Two weeks ago, I was at SV Guitars trying out a guitar (which I finally bought) when two gentlemen- teenagers I believe- came into the store in haste. One of them got very excited upon seeing a bass, maybe it was his desired instrument; we very much understand such anxiety. He decided to handle the instrument himself while the SV staff were busy attending to other customers. I was appalled by the way he did so, knocking the instrument's headstock against the wall in the process. I stopped testing the aforementioned guitar at that moment & looked at him. I also intended the environment to be quiet enough so that the sound of a dropped & damaged instrument would be clearly heard. But he decided to to return the bass to the wall hangar when it slipped. Fortunately enough, he caught it at the final moment because if that wasn't the case, my blow to his face would be generous. Orange t-shirt & a cap, I still remember clearly how he looked like. On the way out, he gestured a sorry to me, so he finally knew his every move was under scrutiny.
Is it too difficult for us to understand the fact that musical instruments are fragile? Are we not educated enough to be mindful of property which are not ours because any damage done would render us liable? We keep reading time & again of how some music stores manifest an untoward surveillance when we are in the premises but we seldom read about brainless people walking into guitar stores thinking they are beyond sensible behaviour & it's perfectly acceptable to do so because the customer is always right. I still think the customer is right when he's right but when he's wrong, he's wrong; it's that simple.
If you need to handle any instruments in any stores, please get permission to do so.
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