When you walk into a game store, what do you witness?

[PDorr3]

Everytime I walk into an EB or gamestop I always expect to see the same kind of people browsing around. The aimless mom trying to find the new Pokemon Velvet Purple game, the group of 12 year old friends talking about how much blood and gore is in the new wanna-be GTA clone, or the cluless people who ask when GTA 5 and Halo 3 are coming out.

So I was wondering, what types of life forms do you encounter in each episode of your game store visits?

Share. Stories welcome ;)

[Cauterize]

Kids under 10 askin for GTA!

They know full well they dont have a chance of gettin it!

i even got asked to buy it for someone once! instant evil no from me :evil:

[chrisbid]

whenever i go into a chain, i dread the corporate brainwashing videos more than anything

[Lemmy Kilmister]

Mostly the fat red headed kid that laughs at youwhen you buy Genesis games and tells you that Halo 2 "Pwned". :roll:

[WanganRunner]

People trying to trade a bunch of stuff in who them act all surprised that their Greatest Hits copy of GT3 is only worth like $1 to Gamestop. Then they respond with "but I bought it for $20!", as if they expect Gamestop to care.

I'm usually lost in the used PSX section digging for stuff on my treasure list.

[gamegirl79]

Last weekend was my first trip to Gamecrazy, and here's what I observed.

-When I first walked in, I noticed a kiosk of Madden 2005 or some other football game. A group of about 4 or 5 guys were huddled around it being VERY loud and obnoxious.

-There were small children running around and screaming EVERYWHERE, and I almost tripped over them a few times when they ran or pushed their way past me. I'm not sure where the parents were (maybe playing Madden) but I just wanted to tell them to keep an eye on their damn kids. :roll:

-There was a mom in there who actually had a well behaved child and I imagine they were in search of the newest Pokemon Citrus Orange or whatever since they were looking at the GBA section.

-One employee was working behind the counter and I noticed a couple up there trading in a large plastic tub full of games. I didn't see what they were, I just know it was a lot of stuff. They walked out with NBA Street Vol. 2.

-I finished shopping and went to pay. I bought an original green Game Boy and Metal Slug 3 for Xbox. The guy who rang me up seemed like a true gamer and was asking me if I had played any other Metal Slug games and how cool of a series it is, etc. :)

If it weren't for the casual, obnoxious gamers, game stores would be a much better experience I think. ;)

[fergojisan]

Usually everyone that works there ignores me. :angry:

I'm NOT making that up. Very rarely does any clerk ask me if I need help. I know I'm not the greatest looking person alive, and lately I've been wearing a big wool jacket with shorts on my trips to the mall, but I'm not THAT scary. Maybe they know somehow that I'm all about retro, and their chance of selling a game for more than 6 bucks is next to nothing. Bugger!

[otterpop]

Don't forget the people trying to trade in the most used, scratched up games you've ever seen, without a case or instruction manual.

[PDorr3]

When i bought pac-man on nes in gamestop people were looking at me funny and saying "oh pac-man" "an old nintendo game?" while they were all holding their halo2's and GTA :SA's.

The employes at GS are more idiotic than at eb. at eb they atleast know something, eventhough as im sure we all feel like we know more about games than everyone esle around us in those stores.

do any of you hear a conversation between people and know they are wrong, or you just want to say "no, for the 874587th time halo is not the best game ever made, and no graphics do not make a game good!!!!" ahhhh!!! the pain of just thinking about it @_@ :angry:

[squidblatt]

Sometimes I see socially awkward adult gamers buying something and trying to engage the employees in some kind of game-related conversation without much luck. Not that they're ignored, it's just that the employees have trouble summoning respones to them. They always say somethiing like, "Yeah, I know what you mean," and then give that forced chuckle like you have to do when someone makes you read a stupid comic strip they cut out or something.

The last example I remember was someone buying some game and asking, "So, how's the exploration in this?" The employee said it was good, bent down to get a bag, and then said something vague about branching paths at which point the customer brought up Legend of Dragoon as an example of a game completely on rails and seemed to hope for some kind of enthusiastic, head-nodding agreement. But he mainly got a weak smile and a blank stare.

[PDorr3]

Sometimes I see socially awkward adult gamers buying something and trying to engage the employees in some kind of game-related conversation without much luck. Not that they're ignored, it's just that the employees have trouble summoning respones to them. They always say somethiing like, "Yeah, I know what you mean," and then give that forced chuckle like you have to do when someone makes you read a stupid comic strip they cut out or something.

The last example I remember was someone buying some game and asking, "So, how's the exploration in this?" The employee said it was good, bent down to get a bag, and then said something vague about branching paths at which point the customer brought up Legend of Dragoon as an example of a game completely on rails and seemed to hope for some kind of enthusiastic, head-nodding agreement. But he mainly got a weak smile and a blank stare.

people expect the employes to know about every game. most of the time the employes make up some mumbo jumbo about the game to make it seem like they have played it before.

[autobotracing]

I usually just see employees who dont know thier games and dont really care to help you find what you ask for.



Then you have the "hey look halo toys COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!! !!!!11111111111111111111" type


There is usually 1 person that looks like a wierdo and smells funny. :hmm:

[ig88vsbobafett]

Every time i try to buy a game at ebgames they try to sell me the damn repllacement waranty. one of theses times i am gonna get it and brake the game in half in front of them and get a new sealed one to replace it

[PDorr3]

Every time i try to buy a game at ebgames they try to sell me the damn repllacement waranty. one of theses times i am gonna get it and brake the game in half in front of them and get a new sealed one to replace it

at best buy they tried to sell me like a 3 month replacement warranty for my nintendo ds for like $30. i mean seriously do i really need to plan ahead of time how bad im going to destroy my brand new game system?

[suznjak]

i work for eb games and the craziest thing i've seen was a guy(about 45 years old or more)complaining about how first person shooter games should be taken off the shelf because of all the nazi's and russians and who ever else were killing americans in them.my god some people should get a life.

[G4MZ0v3R]

Dont forget the random guy who thinks that the new "insert sequel to recently released game" is out and gets mad because they dont have it. Or my favorite..... "Can that GTA SA play on my regular playstation. You know the white one? Do you guys have that there new deer huntin game?"
Those hunting games very similiar to the EA madden franchise in terms of loyalty LOL

[MegaDrive20XX]

I always see the kids who trade in Madden (insert year here) and they get like $2 credit for it lol

Then ask if they could have the NEW Madden....

