Report dumb Christmas shoppers here!

[video_gamer324]

It's that time of year, and all those mommies and daddies are emerging en masse for some last-minute Christmas shopping. Problem is, too many of them don't know what they're doing when they hit the video game aisles, and they can act pretty clueless sometimes. This is your opportunity to report your sightings for the rest of us to enjoy. I'll begin:

Woman: "Yes, I'd like to pick up a copy of Gran Turismo 4."
TRU Clerk: "I'm sorry, ma'am, but that game hasn't come out yet."
Woman: "What do you mean? It just came out."
TRU Clerk: "Actually it was delayed and won't be released until next year."
Woman: "Well why do you have slips like these?" (holds up a preorder slip that says $5.00 on it)
TRU Clerk: "That's a preorder slip so you can reserve a copy when it comes out."
Woman: "But it did come out already!"
TRU Clerk #2: "Well even if it came out, we don't have it."
Woman: "... OK ..." (storms away, rolling her eyes)

[slidecage]

we had one lady here pay for their entire purchase at the video game department at meijers yesterday. There had to be around 10 -15 people waiting for the guy to open up the case to get games out and this lady had the guts to pay for 4 shopping carts full of toys. Then they pay with a check with no ID. Yah they might of sold few hundred bucks worth of toys but I bet they lost a lot more then that on the people who left instead of waiting the 25 mins for the person to check out.

[camoor]

we had one lady here pay for their entire purchase at the video game department at meijers yesterday. There had to be around 10 -15 people waiting for the guy to open up the case to get games out and this lady had the guts to pay for 4 shopping carts full of toys. Then they pay with a check with no ID. Yah they might of sold few hundred bucks worth of toys but I bet they lost a lot more then that on the people who left instead of waiting the 25 mins for the person to check out.

That's incompetent management, it's not really the lady's fault because she bought alot of toys (although those check-without-id ppl need a kick in the head - it's 2005, get a darn credit card!)

[Heyricochet]

I was in best buy trying to get a $20 feel the magic and there was this person there who kept insisting that her friend said she just bought a DS here. She's like "I just saw her in target and she said she got it here" and the associates kept saying "We don't have any DSes, we'll have some in tomorrow, first come first serve" But she stood there arguing for 10 minutes when it was obvious they didn't have any, and its not like they wouldn't sell one to her.

[JSweeney]

we had one lady here pay for their entire purchase at the video game department at meijers yesterday. There had to be around 10 -15 people waiting for the guy to open up the case to get games out and this lady had the guts to pay for 4 shopping carts full of toys. Then they pay with a check with no ID. Yah they might of sold few hundred bucks worth of toys but I bet they lost a lot more then that on the people who left instead of waiting the 25 mins for the person to check out.

That's incompetent management, it's not really the lady's fault because she bought alot of toys (although those check-without-id ppl need a kick in the head - it's 2005, get a darn credit card!)

Well, I actually have Ask for ID on my card, so I still need Id with my credit card :)

[bob_the_goon]

I was at Walmart the other day and a lady kept insisting they sell her a PS2 even though it was clear they didn't have any. What they did have was a gaping hole on the shelf where PS2s go when they're in stock and a shelf tag. She kept getting louder and louder and then started accusing the store of false advertising because of the shelf tag. They explained exactly what a shelf tag was and that it wasn't advertising, and she stormed away mumbling about filing a lawsuit.

[Dok Diamond]

My dad even though my mom had to quit her job and money is tight we tell him games are on sale and the prices we can get em for and he still buys THUG2 and NFSU2 for 50 each.

I know NFSU2 is gonna be 50 but when you can get THUG2 for $25 c'mon.
And it doesnt end there.
Oh well thats why this house has me and my mom.

[argyle]

I have a dumb employee story. I was in BB the other night just browsing around when I overheard a customer asking one of the sales people, "Is this the newest Sonic game out?" The guy held up the PS2 Sonic Mega Collection. The salesman mumbled that they think it is. The guy looks at it again and says, "My daughter is getting a PS2 and said she wanted Sonic, but I'm not sure if this is it." The salesman wandered off, since he was obviously useless anyway. I excused myself and told the customer that the newest sonic out was Sonic Heroes. He thanked me and went looking for it (which is the least the salesman could have done - LOOKED for it).

