GNC

The person working today greeted me, but didn’t offer any assistance. I really needed help finding the right protein powder. I’ll shop elsewhere moving forward.

Sent a series of job applications last year to this, and 3 other stores. Never heard back despite claimed openings and my rich experience in retail. No reason to do business with them as their products are easily found elsewhere. Always looks desolate when I drive by this particular location. Seems odd that they can stay in business.

Went in here to buy a few things as I’ve just started weight lifting, so came in to get supplements and the usual stuff.
The person in the store at the time was very helpful and informative. Definitely a salesperson but she knew her stuff and recommended some good stuff.
Was a good experience and the prices aren’t any more expensive than an H-​E-​B or Academy for Supplements.
So a good place to stop by and pick up a few things.

My 3-​month trial run using the Mega Man Sport Time Released multivitamins has come to an end. The results? I’m feeling healthier, my skin’s cleared up, my eyes are bright, and most importantly, my hair has returned from a state of colorless anemia back to its original chocolate brown. This is all a combination of diet and exercise of course, but naturally, the vitamins stay. I had run out this very morning and thought I’d pop in for a new batch.
I literally took five steps from my office front door and paid a visit to my neighbor, GNC. Except instead of borrowing of a cup of sugar, I’d like to borrow $ 35 worth of vitamins, but in that case it’d be considered shoplifting.
First thing: I noticed more customers in this store tonight than I’ve seen collectively at all health stores in my entire life. What? It gets cold and suddenly there’s a run on Muscle Milk? BTW, am I the only one repulsed by anything labeled as «Muscle Milk»?
I found my particular vitamins and discovered they were on sale for $ 27 vs. $ 35. Fantastic. As usual, I kind of perused the shelves to see if anything else caught my fancy. Everything I picked up, including the pumpkin seed oil, seemed geared towards prostate health. Well, everything except the Enzyte and «sexual health» pills that stood encased at the very bottom of the shelf behind a plastic plate. It’s sad when America’s latent Puritanical streak is obvious even in a vitamin store. Also, if you’re going to a sell a product that purports to supersize your cock, do you really think that customer wants to draw MORE attention by asking a clerk to unlock the stupid case?
I stood in line behind a couple guys, with the customer ahead of me a lanky man purchasing a small oil drum of some whey protein. No offense, but by the looks of his age, he could probably get more use out of that prostate crap on the shelf behind me; the days of toning up appear over, sport. Curiously, when he paid with cash, David (the clerk) immediately consulted a red notebook that listed serial numbers already in circulation that would automatically detect fake currency. Then he held it up to the light, and I heard the words «old school» mumbled between them. What is this place? A health market or a credit union?
While David was busting out the counterfeit-​detecting pens, and placing the bills on a microscope, I glanced at the GNC equivalent of candy in a checkout line. Oddly enough, they had chews out that he told the man in front of me tasted exactly like orange Starburst (but you don’t get as much Omega-​3 as a pill). Way to sell it there, Dave. I also noticed coconut water and recalled my brother drinking this stuff. «It’s like putting a straw in a coconut!» it boldly proclaimed, but seriously, so what? I’m not stranded on a desert island or anything; I think a bottle of water will do me just fine. However, impulse did me in… and I bought two of them at buy one, get one free.
David did a pretty good job of running through the GNC gold card spiel; he said it would practically pay for itself at $ 15 for the fee, then 20% off each time for the whole year. I did a little math. Since I purchase the vitamins once every 3 months, at $ 35 (the sale was a fluke), I’d save around $ 7 each time. $ 7×3 = $ 21…actually saving me $ 6, and I hadn’t figured up taxes. I opted out. But if you buy a ton more products, it would be well worth it.
I think he forgot to give me a free 7-​day sample of OxyLite (?) with my purchase, but I didn’t think about it until now. I also don’t even have the slightest idea what OxyLite is, although it sounds suspiciously like it has something to do with poop. I pass.
Well GNC… I’ll admit, you’ve got me hooked on your dolls. But I have to have them – for when I get up at five o’clock in the morning and SPARKLE!, Nathan, SPARKLE!