Or I always see, the mother who leaves her kids in the store...then waits outside....the kid comes up to the counter with a credit card...then the employee ask "We can't accept this, we have to see an ID from your parent"

The mother storms in all pissed off because she hates coming into this store...yet she's probably the type who loves to drag her kids to Sears or JCPenny's and buy shit for herself.

[Lady Jaye]

Every time i try to buy a game at ebgames they try to sell me the damn repllacement waranty. one of theses times i am gonna get it and brake the game in half in front of them and get a new sealed one to replace it

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[suznjak]

thats funny

[Xexyz]

When it comes to EB, there is only one store that has a decent employee that knows his shit. It's the best EB too, because it is independent, not in a mall so they actually carry 8-bit and 16-bit games! I have never really seen a knowledgable customer around in any of the game stores near me. Usually if there is an obsessive customer, they're only knowledgable with the Xbox or PS2 and any generation previous to this one is obsolete.

The store with the best game knowledgable employees to me is GameCrazy. One of my friends who I haven't seen in awhile works there. Man is he a nut, he is quite the collector. Odd thing is he seems more like a casual retro collector if there is such a thing.

[mr_jiggles_13]

oh how true that short is. bought a 20 dollar microwave from there and the warranty was more than the microwave itself! thats rediculous.

oh and when they try to sell you a warranty on a product THAT ALREADY HAS a lifetime warranty for free. BEST BUY SUX

[rayearthknight]

I sometimes help at a used game store with the inventory database and people ask me: "Do these games work?"

I want to tell them "No, not at all...they're all just for show." . This is then followed by the guy who wants to know why he can't buy a used Nintendo DS for 30 dollars.

[Nez]

There is usually 1 person that looks like a wierdo and smells funny. :hmm:

This one seems to happen to me alot. Theres like always some person that smells like BO. Maybe its becouse I live in sunny Arizona. I don't know. One things for shure it's not me.

[PDorr3]

im going to EB now, i weill give you guys a full report on what i see and i will keep my eyes and ears open and try and remember direct quotes. We should make this topic a topic where we share our experiences at a game swtore everytime wo go to one.
wish me luck!

[Push Upstairs]

I'll always remember that old guy proclaiming that every game system "runs on DOS".

Back at the store i worked at, we had a policy of not accepting Genesis or N64 games as trade towards current generation games (unless the game was ultra rare). The reason being is that people would bring in the dirt common games for these systems, walk out with Madden 2004, and we would be stuck with the 3,000th copy of a game they doesn't sell.

Lots of people would be disappointed that thier prized, dirt common collection of N64 junk (along with dog chewed controllers) isnt going to bag them Vice City.

I know that some might find this talk heresy, but a game store is a business..and you can't trade off product that will easily sell for crap that won't.

[Half Japanese]

Things I've heard and seen working at CC:

"Do you guys have Super Nintendo games?" (this was yesterday)

Lady brings in a list of games, all in horrible writing, the only one I remember from the list was "Kardy Air Raid" (Kirby's Air Ride)

Guy and his wife/kid, whatever comes in looking for a game that we haven't carried either at all or in about 2 years, this usually goes one of two ways:

"Sorry, we haven't had that game in forever, check EB or Gamestop across the street and they might have a used copy"
"Oh, I don't buy used games, they rip you off, blah blah blah"
-OR-
"Well it says right here that it's out now!" (holds up a 2 year old copy of heavily-worn Gamepro).
"Sir, that magazine is 2 years old, we clearanced that game out a long time ago."


"We were wanting to do the deal where you trade in 2 games and get the new Pokemon for free."
"Um...we've never accepted trade-ins on games, I think you're looking for the game stores across the street."

Guy buys Gamecube, goes home and plugs it into mono TV, comes back looking for the adapter that doesn't leave the red plug hanging:
"Sir, we don't carry that, if you really want it, you can check Radio Shack across the street, but you're really just as well off leaving it hanging"

Psuedo-intellectual kid (who, by the way, isn't smart enough to figure out that scally caps have gone out of style): "Do you guys have fans for Xboxes?"
"Sorry, what?"
"I want a bigger fan for my Xbox. I'm thinking about modding it and this forum I go to said blah blah blah"
"You'll have to find parts for that somewhere else, we don't get into the console-modding business"

People still call controllers remotes and paddles.

Lady picks up a copy of a violent game, I don't remember which one, also had "mature sexual themes" on the esrb rating on the back: "How bad is the sex in this game?"
"I'm not sure, probably not too bad, about what you'd see in a R-rated movie. The violence is pretty extreme though."
"Oh, well I'm OK with that, he's 12, but he knows the difference, I just don't want him being exposed to any stuff with sex in it."

Guns don't kill people; tits do.

and while this isn't exclusive to game stores:

- People STILL BUY FULL SCREEN DVDs. That's probably my number one annoyance of all time working in a retail establishment. "It's got dem black bars at the top n' bottom, I want it to take up my whole TV!"
"Sir, you actually lose picture that way"
"Uh-uh, it shows up on my whole screen, I don't like dem black bars!"

[stressboy]

I normally see a bunch of kids running around cause their parents dropped them off in the store so they could shop in peace.

I see employees who will tell you that Nintendo sucks cause it is for kiddies and the the XBox is best cause it has the best graphixxxxx!!!

I see kids talking about how Halo is the greatest game ever and HOW DARE YOU SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT HALO WHAT ARE YOU GAY??!!??

My local Game Crazy is the rare exception to all this. I think they are independently owned.

[jwl]

I've had almost everything that everyone has said happen before countless times while working at Superstore. One of the things that pisses me off the most is when people drop off their kids and tell them to go watch the movie playing on the tv's while they do their grocery shopping. At Christmas time, on any given day you can walk to the back of the department and there's at least 10 little kids sitting on the new tv boxes watching the movie with no parents around, some even bring drinks and food and spill it all over the place. That's the main reason we dont have any demo games anymore because more kids were dropped off in our department then. The one thing that really made me mad was when a lady left her kid in our department to watch the movie and then came back like an hour and a half later after getting her groceries and then started yelling at everyone cause she couldn't find her kid, "because we should have been looking after him" :angry:

I have better game experiences at non game stores when someone who actually knows stuff about games notices my nintendo key chain or whatever game related clothing item I'm wearing and then start talking to you about it. All the game stores by me are run and employed by real morons that know nothing.

[Famidrive-16]

The usual; people browsing, kids drooling over M-rated games, and moms looking at Game Boy games. I'd say the most unique thing out of all of this was when a clerk was looking for some guy in the mall who forgot to pay for the game he bought.

Surprisingly, I've never encountered asshole clerks.