EDIT: Just to clarify, since I know the collection was technically released later than Heroes, I explained to the guy that the collection was all the older games, and he said "Yea, she doesn't want that, she's too young to remember them."

[Soujiro_Seta]

Heres my story. I was at gamestop picking the end of eva dvd. when a lady walks in on her cel phone. She walks over to the nintendo ds display and tells whoevers on the phone "they have the nintendo ds" . So she goes up to register and tells the employee there that she wants to buy a ds. the guy tell her they dont have any. She points to the huge nintendo ds dispaly box and goes "but you have the box right there" . Then the employee has to go through a whole explanation about how that box is not the size of the actual box and that they wont get in another shipment till after christmas.
I though it was pretty funny and started laughing when she though the huge display box was the actual system. I mean even an xbox or ps2 doesnt come in a box that freaking big. Well thats my story :)

[killswitch64]

we had one lady here pay for their entire purchase at the video game department at meijers yesterday. There had to be around 10 -15 people waiting for the guy to open up the case to get games out and this lady had the guts to pay for 4 shopping carts full of toys. Then they pay with a check with no ID. Yah they might of sold few hundred bucks worth of toys but I bet they lost a lot more then that on the people who left instead of waiting the 25 mins for the person to check out.

That's incompetent management, it's not really the lady's fault because she bought alot of toys (although those check-without-id ppl need a kick in the head - it's 2005, get a darn credit card!)

I refuse to own a credit card. So I will always be a check and id guy.

[bignick]

I have been working in a call center doins customer service for the last month. Oh man do you lear alot about people.

Like the people who do orders on the web, and enter their credit card number wrong, then demand you give them free 2 day shipping so they get their order in time for christmas. I love telling them no! I have had a couple of ladies cry! The best is when they get their husbands on the phone.

Oh, and the people from NY, NJ, MA are the WORST!!! Even if it was the companies fault their order wasnt processed correclty, I still tell them there is nothing I can do, just because it pisses them off like there is no tomorrow. God, I fucking hate their accents! They all sound like Janice from Friends.

[tholly]

we had one lady here pay for their entire purchase at the video game department at meijers yesterday. There had to be around 10 -15 people waiting for the guy to open up the case to get games out and this lady had the guts to pay for 4 shopping carts full of toys. Then they pay with a check with no ID. Yah they might of sold few hundred bucks worth of toys but I bet they lost a lot more then that on the people who left instead of waiting the 25 mins for the person to check out.

That's incompetent management, it's not really the lady's fault because she bought alot of toys (although those check-without-id ppl need a kick in the head - it's 2005, get a darn credit card!)

I refuse to own a credit card. So I will always be a check and id guy.

it's almost 2005, get a darn credit card!

[bignick]

Well, I actually have Ask for ID on my card, so I still need Id with my credit card :)

I do that too, and some places dont accept it! Try going to the post office with it! Im sure some will let it slide, but mine employees the postal nazis!

[argyle]

we had one lady here pay for their entire purchase at the video game department at meijers yesterday. There had to be around 10 -15 people waiting for the guy to open up the case to get games out and this lady had the guts to pay for 4 shopping carts full of toys. Then they pay with a check with no ID. Yah they might of sold few hundred bucks worth of toys but I bet they lost a lot more then that on the people who left instead of waiting the 25 mins for the person to check out.

That's incompetent management, it's not really the lady's fault because she bought alot of toys (although those check-without-id ppl need a kick in the head - it's 2005, get a darn credit card!)

I refuse to own a credit card. So I will always be a check and id guy.

Credit cards, I can understand why someone doesn't want. But there is no reason for anyone not to have a debit card.

[jimbodan]

we had one lady here pay for their entire purchase at the video game department at meijers yesterday. There had to be around 10 -15 people waiting for the guy to open up the case to get games out and this lady had the guts to pay for 4 shopping carts full of toys. Then they pay with a check with no ID. Yah they might of sold few hundred bucks worth of toys but I bet they lost a lot more then that on the people who left instead of waiting the 25 mins for the person to check out.

That's incompetent management, it's not really the lady's fault because she bought alot of toys (although those check-without-id ppl need a kick in the head - it's 2005, get a darn credit card!)

