Battery World

I asked my sleep clinic if there was a portable power solution to power my CPAP (Continuous Positive Air Pressure) machine. I have sleep apnea and I need this device to provide air for breathing at night.
The person I delt with was clueless. Murray (sp?) first of all didn’t understand my application. When I asked him I needed something to power my CPAP machine he asked me how to spell it. «C-​P-​A-​P». Then I proceeded to explain to him what CPAP stood for. Then he asked me what the manufacturer and model was. I let him know it was an F&P model: Icon. He put me on hold for a few minutes and told me that it needs to be powered with a lithium polymer and they don’t carry those types. I tried to explain to him that it doesn’t have to be lithium polymer because it plugs into the wall. I just needed a battery and an inverter (DC to AC). He got a bit irate (I guess because I called him on his BS) and said there’s nothing they could do for me. I asked if I could speak to someone else and he said no, there’s no one else that could help me. Pretty rude if you ask me.
I then asked if something like the Goal Zero Yeti would work and then he said no. I’m going to have to tell my sleep clinic to stop referring people to Battery World from now on.

As the previous person said, seems to be run by a bunch of dim wits.
Wanted a battery, gave them the part number and they didn’t know what to do or how to find it.
Simply put clueless.

Ever seen the movie UHF starring Weird Al? There was this phony ad for a warehouse store called Spatula City, complete with cheesy voiceover, suggestions of a gift spatula for Christmas and Valentine’s and special offer of buy 10 spatulas and get an 11^th for just 1 penny. It was then perfectly complemented by a cute jingle saying, «Spatula City, we sell Spatulas, and that’s all». Here’s the ad if you ever feel like catching it:
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Battery World reminds me EXACTLY of that ad. It’s basically a shop filled to the brim with well. batteries. Large batteries, small batteries, long batteries, short batteries, batteries for your car, batteries for your ipod, batteries for your vibra… er… and the list goes on and on. It’s incredible to see the amount of batteries out there in the market to run our modern world.
If you need it powered, they probably have it. And they’ll even rebuild dead batteries for your tools and so on, for prices waaaay cheaper than buying brand new. The guys there know their stuff and how to keep you charged up. What more need really be said?
#40 of Unilocal’s 30 Day Review Challenge