[Wavelflack]

I can say, without exaggeration, that damned near every game store I have ever visited has been staffed by fucking idiots. I don't understand why. Maybe I'm being picky, but one of the clerks will always manage to blurt out something inane, incorrect, or simply embarrassing.

Choice examples:

Gamestop, about a year ago-- I notice an Eye Toy display (which was somewhat new at the time), and look at it. Clerk gets excited and says "no, you gotta MOVE with it!" (I'm simply looking, not trying to use it.) I ignore this and continue looking at the display, at which point the clerk comes out from behind the counter to give an unsolicited demonstration of the fucking Eye Toy. I start to walk away (primarily so his effort will be completely wasted), and he starts in with the "wait! wait! LOOK!", which is followed by a gay pantomime sequence. My wife and I smirk at each other, then head over the meager pile of "classics".

Gameco in Olathe-- I browse through the SMS section, at which point the typical sequence begins. The clerk decides that he hasn't made an ass out of himself enough lately, and walks over.
"SOOOO...you have one of those?"
'You mean the Master System, or do you mean this specific game?"
"The Master System."
"Yeah."
"I have one too. Do you have a Genesis?"
"yes."
"You must collect games."
(?)
"yeah."
"I bet you don't have a 5200, though."
"Well, I do."
"ARE YOU SERIOUS?!"

This is making no sense to me. For some reason this guy decided that the 5200 was the most obscure thing he could think of. To continue...

"Yeah. Look, you guys have 5200 games right there."
"Yeah, but the SYSTEM is impossible to come across!"
(?)
"Okay."


Anyway, to make a long story short, he asked me about every system he could think of, and I replied "yes". Eventually I bought Slap Shot (boxed) for $5 (hee hee) and left.


I guess I have way, WAY too many examples to describe, so I'll just stop.

[Kid Ice]

Good question. When I go into one of these places, there always seems to be someone trying to return something...unsucessfully. On many occassions there is no receipt involved.

Also a lot of crying kids. I assume the parents know the children are going to cry if they bring them into Gamestop and refuse to buy them anything, so I'm not sure what they're doing there.

Then there are those parents who are willing to buy ONE game. That never works. The child either can't decide, or insists on an extra game.

A lot of times when I go into Gamestop the employees are busy playing something and cannot be bothered. That's cool though, I know my way around, and far be it from me to break up a good gaming session with the hundreds of dollars in business I'm walking through the door with.

Now let me tell you about the things I see that are not related to the humans around:

-a whole ton of used PS2 games with stickers all over the cases
-a couple dozen used Gamecube games with stickers all over the cases...at least 5 of them are F-Zero GX
-a bunch of X-box games I don't look at since I don't have one
-Genesis games with price stickers on the end labels so you can't tell what game it is without taking it out of the bin...good going
-a couple dozen new PSX budget titles
-a bunch of used PSX games, most in generic boxes. Some are in the box for a different, much more desirable, game. There's usually one good one that I already have that's just a little too pricey for trade bait. Then there's a longbox game or two, which is usually the only thing I actually purchase.
-action figues...I stopped looking at these after a while
-used DVDs...real cheap, but I can't recall ever actually buying one

[soniko_karuto]

i always see fellow mexicans buying the cheapest crap they can find.

example:
-Mommy, i want the sonic game.
-but you like jimmy neutron more, and this is 10 dollars!

[Saabmeister]

Stupid People. Nothing But Stupid People. I also see people saying "I dont want those damn black bars!", I see people I know trading in their stuff for drug money, and, perhaps oddest of all, I never see anyone else at the PSX bin or the 8/16 bit rack.

[Muscelli]

I was at zerns, and there was a guy selling nes games.... the tengen ones are sexy.. so i wana buy pac man, cart only, he says its 15 because its so rare... im not much of a nes collector , so i didnt know... and i told him ill buy it, but i only had a 20, and the guy had no change... so he tried forcing me to buy another game of his.... wow, all overpriced too.. i ask him for my money back, and he clenches my 20 ( I gave it to him before he realized he had no change) and wont give it back.. big fatass, and i asked him like 10 times, he just said "no" every time... I then had no choice, but to steal a box of games from him(nothing rare, just a few nes games and PS games), and run out of the place as fast as i can...lol,it was nuts... but the jackass deserved it.

Well, at my EB there is this reallllly clerk that used to be a model... but she know nothing about games, haha she didnt know what an n gage was when i asked her if they had any more n gage games... haah explaining the boxes of them to her was another story :-p...

theres usually the kids at the demo station, the dudes ripping themselves off trading in 4 games for 9 dollars, and the guys that think there all that because there buying GTA or something, lol... nothing out of the ordinary

[PDorr3]

theres usually the kids at the demo station, the dudes ripping themselves off trading in 4 games for 9 dollars, and the guys that think there all that because there buying GTA or something, lol... nothing out of the ordinary

that reminds me of a time when i was in kaybee toys and i wanted to buy an m rated gaem, and since i wasnt 18 at the time i had to go get my dad to buy it w/ me. it was one of those games where you are like "oh come on, how does this have an m rating!?". so to be spiteful i also picked up GTA vice city and gave her a face as if to say "now what bitch?!"

lol i didnt even want vice city, still mad that i payed $50 for it and played it once.

[mkuo7]

Luckily the EB Games and Gamestop near me are almost always empty. It's usually just me and the clerk. Which is why I am applying there for a job. Less people to deal with...But, the Gamestop in the mall is usually swamped with idiots. Mostly small kids just standing there at the demo units jamming on the controller not knowing what the hell there doing. I feel bad sometimes for the people that work there.

Edit: Oh yeah, almost forgot. At Toys R Us I asked the only person working there (an old lady) if they had any LCD Screens for PSone left, only to get a reply of "I don't know anything about that"

[neuropolitique]

When Gamestop was phasing out the classics, I made a trip to a nearby store to rifle through what they had left. As I was leafing through the games I got the usual "The rare ones are in the case". I smiled and kept looking. I pulled out my palm and began checking against my list. He sees this and starts commenting on how I must be a collector. He rambles on for a short while, then says some crazy shit. "You know there's only about 300 NES games?" That stops me. I look up at him and say that seems awfully low. He reassures me that he's right. I couldn't think of anything to say, so I just started looking through the games again. Good news is, I'm almost done with my NES collection now! According to him anyway.