I refuse to own a credit card. So I will always be a check and id guy.

Credit cards, I can understand why someone doesn't want. But there is no reason for anyone not to have a debit card.

AGREE'D

you don't an id with those, just your pin #

[BABETOOTH]

I have been working in a call center doins customer service for the last month. Oh man do you lear alot about people.

Like the people who do orders on the web, and enter their credit card number wrong, then demand you give them free 2 day shipping so they get their order in time for christmas. I love telling them no! I have had a couple of ladies cry! The best is when they get their husbands on the phone.

Oh, and the people from NY, NJ, MA are the WORST!!! Even if it was the companies fault their order wasnt processed correclty, I still tell them there is nothing I can do, just because it pisses them off like there is no tomorrow. God, I shaq-fuing hate their accents! They all sound like Janice from Friends.

:oops: Big nick I hate to tell you this but "ladies" from lets say Brooklyn N.Y. sound totally different than "ladies" from Everett Mass. Believe me, I'm married to a Bostonian. They might be anoying but they sure sound different... Stop smoking with Arnold!!!

[bignick]

I have been working in a call center doins customer service for the last month. Oh man do you lear alot about people.

Like the people who do orders on the web, and enter their credit card number wrong, then demand you give them free 2 day shipping so they get their order in time for christmas. I love telling them no! I have had a couple of ladies cry! The best is when they get their husbands on the phone.

Oh, and the people from NY, NJ, MA are the WORST!!! Even if it was the companies fault their order wasnt processed correclty, I still tell them there is nothing I can do, just because it pisses them off like there is no tomorrow. God, I shaq-fuing hate their accents! They all sound like Janice from Friends.

Ya, I should have clarified that NY and NJ all sound the same. Even when I lived in CT for 15 years, I never remembered them being so bad.

:oops: Big nick I hate to tell you this but "ladies" from lets say Brooklyn N.Y. sound totally different than "ladies" from Everett Mass. Believe me, I'm married to a Bostonian. They might be anoying but they sure sound different... Stop smoking with Arnold!!!

[BABETOOTH]

I have been working in a call center doins customer service for the last month. Oh man do you lear alot about people.

Like the people who do orders on the web, and enter their credit card number wrong, then demand you give them free 2 day shipping so they get their order in time for christmas. I love telling them no! I have had a couple of ladies cry! The best is when they get their husbands on the phone.

Oh, and the people from NY, NJ, MA are the WORST!!! Even if it was the companies fault their order wasnt processed correclty, I still tell them there is nothing I can do, just because it pisses them off like there is no tomorrow. God, I shaq-fuing hate their accents! They all sound like Janice from Friends.

Ya, I should have clarified that NY and NJ all sound the same. Even when I lived in CT for 15 years, I never remembered them being so bad.

:oops: Big nick I hate to tell you this but "ladies" from lets say Brooklyn N.Y. sound totally different than "ladies" from Everett Mass. Believe me, I'm married to a Bostonian. They might be anoying but they sure sound different... Stop smoking with Arnold!!!

I agree!!! Happy Holidays bro` !!!

[Killdozer]

Not a Christmas shopping story, but it's pretty retarded and it happens every day.

At Gamestop they have the big, fake, cardboard boxes that say TRADE THIS GAME IN AND YOU'LL GET $xx. People nonchalantly grab the boxes and toss them down on the counter. I kinda look at them a bit, and say, "Yes. If you own this game and trade it in you'll get X dollars in store credit."
They ask, "What, I want to buy it for $25." *Games like GTA:SA and Halo2...*
"No, it doesn't work that way. If you own that game, you can trade it in for $25 is store credit."
Perplexed they walk away.

I just love the fact that people can't read.

[eldad9]

Even if it was the companies fault their order wasnt processed correclty, I still tell them there is nothing I can do, just because it pisses them off like there is no tomorrow. God, I shaq-fuing hate their accents! They all sound like Janice from Friends.

You know who you sound like? a really horrible person.

Not to mention you probably don't do what your employer is paying you to do.

