[emerod]

Yes, the hobbyist was not so much the ideal customer as the ideal held by the typical customer. I am also a former RadioShack employee (twice over, from the '80s and the '90s) and although I enjoyed meeting hobbyists, they were neither my favorite customers nor my bread and butter. My bread and butter were people buying AV stuff, phones, and Christmas toys. My favorite customers were people who asked me to tinker with their radios, change watch batteries, or talk about the newest technology.