[Crush Crawfish]

Way too many weird experiences to list, but my favorite is the guy who came into gamestop asking for "Def Jam Van Diddy." LOL

[dave2236]

Things I've heard and seen working at CC:

"Do you guys have Super Nintendo games?" (this was yesterday)

Lady brings in a list of games, all in horrible writing, the only one I remember from the list was "Kardy Air Raid" (Kirby's Air Ride)

Guy and his wife/kid, whatever comes in looking for a game that we haven't carried either at all or in about 2 years, this usually goes one of two ways:

"Sorry, we haven't had that game in forever, check EB or Gamestop across the street and they might have a used copy"
"Oh, I don't buy used games, they rip you off, blah blah blah"
-OR-
"Well it says right here that it's out now!" (holds up a 2 year old copy of heavily-worn Gamepro).
"Sir, that magazine is 2 years old, we clearanced that game out a long time ago."


"We were wanting to do the deal where you trade in 2 games and get the new Pokemon for free."
"Um...we've never accepted trade-ins on games, I think you're looking for the game stores across the street."

Guy buys Gamecube, goes home and plugs it into mono TV, comes back looking for the adapter that doesn't leave the red plug hanging:
"Sir, we don't carry that, if you really want it, you can check Radio Shack across the street, but you're really just as well off leaving it hanging"

Psuedo-intellectual kid (who, by the way, isn't smart enough to figure out that scally caps have gone out of style): "Do you guys have fans for Xboxes?"
"Sorry, what?"
"I want a bigger fan for my Xbox. I'm thinking about modding it and this forum I go to said blah blah blah"
"You'll have to find parts for that somewhere else, we don't get into the console-modding business"

People still call controllers remotes and paddles.

Lady picks up a copy of a violent game, I don't remember which one, also had "mature sexual themes" on the esrb rating on the back: "How bad is the sex in this game?"
"I'm not sure, probably not too bad, about what you'd see in a R-rated movie. The violence is pretty extreme though."
"Oh, well I'm OK with that, he's 12, but he knows the difference, I just don't want him being exposed to any stuff with sex in it."

Guns don't kill people; tits do.

and while this isn't exclusive to game stores:

- People STILL BUY FULL SCREEN DVDs. That's probably my number one annoyance of all time working in a retail establishment. "It's got dem black bars at the top n' bottom, I want it to take up my whole TV!"
"Sir, you actually lose picture that way"
"Uh-uh, it shows up on my whole screen, I don't like dem black bars!"

doc, you hit most of this right on the head. Same things I run into everyday.

Widescreen vs Full-Screen

People who don't know how to hook up AV cables

People who buy a system and when I ring them up I ask them if they know how to hook it up? and they ALWAYS Say YES, I do it all the time. So I put a business card in the bag so they can call me when they get hom and I can tell them how to do it. ....otherwise the bring the system bac ka week later and say its broken cause it don't work, I tried it on chanel 3 and 4.

You guys don't got any x-box games do you? ...yup there right behind you in that big table you just walked past and almost bumped into when you came in.

or these are always funny....always when I'm fixing a p2 or x-box (so about once a day) its open in pieces on the counter some one will walk in and ask "hey you guys fix them things here"? thats not bad but, no I took it apart because it was looking at me funny?
OR" HEY i SEE YOU GUYS DO THOSE MOD CHIP THINGS, can you do me next" my reply...no sir, we don't do anything with mod chips, those are illegal. I'm just fixing this system because it doesn't read cd's anymore.
...oh(after a 5 second pause)..."what if I pay you?"

or the people that come in and ask if we have mario for playstaion or playstation 2...I just say no now because it takes too much explaining and most people don't believe me when I say they never made them nor will they ever make them.

when adults( not kids) bring in a copy of madden 2002 and 2003 for PS2 and ask me if they can trae them in for madden 2005? ...I only get that once a week.

OHHH, when I get people looking through the NES case(now we have a good selection of NES usually, around 200-300 differnt titles) and ask me if we have "Smokey and the Bandit" (this was a lady right before christmas who said she saw it at a gamestore down the road and they had it for $10, but she didnt want to pay that" and asked if we had it....well I made the mistake of telling her that they never made it. (no keep in mind I know NES like the back of my hand) so she doesnt believe me..so I pull the DP guide out of the case and show her its not listed, then she asks when the guide was printed and i said a few years ago and she said the guide must be out of date then......well I told her that if she goes and gets it for $10 and if she brings it back to me, and if its a US release I would give her $500 for it.....She never came back with it

um... I had the guy come in looking for TRON on his NES, becuase when he was younger he played it all the time and has never been able to find a copy at any game store and has never seen it on ebay. ....I told him I never have seen one and he said ok, he'll keep looking.

...man I have tons more like back in the day when I guy pulld a lightsaber out of his coat and another time when a customer took a swing at me.
but ill tell those stories another time.

[Nez]

Come on you gatta tell us the light saber story at least.

[PDorr3]

...man I have tons more like back in the day when I guy pulld a lightsaber out of his coat and another time when a customer took a swing at me.
but ill tell those stories another time.

please do tell! these are great :-P

[Kamino]

Kids under 10 askin for GTA!

They know full well they dont have a chance of gettin it!

i even got asked to buy it for someone once! instant evil no from me :evil:
I admit, i buy violent games for kids.
But not just random kids. usually the 15-16 year old dolts i work with. profits, man, profits........
Oh. and i usually witness the ultimate annoyance to me:
Graphics whores.
Usually snobby looking 20somethings talking about how the xbox graphics are so shiny, and how the old games suck because the graphics are poor.

EDIT: Forgot about when I go to dave's store. Better mix there. Still see a large number of braindead morons who say "Atari? people still have that old crap?" and the other braindead morons who say "the system is only this much? is it broken?" etc... But you get the good ones too....the real enthusiasts...and the guys who are like "holy shit i remember this" and siit down to play a few rounds with you :)

[-hellvin-]

Too many things to list from working at best buy....people mixing systems, asking if this ps2 game will work on a ps one....all kinds of stuff. I even almost killed a guy that kept telling me his ps2 memory card would save ps1 games....ugh. San Andreas has been really fun. I loved helping people with that one when I wasn't merchandising. Sometimes I would talk them out of buying the game when they said it was for their kid. Oh yeah, that game has violent gang killings, horrible language and violence towards women. Other times if it was for little johnny I'd say, "Here ya go!"

Merry Christmas for that mother....

[jdc]

Yep.....like I tell people, there is NOTHING "great" about working in a video game store. It's the old "outside looking in" syndrome. The customer base at a video game store is largely made up of mis-informed, overly-opinionated morons. The people ruined the experience for me and I'm SO glad that I no longer put up with their crap.

I STILL hear the same old bullshit from them whenever I'm out shopping.