[BABETOOTH]

Yesterday one of the small Mom and Pop video game / jewelry / cell phone store had a PS2 slim and was selling it for $200 with a purchase of a $20 game or higher. This lady saw it and demanded that he sell it for the MSRP of $149 claiming that what he was doing was against the law. He told her very nicely that she didn't have to buy it from him. She then proceeded to cause a scene to the point that she got so loud you could hear her outside. (counter is by the door) To make the long story short this guy hears the crap, walks in and says. " Oh snap, I`ve been looking for this shit like crazy" He offered to buy it from the dude and bought GTA San Andreas, GTA 3 and Vice City. The lady felt so stupid she said she would report him to the Better Business something and would sue them. I left but as I walked out someone (lady voice) offered to kick her ass for an used game ...

[Aryss]

I have a good one. I was at dinner at a local diner with my GF when a family was seated next to us. The three young kids were trying to explain to their dad why they should get a PS2 when he said they already had a PS1. I'm assuming at that point that the father hasn't bought a new tv or car in 20 years because of his arguement. I then heard him explain to this wife that he wanted to get them the system with a few games. The kids were asking for football. The wife agreed but does not want violent games. He agreed so he suggested Socom. His wife says that has killing and shooting. He then says, "yeah, but it's not violence since you are playing the US army." At that point we left and I had to explain the whole thing to my gf since she was in the bathroom at that moment.

[starboyk]

Answering the phone:

"Thank you for calling eb GAMES your ea GAMES headquarters- now featuring all your favorite ea GAMES such as madden, nfsu, and sims. what can I help you with?"

Customer:
"Do you sell games?"

Last year, I would just repeat the intro several times until they understood that we did sell games, or that they'd just hang up. Also, the people who didn't pre-order a DS, and feel it's illegal and 'preferencial' that we hold systems for those that do pay cash to hold them. a$$wipes, the whole lot. And I had one woman threating to call consumer affairs becuase I needed her name, address, and phone number for a cash return. Screaming how that's illegal in florida- so isn't being a crack-head, but you don't hear me bithcin at you, now do ya?

OH! And the classic- sold out of ps2's thru christmas.

SO, you'll get them in friday.

no no, Through- until after christmas.

OH! You'll have them earlier?

I'm not expecting any systems until January.

But, that's not in time for christmas

....can i help the next person

And lastly, this year with the system shortages, I've been trying to get exact shipping figures. I then offer to pre-sell these systems, so that when they do come in, you're all set. Well, people come in, can't find it anywhere, I offer the pre-order option, we'll be back in an hour while we think about it. I may not have it then. Oh, well, we'll be back.

An hour later, I have nothing, and they're pissed because they can't pre-order the last of my stock.

And why, OH WHY, do people get pissed at me because I'm not bi-lingual. Last I checked, American English was the majority, and founding, language of the US.

And now, for the classic moment:
Customer approaches me with Fight Night, "Do you have this in VHS"? This also works as well as the customer who thought that, while you needed a DVD remote to play DVDs on an xbox, it could play VHS out of the box.

Lest we forget the classics cluster-shaq-fus:
Sony XCube
Nintendo Playbox
Microsoft GameStation

Jesus, didn't mean to fwark on that. Sorry for the run
-The_K

[bignick]

Even if it was the companies fault their order wasnt processed correclty, I still tell them there is nothing I can do, just because it pisses them off like there is no tomorrow. God, I shaq-fuing hate their accents! They all sound like Janice from Friends.

You know who you sound like? a really horrible person.

Not to mention you probably don't do what your employer is paying you to do.

thanks for the compliment! My employer loves me by the way. If people call up with an attitude, there will get no help from me. Being nice goes a long way.

[ian1418]

This whole thread is full of funny shit. Keep it up.

[Scorch]

My favorite time was last year.. I was working for EB.. people would read my nametag, address me by first name, then ask if I worked there.

[help1]

to OP, your calling a woman dumb for not being as knowledgable in video games as you and probably doing something more productive right now than you every will do in a lifetime?

I COMEND YOU!! :notworth:

[alfonsosoriano]

No he really isn't. They told the person GT4 wasn't out yet and that was a preorder, and she didn't understand that.

[help1]

Bignick, we have accents, you have accents, your's are dumb, ours are gangsta, we win!

