So, some quick background information. I work at Best Buy in the Computers department and right next to our department is the Media depart. which deals with games, music, and all sorts of entertainment shit. Anyway, I was minding my own business in my own department (I really hate saying that word and typing it so much) when this guy walks up to me. He's about forty years old... maybe pushing fifty. Anyway, he's polite and asks me if I can answer a quick question for him. His question is as follows: "Can you play 360 games on the Xbox?"
Huh, he must have had that backwards. I ask him, "Do you mean Xbox games on the 360? Yes, you can... some of the games are backwards compatibl--" and before I can finish he cuts me off, "NO, no, I mean can you play those fucking expensive 360 games on an Xbox?" I'm a bit taken aback and try to clarify, "You mean an actual Xbox 360 game disc in an old Xbox?" He nods.
I actually chuckle a bit and this DID affect his mood a bit. A bit of a scowl appeared on his face and I quickly moved to answer this guy and get away from him, "Uh, no, the internals and pretty much everything between an Xbox and Xbox 360 is different. It's impossible." After I say this the semi-unexpected happens... he flips out.
"WHAT?! What the fuck are you talking about? I bought a fucking Xbox from whatever asshole makes it and you're telling me I can't fucking play the latest Xbox 360 games on it!? What the fuck did I pay all this money for?"
I try to calm him down and explain the evolution/revolution of technology but he's taking none of it. "I'm never buying a Xbox again! This is fucking ridiculous... they should fucking make games for the system! They build a system and don't make games for it?! That's fucking stupid!" and the way he's talking is now directed to me in a somewhat personal level. As if I built an Xbox--- it didn't help I was kind of cracking up during his rant.
He starts walking away and keeps turning back at me, "I'm never buying a fucking Xbox again! Fucking assholes... fucking assholes!" I went from amusement to just stunned.
Did I just meet an uber-casual gamer albeit in his 40s with a trucker hat, horrible breath, missing bottom teeth, and skin that resembles smoked beef with a short fuse and little tolerance for understanding? Or did I just meet a complete idiot with no grasp on technology?
I'm guessing the latter.
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Don't you just love the retailing world. Of course its totally your fault that that guy can't get his shit straight. Happy Holidays!
(sorry you have to deal with it, I'm in the same boat.)
You met what I like to call in the retail world as the "didn't research their purchase and loves to complain about everything" type. He is angry at you because he bought an xBox thinking he was going to beat the system and not have to pay for the 360. Of course when his plan fails is your fault.
I see this everyday somehow its our fault you made a bad decision. Suck it up.
You met what I like to call in the retail world as the "didn't research their purchase and loves to complain about everything" type. He is angry at you because he bought an xBox thinking he was going to beat the system and not have to pay for the 360. Of course when his plan fails is your fault.
I see this everyday somehow its our fault you made a bad decision. Suck it up.
Aww, kinda sucks for him. Paying for an xbox, then not being able to buy games which have "xbox" written on them.
I also work at Best Buy (car-fi), and when I help out media, it seems anyone ASKING for help in the gaming section doesnt know about them.
A gamer doesn't need help on games, he should know that shit already.
CAn you buy xbox 1 anymore?
I once witnessed a woman demand to speak to a manager at GameStop because her son put "Super Mario for the Xbox360" on his Xmas list. She absolutely refused to believe it was a mistake of some sort. She was fucking scary. But then again, my GameStop contains mass Fail. They suck, all 5 of them within like a 20 mile radius. Ridiculous.
You met an idiot. :p
I work at an EB Games, and my favourite so far is people getting upset when I tell them their sports game from several years ago only trades in for 50 cents. "Well that isn't what I paid for it" they'd say, and of course I'd have to remind them that games occasionally depreciate in value.
Although people who declined to buy a Wii in June (when we couldn't sell them for the life of us) wondering why they can't find one now are a close second. :)
@ Lemon: Start working? How old are you? Working sucks, BTW. But if you let everything go and just let it kind of fade past you, you'll really start to find the humor in the most retarded things. I deal with people also, at the hospital. I hate people.
You have to understand where these people are coming from. They are old. My uncle once said he would never buy a Nintendo system again after the GameCube lacked any kind of backward compatibility with cartridges. I told him it was for the better and all, but he said he was going with Sony, as his son could still play all the old games on it. When you think about it all, it actually makes sense. These people aren't really idiots, they just don't know no better. This is the way of life. When you're 40, you'll most likely be a bit out of the loop also. Especially if you're a father and a full time worker with a family. You'll be lost.
I figured as much, I wasn't sure what the legal working age was these days. Enjoy work, and get used to it. You'll be doing it the rest of your life.
Sounds like a parent who fucked up Christmas for his kid. :)