"My PS2 crapped out.....I dunno...I take good care of it...and it just crapped out." This is from the customer who brings in a nicotine-reeking, filthy PS2 in a plastic grocery bag.

The comment about people trying to force gaming conversation out of you, as if they ASSUME that you are as equally ga-ga over Halo2 and GTA SA as THEY are is SO spot on. "no,....I rank Halo2 as one of the biggest disappointments of the gaming year. AND....I'm NOT your buddy. Now go away."

And then of course there's the one's who come to trade in stacks of used games, huge dollar signs dancing in their eyes....and are shocked when you tell them that their games are worthless because they look like skating rinks. "but...but...they still PLAY okay!!!"

Just like Randall said in Clerks..."this job would be great if it weren't for the customers." Working in a game store sucks. Period.

Be a little kinder and more tollerant towards those that DO.

[Cryomancer]

Yeah, I've had the glancing thought to apply to one, but i know it would suck. Hell, video rental was bad enough. I never give the employees shit, but it annoys the hell outta me when they try to make conversation about stuff they obviously don't know much about.

US game stores don't carry much I'm interested in nowadays anyway.

[crazyjackcsa]

I've seen parents yelling at kids, about "Playing with Monkey Balls" "People yelling at the cash monkeys about trade in values. The same old loose Sports Genny carts. It's all I can do from killing somebdy.

[EndlessChris]

The best one ever was this shady game store owned by this Asian family, who don't price any of the games, instead having to ask the dad for a price, even when he isn't there! So anytime you want to buy something you have to wait 3 minutes for them to call up the father and ask the price of the game, which is usually some rediculous amount. They're also resellers, who put everything of value up on ebay, and ask like $70 for a loose Megaman X2. I hate them.

Anyhow, for some reason they their son's friends work there, a bunch of punk gangster kids who just play GTA in the back all day. Anyhow, one day I go in there and browse the SNES games (before I swore their store off forever) and one of the kids is like "Why are you browsing the Stupid Nintendo games," laughing at his clever pun.

"I like older games" I told him.

"Hey... I said Stupid Nintendo!" he said laughing like an idiot again. And I was just like "Yeah, you sure did." Next thing I know he's asking me if I want some of his Sprite while his stupid friend giggles. Then I notice the open bottle of alchohol on the counter and I'm just like "Ok, I'm leaving."

Real professionals working in that place. Berating the customer is a great way to get sales. Sad thing is, the store used to be owned by this great guy who always gave me some sweet deals. He was a real gamer, and a Street Fighter master. I don't know if anyone else used to go to Fantasy Realm in W. Springfield, MA, but yeah, you should probably avoid it now.

[Xexyz]

and while this isn't exclusive to game stores:

- People STILL BUY FULL SCREEN DVDs. That's probably my number one annoyance of all time working in a retail establishment. "It's got dem black bars at the top n' bottom, I want it to take up my whole TV!"
"Sir, you actually lose picture that way"
"Uh-uh, it shows up on my whole screen, I don't like dem black bars!"


HAHAHA, this made me chuckle. My mom uses that type of complaint often, but not at stores at least. I always tell here "your going to lose picture" and here typical reply is "I don't care, I hate those black bars!".

[Wavelflack]

...." Working in a game store sucks. Period.

Be a little kinder and more tollerant towards those that DO."

Why don't the game store employees simply do their job, instead of being unhelpful snide crybabies about it?

I know that there a LOT of people on this board who either currently or formerly worked for game stores. That's to be expected. What is unreasonable is how many of them want to piss and moan about "stupid customers" and the imposition that their questions represent.

Isn't that your job?
Aren't you there to help the "stupid customers" and answer questions?
Are you being paid for your time?
Did you apply for the job of your own volition?

If it's such a hassle to deal with the customers that frequent your particular game store, then why haven't you quit and gone on to a real job yet? I know why, even if most of you don't:

It's because the "stupid customers" are poking holes in the lining of your fantasy job. Even though game store employees make incredibly low wages, many people are willing to overlook this so they can "work" in a videogame filled environment. Same thing with arcade employees.

Then the job starts, and reality sets in with the first "irritating customer":

"This was supposed to be a place where I could play videogames, get bargain deals, and talk videogame minutiae with my dipshit buddies! Why should I have to interrupt my fantasy to deal with an inferior, uninformed, lowly consumer?"


So they get on the message boards and unload all of the unfairness life has dealt them that particular day. Not to mention reinforcing that smug "superior" streak they've been working on for some time:

"This lady came in and asked for an old Playstation game that EVERYONE knows is out of print! LOL! What a stupid fucking bitch! She apparently can't be bothered to check with the manufacturer, Ebay, half.com, amazon, and all of the pawn shops in the region. She decides to be a lazy cunt and skip all of that, and instead has to bother ME about it! I'm like 'What the fuck, lady! You think this is some information brokerage for middle aged clueless bitches to come in and learn about videogames?' Of course, my manager Chad was standing there, so I didn't actually say that. She finally went away, after I told her that we didn't have it in stock. But not before that whore actually asked me if it could be ordered or would be back in stock! You stupid bitch! Doesn't she get it? IT'S OUT OF PRINT BITCH! IT'S NOT VERY OFTEN THAT A USED COPY COMES IN! EVERYONE THAT WORKS HERE KNOWS THAT! Jesus! How someone so ignorant can even remember to breathe is beyond me.

Then this other guy came in, and he preferred a different game system than I. Well, that motherfu-"
(snip)

So goes the typical example of the unfairness bestowed on the typical game store employee.

Why don't those of you personified by this example be "a little kinder and more tolerant" towards those customers that you are PAID to help? Is that too much to ask? Or do you think customers should be given a "pre-test" to qualify for the privilege of entering your store and being in your presence?

Good grief.

[Push Upstairs]

The real pisser is that those people that bitch about "black bars" will soon be complaining about "gray bars" when they play all thier Fullscreen movies on a widescreen TV.

I tried to educate them, i told them that widescreen TV's will become the standard.



Back to game stores:

Yeah, i always loved it when people would bring in Playstation games or CD's that looked like they had rubbed it with sandpaper.

Nobody wants a scratched to hell copy of "Madden 2000" missing the case and manual and jelly residue on the label. And of course the ower of said game is also under the impression that that fine game would pass off as a trade for the newest Madden game.


The best people are the ones who have somehow got it in thier mind that thier Genesis, PSX, or (heh) N64 is worth a "direct swap" with a PS2.

"Sure, i'll let you have an $100+ system for your dog chewed N64 that is dirt encrusted and has two coins rattling around inside."