[kristianator]

not really a stupid customer, but more of an annoying one...

there was a line of people waiting to get rung up at electronics (where we have 2 registers), and one of the customers came up to the counter and one of my coworkers just came up and didnt see the line. the customer immediately went to him and gave him her game and asked to be rung up. when he took the game from her, i told him that there was a line of people already waiting. so she proceeds to shout at me:

"HE ALREADY TOOK MY GAME, YOU CAN'T REFUSE SERVICE TO ME, HE'S ALREADY RINGING ME UP"

at which point i say:

"maam, there's a long line of people that have been waiting longer than you... you can get rung up here, but you have to get in line like everyone else."

she started to yell back but everyone in line started yelling at her and she got pissed off... looked like she was about to cry. she started to walk away, and the sad part was that all the customers started to laugh at her. then she gave us all the finger and said she was gonna report me to a manager. man, i fucking love christmas.

[CrimsonGeist]

This just happened yesterday. This women walked in with her kid, and the kid was obviously very spoiled. The women asked if they had anymore PS2's or Nintendo DS. The clerk replied "I'm sorry, we're out of stock now. But we are expecting more copies soon." The lady explains this the kid and the kid yells "LIAR!!!!!" The mom says that they can go to the next store and see if they had any. "NO, I WANT THEM NOW. HOW CAN BOTH BE NOT HERE?????" The kid seems to be 7 or 6 years old and then he grabs this walkthrough and throws it to the floor. He grabs a few more merchandise and continues to throw them. He throws one at this other customer, and the manager rushes out. He told the kid to drop the game but the kid wouldn't. The mother grabs him, and slaps the kid. The kid starts to cry but then the manager said with a very firm voice "Listen, you do not throw MY games and MY books on the floor." He talks more about how he's supposed to behave himself, blah, blah, blah. Long story short, the kid doesn't get any presents and probably a gets a beating like he's never had before. I reach for this faq and one drops by accident. The manager glares at me and I leave. lol. That manager is scary.


Oh yeah Big Nick, you're just a guy with bad social skills. Everybody has accents. There's nothing wrong with accents, seeing as everyone has them. I bet you talk like Fat Albert. "Hey Hey Hey!"

[Serialkilla]

LOL!!

I certainly don't envy people that work in retail this time of year. I worked at Kmart in the early 90's for two years in High School, Christmas was pure hell...

[thegamer4787]

Slipknot555(a user on CAG): Yea, so my friend wants Fight Club for Christmas because it has Fred Durst in it.

Me: Uh, yea that game scored like crap across the board, does your friend understand how absolutely horrible the game is?

Slipknot555: Whatever, I'm buying it for him for $50 tomorrow.

Me: Lost Cause....

[tholly]

My favorite time was last year.. I was working for EB.. people would read my nametag, address me by first name, then ask if I worked there.


i know its a dumb thing for people to do and it probably gets very annoying, but i think people just do stuff like that to start a converstation about what they want to buy with you instead of just walking up to you and asking a question

[bignick]

Bignick, we have accents, you have accents, your's are dumb, ours are gangsta, we win!

just the women from NY and NJ. I have no accent.

[Scorch]

My favorite time was last year.. I was working for EB.. people would read my nametag, address me by first name, then ask if I worked there.


i know its a dumb thing for people to do and it probably gets very annoying, but i think people just do stuff like that to start a converstation about what they want to buy with you instead of just walking up to you and asking a question

I realize that, but it's still highly annoying.

[spyhunterk19]

just the women from NY and NJ. I have no accent.

That is not possible.

[Kaijufan]

:lol: Keep the stories coming guys.

[zionoverfire]

I got one:

customer 1: Do you have any Xbox's in stock?
gamestop employee: I'm afraid we are sold out and won't have any in until after Christams?
customer 2 who is standing directly behind customer 1:
Do you have any Xbox's in stock?

rinse and repeat. Happened a few more times during the 15 minutes I was in the store. The great part was teh clerk kept offering them all gamecubes but no one would bite.

[bignick]

just the women from NY and NJ. I have no accent.

That is not possible.

I would bet $100 that if we spoke, you would have no idea where I was from.

[help1]

Oh yeah Big Nick, you're just a guy with bad social skills. Everybody has accents. There's nothing wrong with accents, seeing as everyone has them. I bet you talk like Fat Albert. "Hey Hey Hey!"

