Clifton's Urban Champion [DP Store]
The day started like any other. A quiet morning of catching up with yesterday’s trade-ins, straightening out shelves, and the occasional customer here and there. Then the clock struck twelve. Two youngsters enter, maybe 15, 16 years old. The bigger one walks right up to the register and asks “Do you have an extra 30 cents [...]
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I hope you compile all of these little stories into an "Acts of Gord" type collection. I'm having a lot of fun reading them all.
Check my auctions here! I am in the business of finding off-beat things, including video game stuff!
View my collection!
Hah, AfroMan could've been me today...though I haven't been drinking.
That ending though...
THE VICTOR IS YOU!
I have to pay attention a bit more. I don't remember seeing any 12 or 13 year olds at NAVA, let alone shady ones.
Oh, and don't knock Disney Princesses. Ariel in particular is top notch.
But did one of them try and drop a flower-pot on your head from the apartment above the barber shop?
"And the book says: 'We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us.'"
There's alot of slick people out there...Nice Job, getting that kid
Good catch Joe, I remember those kids during the NAVA event, they were laughably obvious then....4 games is impressive under watch though, little buggers!
@ The kid with the Disney Princesses trade in, too funny
feitctaj !
Kupomogli, is that you?Originally Posted by TonyTheTiger
Holy shit. In all my thoughts and ponderings about starting my own business, I've spent a huge amount of time agonizing about abstract fears like going broke, paperwork issues, legal matters, etc....
I never even considered the more tangible threats somebody like you would encounter in a retail setting.
You've got cajones like nobody else I've ever known. Wow.
In my internal dictionary, a pussy equals NOT YOU.
And, if you see anybody like that at future NAVAs, I'd be happy to help keep an eye on them, but I'll probably be oblivious. If you want an additional set of eyes, feel free to tap me on the shoulder and clue me in.
4 games is impressive...the local store owners have taken to having pre-owned cases labeled as "New" on the shelves without the disks in them and keeping the sealed copies under lock and key due to theft. It works perfectly for PnT, since they need a demo copy.
This doesn't beat the guy who stole a plasma TV off the display at a local Circuit City though.The guy literally brought in his tools, unscrewed it off the display, and walked out the front door with the TV and no one noticed or stopped him. They even watched him walk out the door with it and told him "Have a good day." I'm sure he enjoyed his haul. I wonder why they went out of business...
Back in '98, I caught a kid stuffing a game down his pants, VMX Racing for PSX. My dad wasn't paying attention, but I saw the kid grab it off the shelf and hide it. I alerted my dad and he made the kid come into the back room and pull his pants down. Of course all the CDs were hidden in locked drawers, so the kid could of went to jail for stealing a case/manual, but my dad let him off with a warning.
Was one of those kids the one who bought my TG16? Anyways, at the risk of sounding like a racist, I bet the reason that GTA: San Andreas is a big target for theft is because little punk white kids want to experience being in the hood and little black kids use it for training.Good catch Joe, I remember those kids during the NAVA event, they were laughably obvious then....4 games is impressive under watch though, little buggers!
But, I will say this. If these little white kids want to experience ghetto life up close, I'd cordially invite them to the port part of Elizabeth. Especially Third Street. At 2am. Guaranteed they'd be cured.
BTW, did you have the kid arrested or did you let him walk?
Last edited by JohnnyBlaze; 07-29-2009 at 02:36 AM.
Urban Champion, I'll let slide. If someone ever claims to be the Bourbon Champion, I shall challenge that person to a duel.
The next time you have kids casing the joint you should walk up to them with a digital camera and make up some story about how you are putting customer's pictures on the website and take their picture. It would even be funnier if you didn't say anything at all; while they're standing around looking suspicious, just walk up, look the other way, and CLICK (make sure the flash goes off).
Directly confronting shoplifters takes a bigger set of cojones than I have, Joe. Kudos to you bro.
awkwaaaaaarrrrd.
Even better, do what this one dollar store does around here. Take a picture of "problem customers" and put them up on the "Wall of Shame" and tell the staff that these people are not allowed in the store anymore.
I still say the best way to dissuade the lil' children from attempting to shoplift is by killing one as an example to the others, and then placing his body on a pike in front of the store. Preferably with a sign hanging from the corpse saying "Shoplifters will be punished".
I meant to say this like 3 blogs ago, but thanks so much for finally moving your blog to DP and out of Myspace!
The real loser in the story is the one that purchases a game that was down some kid's pants!
lulz.
RIP bargora, you will be greatly missed.That is how we do things on Giedion Prime.
Unlike other Nintendo games, I hear that Joe approves of blowing that one to get it to work.
"And the book says: 'We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us.'"
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