[max 330 mega]

and while this isn't exclusive to game stores:

- People STILL BUY FULL SCREEN DVDs. That's probably my number one annoyance of all time working in a retail establishment. "It's got dem black bars at the top n' bottom, I want it to take up my whole TV!"
"Sir, you actually lose picture that way"
"Uh-uh, it shows up on my whole screen, I don't like dem black bars!"


HAHAHA, this made me chuckle. My mom uses that type of complaint often, but not at stores at least. I always tell here "your going to lose picture" and here typical reply is "I don't care, I hate those black bars!".

im gonna go against everyone on this one, and say i too hate the black bars, i couldnt give a shit that a tiny amount of the picture is cut out, im not a movie fanatic and could care less if i miss half an inch of the tree visible on the side of the screen.

[neuropolitique]

and while this isn't exclusive to game stores:

- People STILL BUY FULL SCREEN DVDs. That's probably my number one annoyance of all time working in a retail establishment. "It's got dem black bars at the top n' bottom, I want it to take up my whole TV!"
"Sir, you actually lose picture that way"
"Uh-uh, it shows up on my whole screen, I don't like dem black bars!"


HAHAHA, this made me chuckle. My mom uses that type of complaint often, but not at stores at least. I always tell here "your going to lose picture" and here typical reply is "I don't care, I hate those black bars!".

im gonna go against everyone on this one, and say i too hate the black bars, i couldnt give a shit that a tiny amount of the picture is cut out, im not a movie fanatic and could care less if i miss half an inch of the tree visible on the side of the screen.

Oh, you miss much more than that. Because, it's not always an equal amount on both sides. Sometimes the "square" is moved to either the right or left to frame the scene. This creates artificial pans, often at lower frame rates. One movie that does this a lot is A League of Their Own. I can not watch that movie full screen. The frame rates of the pans are so low it amkes me sick, physically.

Another draw back of fullscreen movies is that some scenes are changed from the original. A scene that comes to mind is from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The scene in which Indy faces his father after just having rescued him. They are facing each other on either side of the screen, talking back and forth. In the widescreen version, you can see them both at the same time. The full screen version features cuts from one side to the other. The end result is not as powerful a scene as was orginally shot.

[puxley]

I'm practically at the point now where if I can't watch a movie in widescreen, I won't watch it at all. The exception is rare stuff I can't see any other way.

I long for the day when movies will start with this message:

THIS FILM WILL BE PRESENTED IN ITS ORIGINAL, COMPLETE FORM.
YOUR TV HAS BEEN REFORMATTED TO FIT THIS MOTION PICTURE.
:D

[PDorr3]

just got back from EB, picked up FFX-2 (yes i finaly managed to do it!), r-type final, culdcept, and escape from monkey island.

It was so funny walking in, it was over crowded as hell, a white gangster that wanted to play an xbox live game, not knowing that he needed xbox live and trying to buy the headset.
A dad with two sons, cursing at his older sun for letting the little one run around knocking over games from shelves.
A mom and her son where the kid was undecided on what game he wanted and the mom trying to help by saying "here this one looks cute"
the line of kids waiting to play the RE4 kiosk, and my favorite, the employe said "we are gamers, we know games"
Not to mention kids literaly running around screaming, always in my way.
It was an interesting experience.

[Lord Contaminous]

The weirdest I've ran into in Gamestops and EB's:

> I've been kicked out for saying "damn"

> I was looking through the NES, SNES and Genesis games and some random geezer asked me one of my Top 10 Most Hated Questions: "do I work there."

Naw! do EB employees wear khaki shorts and a t shirt with a DJ on it???

[PDorr3]

The weirdest I've ran into in Gamestops and EB's:

> I've been kicked out for saying "damn"

> I was looking through the NES, SNES and Genesis games and some random geezer asked me one of my Top 10 Most Hated Questions: "do I work there."

Naw! do EB employees wear khaki shorts and a t shirt with a DJ on it???

you should have said yes i work here. you would probably be more help than the actual employe's

[calthaer]

Why don't those of you personified by this example be "a little kinder and more tolerant" towards those customers that you are PAID to help? Is that too much to ask? Or do you think customers should be given a "pre-test" to qualify for the privilege of entering your store and being in your presence?

Good grief.

I see a direct correlation between the attitudes of said employees and the noted fact that there is a high percentage of losers who frequent game stores. The "normal" customers just won't come. Besides being overwhelmed by something that they may have little or no knowledge of, they have to deal with the supercilious salespeople at the same time.

The game industry has been growing for the past 20 years or so, which is how they can get away with being jerks. Once the market starts to get saturated, game store employees will actually have to act like salespeople who want you to buy their games if they want to stay in business.

[wberdan]

and while this isn't exclusive to game stores:

- People STILL BUY FULL SCREEN DVDs. That's probably my number one annoyance of all time working in a retail establishment. "It's got dem black bars at the top n' bottom, I want it to take up my whole TV!"
"Sir, you actually lose picture that way"
"Uh-uh, it shows up on my whole screen, I don't like dem black bars!"


HAHAHA, this made me chuckle. My mom uses that type of complaint often, but not at stores at least. I always tell here "your going to lose picture" and here typical reply is "I don't care, I hate those black bars!".

im gonna go against everyone on this one, and say i too hate the black bars, i couldnt give a shit that a tiny amount of the picture is cut out, im not a movie fanatic and could care less if i miss half an inch of the tree visible on the side of the screen.

Oh, you miss much more than that. Because, it's not always an equal amount on both sides. Sometimes the "square" is moved to either the right or left to frame the scene. This creates artificial pans, often at lower frame rates. One movie that does this a lot is A League of Their Own. I can not watch that movie full screen. The frame rates of the pans are so low it amkes me sick, physically.

Another draw back of fullscreen movies is that some scenes are changed from the original. A scene that comes to mind is from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The scene in which Indy faces his father after just having rescued him. They are facing each other on either side of the screen, talking back and forth. In the widescreen version, you can see them both at the same time. The full screen version features cuts from one side to the other. The end result is not as powerful a scene as was orginally shot.


people should remember that this is home entertainment.

some people accept the trade offs of watching full screen movies because they enjoy it more that way.
to them it is more satisfying to see a bigger image than to see the entire shot frame.

if someday everyone has widescreen televisions (which i seriously doubt will happen our lifetime) then there will no longer be an issue.

willie

[Videogamerdaryll]

Without reading any replies..

