Secret knitting let out of the bag

To my FB friends (which is probably most of you), you've seen this picture before, but I'm showing it off again anyway. 

This is my most recent finished object, a Baby Surprise Jacket made from this yarn: 

I like the way you can see how the colors are going to stripe in the cake (the yarn on the right; the put-up on the left is frequently known as a pill). 

The specs (all links to Ravelry)
Pattern: Baby Surprise Jacket
Yarn: Look up and see the picture. If you click to embiggen, you should be able to read the label.
Needle: US 6, which is 4 mm. 

Time: About a week, but I didn't work on it every day; probably a total of 8 hours actually with the project in hand working on it. I've knitted this pattern more quickly in the past, but I'm still lever knitting (this was my first lever project on a circular needle), and I'm a little slower (gaining speed all the time).

This is the link to my project page on Ravelry (it's public so you don't have to be a member to see it). There are a couple of progress pictures and yarn amount used, etc., for those interested in the technical details. 

On another yarn/knitting-related note, I doubt that I'm the only one who feels this way, but I'm really bothered by this notion amongst knitters that LYS (local yarn shop) staff are supposed to help you with your actual knitting, like tell you how to fix problems, how to work a tricky section, etc. I've seen so many complaints on Ravelry from people who get upset because the clerk in the yarn store (who is probably only making minimum wage) can't tell them how to fix their knitting. Yeah, I get customer service and all, but to expect a stranger to tell you how to fix your knitting for whatever pittance they're being paid (in addition to doing the part of the job they get paid for) is a foreign concept to me. Also, I can attest that the ladies in my LYS (nice as they can be) don't always know what the fuck they're talking about. It's not my story to tell, but either the non-owner clerk is an idiot, a non-knitter, or was under instructions to sell, sell, sell a certain yarn which was totally inappropriate for the project in question. 

Serious question though, do you expect LYS employees to help you with knitting techniques and/or fix mistakes? If so, why do you expect this? I really do want to know.