If you've met them, you'd sure as hell know why.
The “Geek Squad” at Bestbuy and other groups like that are not who I would go to for computer advice, that much is certain. But, like the title of this article has stated, there isn’t the snobbery found in calling your instore support staff “geniuses” like Apple does.
Those “geniuses” know about as much of the inner workings and configuration of Macs as the “Geek Squad” does about PC’s.