When I hit EB on a busy day I hear the clerks over and over trying to sell the customers the CD warranty or some other warranty.
Third the Discount card deal..
It sounds so recorded the way they say the same thing over and over..
As I spend more time in the store it becomes stuck in my head.. I could almost lip sync what they say. :P

Other then that..It's release days given out after asked,or opinions on a game that I do like to listen too.

The Mom asking for a game not released yet or can my Son play this..?

And the sickening : these games are only worth 50 cent to $1.00 each ..That that person is trading in and accepting.
Ahhhhhhhhhh..Trading in PS2,Xbox and GC games for 50 cent to $1.00 each just kills me.. x_x

[neuropolitique]

people should remember that this is home entertainment.

some people accept the trade offs of watching full screen movies because they enjoy it more that way.
to them it is more satisfying to see a bigger image than to see the entire shot frame.

if someday everyone has widescreen televisions (which i seriously doubt will happen our lifetime) then there will no longer be an issue.

willie

I agree, but missing Bernaise blowing the Bishop in History of the World is too much of a trade-off for me. :P

[PDorr3]

at eb today the guy goes "if you dont have an eb edge card you can get one free" so i say ok. i look on receipt and i was charged for it. i doubt i misunderstood him, but i did head "if you dont have one you get it free" oh well...the card is usefull anyway.

[ScottK]

I have a rule that if a parent is in the car or drops their kids off to buy games then I don't care what age they are to buy M games as it's not my job to police what the kids buy because 99% of the time the parents don't care and/or will buy it for them anyway. Plus it's not illegal (at least not in my area/state).

Here are the annoying things I go through on a daily basis:

*Solicitors that can't read the big "No Soliciting" sign on the front door.

*People who do not see the "No Smoking" sign when they walk in and ask me for an ashtray so they can smoke while they look around.

*People call me several times a day asking for game codes.

*Little kids calling all the time wanting me to give them a price for 100 different games on the phone.

*People calling and wanting me to list every single title that is available for a certain system.

*Groups of kids who have nothing better to do then fart all the time and think it's funny (when this happens I grab my lysol can and spray the hell out of the customer). LOL

*People will come into the store with their GameBoys and want to try out every game in stock (even though they have no intention to even purchase anything).

*People who want to trade in their crappy nes and genesis controllers and accessories and expect to get 5 xbox games in return.

*Some people will try to trade in grocery bags filled with games that smell of dog piss.

*Customers who buy a used NES system (totally cleaned and tested) and put dirty games into it, then expect to get their money back because I sold them a broken system.

*People expect to get a full cash refund because the games they bought they didn't like. Or the People who expect to get the same credit from the item they bought at my store 6 months ago.

*Stupid questions or people who think they know everything when they don't know anything. One example is a guy came in around this xmas season and was saying that the reason why you can't find a new PS2 in the stores is because Sony stopped making systems because the PS 3 will be out in February.

*This is somethings that happened today. A kid came in with some regular playstation games for trade. The games were dusty as all hell. I was looking at the first disc and the guy takes out the disc to another game and started to lick the game and wipe it on his shirt. Myself and the other half a dozen customers at the time about dropped to the floor. I just told him that the first game disc was so bad that we couldn't buy any of his games and he walked out.

[SoulBlazer]

Actually, stores CAN be fined if they sell a M rated game to a minor without checking ID first. It happened in my state last year.

[Push Upstairs]

Oh, you miss much more than that. Because, it's not always an equal amount on both sides. Sometimes the "square" is moved to either the right or left to frame the scene. This creates artificial pans, often at lower frame rates. One movie that does this a lot is A League of Their Own. I can not watch that movie full screen. The frame rates of the pans are so low it amkes me sick, physically.

I can't watch movies on TV anymore because of "pan&scan". The scanning looks so artifical and fake that it takes me out of the movie whenever its used.

I did a speech on widescreen once and the visual i used was DaVinci's "Last Supper" (which is a "widescreen" painting). I think i opened up some eyes when i placed my "Fullscreen" cover on top of it to reveal that 2/3 of the painting were in fact covered up.

I will party the day widescreen is the standard.



The weirdest I've ran into in Gamestops and EB's:

> I've been kicked out for saying "damn"

Damn.

I don't think i have ever been tossed out of a store. I was paranoid i would be kicked out for talking to some dude about buying Genesis stuff from him but i guess nobody was paying attention. :/

[gruzniak]

The thing i see is moms looking for gifts for their kids this is a typical convo...

mom: you guys have any racing sims for PS2?

employee: Yeah Need for speed underground 2, it is new you can get it used for $39.99.

mom: is that it?

employee: yeah, they dont make many racing sims for ps2.

mom: ok i'll take it.

And than next to NFSUG 2 there is a copy of Gran Turismo A Spec used for $5.99, which is a better game.

[vincewy]

It depends on the locations, general rules, avoid EB and Gamestops at mall locations, not only are most working there annoying, so many losers hang aorund there that they just turn you off.

Next bad ones are Gamestop/EB at commercial plazas, but I've been to good stores which heavily depend on managers/employees. I also avoid Best Buys and Walmarts now, they sell mostly trendy sports and ultra violent trash catering to ignorant and clueless rednecks.

I only go to ToysRUs on a regular basis, less hassle, more selections, customers tend to be families (ie: parents buying games for their kids).

[Captain Wrong]

that reminds me of a time when i was in kaybee toys and i wanted to buy an m rated gaem, and since i wasnt 18 at the time i had to go get my dad to buy it w/ me. it was one of those games where you are like "oh come on, how does this have an m rating!?". so to be spiteful i also picked up GTA vice city and gave her a face as if to say "now what bitch?!"

lol i didnt even want vice city, still mad that i payed $50 for it and played it once.

Wow, you sure taught that KayBee employee a lesson. :roll:

Oh and a BIG golf clap to Wavelflack. Man, it sounds all y'all working at games stores could be the template for Comic Book Guy.

[scooterb23]

I must live in an alternate reality. Now, I don't claim every experience has been perfect, but 95% of my experiences have been positive in game stores.

Gamestop and EB employees are polite and honest (for the most part).

Yes the kids run around...they're kids...it's what they do. Don't they run around in Sears or Target as well?

I had one bad experience recently at a Gamestop, I think I shared this already...but whatever, where the guy in front of me was getting absolutely berated by the cashier for not buying discount card...whatever it was...for $1 more. He had spent almost $300, and didn't want the card.

The cashier just went on and on, huffing and puffing, throwing the guys discs around...treating him very poorly over this card.

When they finally got done, the customer pretty much stormed out the store...and the rest of us followed him out. The cashier had a bit of work to do...we left a lot of game boxes sitting on his counter...