You just saw the commercial didn't you? I love Kenan Thompson... and Kel Mitchell

[CapAmerica]

Great stories everyone, reminds me how much I love not being in retail any more =P

[SadieDee]

just the women from NY and NJ. I have no accent.

That is not possible.

I would bet $100 that if we spoke, you would have no idea where I was from.

I'd guess Wisconsin :P

...but only because it's listed after your location by your avatar

[slimpip]

Not really an X-Mas shopper story but...

I was in Gamestop the other day picking up a used Metroid Prime for GC and overheard a kid talking to the clerk about how the PS3 was coming out right after X-Mas. Not only that he insisted it was portable, and would play Xbox games. I had a good laugh :D

[centraldogmae]

I was at Best Buy and saw some guy getting Metroid Zero Mission and NES Metroid. The clerk told him that the same game was in Zero Mission the guy said "No no, absolutely not true, look at the back of the boxes; they're different games." and the clerk was like "No you can get that when you finish the Zero Mission game" and the guy was like "Oh so you're saying i have to finish that to get this? I wanna talk to your manager". Only in NY kids, only in NY.

[tholly]

I was at Best Buy and saw some guy getting Metroid Zero Mission and NES Metroid. The clerk told him that the same game was in Zero Mission the guy said "No no, absolutely not true, look at the back of the boxes; they're different games." and the clerk was like "No you can get that when you finish the Zero Mission game" and the guy was like "Oh so you're saying i have to finish that to get this? I wanna talk to your manager". Only in NY kids, only in NY.

.....which further supports the idea that some ppl just shouldnt buy video games....period

[neocisco]

just the women from NY and NJ. I have no accent.

That is not possible.

I would bet $100 that if we spoke, you would have no idea where I was from.

So the guy from WISCONSIN is making fun of other people's accents? *COUGH* Pot calling the kettle black *COUGH* Before you say anything about me having a southern accent, I grew up in Illinois. :P

[STATIC3D]

These are some great stories. It's amazing how bad some people can act during the "Christmas" seaon.

I remember something that happened years ago when my parents and I had been shopping at Target near our house. We had just got into our car and were getting ready to leave when we saw this guy HAULING @$$ out of the store. Two plain clothsed security guards were chasing him. This guy ran up to a pole, grabbed onto it and swung around heading out into the parking lot. I guess he thought it would allow him to shake the security guard. The second security guard slowed down and started using his radio.

Anyway, the first security guard that was several steps behind him simply turned and headed into the parking lot behind the guy. In other words, he actually decreased his distance from the guy...lol. They zig-zagged in the parking lot thru some of the parked cars. Then, the security guard caught one of the guy's arms as it went back while he was running. The guard twisted his arm back and SLAMMED him head first onto the hood of a parked car.

Okay, so it's not a "funny" story, but it was eventful...lol.

[video_gamer324]

to OP, your calling a woman dumb for not being as knowledgable in video games as you and probably doing something more productive right now than you every will do in a lifetime?

I COMEND YOU!! :notworth:

No, but now I can call a certain user dumb for not being able to comprehend the point of a simple, easy-to-understand post and lacking simple vocabulary skills.

Now you may "comend" me. :cool:

[garoehr2]

Not a gaming related story, but...

I was at Best Buy yesterday picking up Season 1 of the A-Team for my brother. The store is packed and the cash registers are all blocked off. The store has one line and feeds people in as space opens up at each register. It makes for one long line, but moves pretty quick since there are 10 registers. Anyway, the line is to the back of the store, near the section where they hide the surround sound systems.

Right after I get in line, a guy walks up and asks if this is the end of the line. I say "yes". He stands there for a minute or two, gets pissed, says "I'm not waiting in this crap line", sets his Gilmore Girls Season 3 down and walks out.

What the hell does he expect? Its a Best Buy, at 3 in the afternoon on December 18th and its the last Saturday before Christmas. I went back to watching Seinfeld, which they were projecting on the wall. They had speakers all the way down so you could hear it. Didn't even hardly notice I waited through most of an episode.

[bignick]

just the women from NY and NJ. I have no accent.

That is not possible.

I would bet $100 that if we spoke, you would have no idea where I was from.

