on the harmonica. He said, "Man, sometimes what's cool
isn't for everybody. McDonald's is for everybody".
Dan G.
Jerl asks:
You walk into a music store to purchase musicial equipment.
When you are asked to pay you ask" Do you give professional
discounts"the owner ask , " what do you play and your reply
a Harmonica player" She laughs in your face.
What would you do?
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