There are about 9 other Gamestops in Columbus...one just 3 minutes down the road, all the other customers in line "met up" there :)

[WanganRunner]

I cannot stand pan & scan....I guess it just comes from having actually seen lots of movies in both versions, and knowing what I'm missing.

I think that even 16:9 could be better. I wish they'd sell TVs in Panavision format, to be honest. The bars really don't bother me though, if people get pissed off by then, then they just need a bigger TV.

[Garry Silljo]

Thumbs up to wavelflack. Yes they are unknowledgable, that is why they are asking questions. Quit complaining about people who arent as smart as you and just be thankful you know so much. Some people are lacking in comprehension and memory skills, you aren't, drop it.

[PDorr3]

Thumbs up to wavelflack. Yes they are unknowledgable, that is why they are asking questions. Quit complaining about people who arent as smart as you and just be thankful you know so much. Some people are lacking in comprehension and memory skills, you aren't, drop it.

those people suck and don't deserve to live.

[videogameking26]

Usually gamers scattered around in the front where the PS2 game section, counter is...also the same workers of Babbages because they know me by heart :)

[Jive3D]

chalk this up to the fact that I used to work at a gamestore and I just have a sense of justice when it comes to seeing people who are contemplating the purchase of a bad game...

Whenever I'm in a game store, and I see somene pick up a copy of cartoon network speedway or some craptastic game, I almost always recomend something else or say that I have played it and it's not worth the money by any means. I'll also comment to let them know that the game they are holding is a good one - I only do this to other customers who are obviously shopping for a gift for a kid.

And on another note the Gamestop at 86th & Lex in NYC smells like shit. It really ticks me off. I'm gonna go to Best Buy guys! Ir's right accross the street because you F'in smell!!

[Jasoco]

Things I've heard and seen working at CC:

"Do you guys have Super Nintendo games?" (this was yesterday)

Lady brings in a list of games, all in horrible writing...

Guy and his wife/kid, whatever comes in looking for a game that we haven't carried either at all or in about 2 years...


"We were wanting to do the deal where you trade in 2 games and get the new Pokemon for free....

Guy buys Gamecube, goes home and plugs it into mono TV...

Psuedo-intellectual kid (who, by the way, isn't smart enough to figure out that scally caps have gone out of style): "Do you guys have fans for Xboxes?...

People still call controllers remotes and paddles.

Lady picks up a copy of a violent game, I just don't want him being exposed to any stuff with sex in it...

Guns don't kill people; tits do.

and while this isn't exclusive to game stores:

- People STILL BUY FULL SCREEN DVDs. That's probably my number one annoyance of all time working in a retail establishment. "It's got dem black bars at the top n' bottom, I want it to take up my whole TV!"
"Sir, you actually lose picture that way"
"Uh-uh, it shows up on my whole screen, I don't like dem black bars!"
Circuit City. Kmart. Same thing. I get those exact same questions all the time. Especially the Full Screen thing. I've learned to just be okay with it. If they want FS, let them have it. If they ask the difference though, THEN I tell them. Usually they pick FS anyway because it's what they're used to. So I'm okay with it. As long as they know they're losing picture and they still want it, let them. It's usually just a fear of black bars. I dunno why. People just hate them. (I had a cow orker who totally hates them because he saw a badly cropped WS DVD a while ago that cut off someones head and assumes all WS DVD's are like that. I finally let it all out and told him it was only 1% of DVD's (Usually old movies) that do this. He still gets FS though, but at least he knows.) I wish that movie stations like HBO, Starz and Showtime would show their movies in WS format. Some do, but only if you have the damn Cable box. I just want to get it standard! The only way to fully solve this problem is if more Movie makers release the movies with both versions on the same box. UHF does this. Many Disney DVD's do this. Why can't all? It would be SOOOO much less stressful. Someone wouldn't have to come in the store and leave empty handed because all we had was one copy of Mean Girls in WideScreen format. :roll:

Just about any retail store will have the same customers and stupid questions. I've seen the old woman with a badly written list. The kid asking for N64 games. Kid asking to trade in games. Kid wanting GTA/Halo 2/XXX Volleyball: Titties Edition/whatever. Remotes or Paddles. The parent okay with blood and violence but NO SEX AT ALL!! The Forum browsing Modder. Someone asked me how to pirate MP3's once. I've seen it all too.

[squirrelnut]

Thumbs up to wavelflack. Yes they are unknowledgable, that is why they are asking questions. Quit complaining about people who arent as smart as you and just be thankful you know so much. Some people are lacking in comprehension and memory skills, you aren't, drop it.

Obviously you two people don't deal with the general public. Think about it.

On average you maybe work about 5 hours a day. In that time over 200 people will go in and out. Outa that 200 people 150 transactions will go flawlessly (i.e. they come in, maybe ask a few questions, need help finding something, ect. but nothing bad happens.)

But with the other 50 people it's usually.

A. The pompus jackass: The one who thinks he's better then you cause he works 9-5 behind a desk and has a flip phone an a custom ringer.

B. The soccer mom: Thinks shes always right and everyone should govvern her kids. Remember nothing is her fault... it's societies!

C. The ghetto/punk/tries too hard kid: The one who comes in OMFG DEWDS CH3K DAT SHIT OUT!!!!111!1!!!93

D. The hopless grandparent: "My grand son says he wants GBA: mice kitty?"

Now think about it. The hopless grandparent isn't as bad of an offender as the rest. I mean yeah you try to steer them the right way. But what about the other 3 main types. The ones who come in loud and screaming and think there funny. Any idea how much that gets on your nerves?

Imagine if every single can of pop you drank 1/4 had a bitter after taste. Would you still drink that pop? Well you can just try a different kind of pop. Well what if that pop was the only stuff you had and you needed that pop to live? Then what?

Seriously, try working with the general public for about 3 and a half years like I have been forced to do. You will understand what we have to deal with every day we work.

Also don't forget. We are also humans. We can't be expected to be in a good mood every time. I mean yeah, that doesn't mean we can treat customers like crap. But, maybe we won't smile big enough for you (true story I got reamed out by a customer cause i wasnt smiling... gee its kind of hard to smile when your girlfriends in the frickin hospital). Maybe we will talk to our colleauges at work because we're stuck there, trying to make the best of the job we have.

Hell, I can't even begin to count the times I've gotten yelled at by customers cause I didn't ask them if they needed help. Really just say "Excuse me" or "Hey". If there a good employee they will end up there conversation fast to help you or maybe say "One moment" if it's something important.

Just my 7 cent post for the month.