Retail-Sucks has a hilarious story about a woman trying to find a certain Nintendo game for Xbox 360. This mom must have a lot of faith in her kids, because she gave one EB Games employee hell just because her son said that a Mario game was on 360:
I know what your thinking, "Mario games are for Nintendo systems.", well, when I casually explained "Mam, Mario games aren't available for the Microsoft X-Box.. I can happily show you where they're at, if you'd like." The lady looked at me as if I'd castrated her favorite animal with a rusty knife.
This woman makes the argument last for quite some time and even smashes her phone on the ground, because apparently, she can't stand to be wrong. Needless to say, this is definitely worth a read. Check out the complete story here.
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5:36 PM on 01.21.2007
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That part brought the lulz for me.What on Earth would make her think that her preteen son knows more about games than someone that actually works with them all day?
Shit, I feel bad for the kids.
Why? Because I worked at Toys "R" Us several years ago. I heard children younger than 10 scoffing at GameCube, saying that it was a "system for babies," and every fucking idiot kid seemed to want PlayStation 2. Oh, but that didn't stop them from wanting their beloved "Zelda for PlayStation" whenever Wind Waker came out. Stupid fucks.
Hahahaha...on a lighter note, though, I had to laugh whenever somebody at Target asked me if we had "Zelda: Wind Breaker" in stock.
Many people immediately believe that their pre-teen children are more intelligent than retail workers, for some reason. And they also tend to believe that retail exists to screw them over, so that's two strikes against retail workers right there that will cause customers to go off the deep end at times.
I can't believe this woman though, so insisstant. I've heard a few classic examples such as
"Metal slug X!"
"Yeh metal slug 10 bruv"
"Nah, I've played Metal slug 13 mate"
or
"Yeh so I smacked 'im! dick!" *turns* "Have you got the new Harry Potter game?"
i did however destroy an old booth that had been put out back due to frustration.
also, i might be getting a job at a games retailer soon, can you really just throw people out for behavior like this? if so, i can't imagine why anyone would put up with it for two hours, unless of course you can remain calm in the face of disrespectful craziness and be secretly amused the whole time.
Ever walked in on someone masturbating furiously at a urinal? I have... You'd think they would stop after being caught, wouldn't they? HELL NO!!!
I think the worst I've ever seen in a game store is where some doofus was telling the clerk how awesome Xbox Live was on the PS2. The clerk agreed with him, and then told him that that's why the PS3 was going to be so much better than the 360. ... Yeah, XBL has clearly benefited the PS3. Good acquisition there Sony. ???
You know, there's a catch all for each generation as to what a game console is called. In my parent's day, (I was born in '77, so we're talking like that same time frame here...) it was the Atari. You owned an Atari, and so did everyone else. And then everyone had a Nintendo. That's what games were on. They were nintendo games. Do you have nintendo in stock? Great!
And then the college years for me, it became the Playstation.
Well, I think we've finally moved the marker. It's become the xbox. Everyone please notify their aunts/uncles/grandparents so that gifts can be given accordingly.
Though lets not forget that blind ignorace provided by women such as this should not go unpunished.
That's exactly how I'd handle it, in every case. As long as she's out of my store, it's not my problem. People tend toward getting angry and defensive when you tell them they're wrong. So let them think they're right.
I have never seen anybody send a blank stare down a phone before.
"Hi, I bought two copies of this (Farcry instincts) two days ago to play system link. Turns out you can't even play split screen system link, you have to watch this annoying intro movie over and over, the game is full of bugs and glitches and it's crap, the only way to fix it is with live and I don't have it. can you give me a refund please?"
"No we don't do that, it's policy now"
"Look I know why that policy is there but come on, I have two copies of a game I don't want"
"Sorry it's policy"
Seriously, I had a receipt from two days ago and that same guy served me. I know they're doing it cause peope copy games and stuff but the receipt was for two copies of the same game. I guess it's policy to be a jerk.