So the guy from WISCONSIN is making fun of other people's accents? *COUGH* Pot calling the kettle black *COUGH* Before you say anything about me having a southern accent, I grew up in Illinois. :P

Nice try, but I have only been here for a year.

[Trakan]

I have been working in a call center doins customer service for the last month. Oh man do you lear alot about people.

Like the people who do orders on the web, and enter their credit card number wrong, then demand you give them free 2 day shipping so they get their order in time for christmas. I love telling them no! I have had a couple of ladies cry! The best is when they get their husbands on the phone.

Oh, and the people from NY, NJ, MA are the WORST!!! Even if it was the companies fault their order wasnt processed correclty, I still tell them there is nothing I can do, just because it pisses them off like there is no tomorrow. God, I shaq-fuing hate their accents! They all sound like Janice from Friends.

:rofl:

[guessed]

just the women from NY and NJ. I have no accent.

That is not possible.

I would bet $100 that if we spoke, you would have no idea where I was from.

Yo' mama. When do I get my money?

So, I was shopping in Best Buy, and this elderly couple points to Pac Man World 2 (PS2) and asks me (and I clearly do not work there) if this Pac Man will play in a DVD player. I tell her no, that it requires a game system, and she asks if there is one that will play in a DVD player. In hindsight, I probably should have recommended one of those joystick systems.

[captainfrizo]

I'm rather thankful that I haven't ventured anywhere near a store in the past two weeks or so besides GameRush. Unfortunately I have to go to Best Buy this week to pick up some cables for TV's and theatre systems. It's a new store so the employees don't know what the hell they're doing. Combine that with the week before Christmas madness and I should have a story or two.

[crystalklear64]

So, I was shopping in Best Buy, and this elderly couple points to Pac Man World 2 (PS2) and asks me (and I clearly do not work there) if this Pac Man will play in a DVD player. I tell her no, that it requires a game system, and she asks if there is one that will play in a DVD player. In hindsight, I probably should have recommended one of those joystick systems.
Didn't Dragon's Lair come out on DVD? I remeber someone having that I do believe... Also, there was some Xena Warrior Princess game for DVD but mostly Dragons Lair.

[cthcky33]

just the women from NY and NJ. I have no accent.

That is not possible.

I would bet $100 that if we spoke, you would have no idea where I was from.

So the guy from WISCONSIN is making fun of other people's accents? *COUGH* Pot calling the kettle black *COUGH* Before you say anything about me having a southern accent, I grew up in Illinois. :P

you live like five minutes away from me neocisco... CRAZY!

[cthcky33]

i love it when people come into EB looking for NES, SNES, or N64 games and then they get mad at me when i say that we dont have any new games for super nintendo

[bignick]

just the women from NY and NJ. I have no accent.

That is not possible.

I would bet $100 that if we spoke, you would have no idea where I was from.

Yo' mama. When do I get my money?

So, I was shopping in Best Buy, and this elderly couple points to Pac Man World 2 (PS2) and asks me (and I clearly do not work there) if this Pac Man will play in a DVD player. I tell her no, that it requires a game system, and she asks if there is one that will play in a DVD player. In hindsight, I probably should have recommended one of those joystick systems.

na, you should have offered her an extended warrenty!

[hutno]

I worked at blockbuster last year and a guy and his kid come in with a gift card and some movies and bring them up to the counter and hands them to me. I ask for his card and he tells me he already gave it to me. Apparently he thought the giftcard was some wonderful all in one instant membership card. After about 5 mins of arguing with me he gave in and signed up with a membership. I ask for his creditcard and he goes apesh#t, I tell him we need the CC so he doesnt just rent movies and never return them. He screams at me, "me why would anyone ever get a fucking giftcard from blockbuster." I tell him that we do have used and new dvd's and games for sale and he just looks at me, grabs his kid and goes storming off. and all I can say is, "have a nice day sir, can I help the next customer"

[Eric467]

:o These are great people! Keep em coming!

[BlueWingX]

This is pretty old, and not gaming related, but it always amused me...

Back in Dec. '99, when I was working the Business Machines dept. at Staples, this little old lady comes up to me and asks if her typewriter is Y2K compatible, or if she needs to get a new one. I kindly told her it would be fine, and sent her on her way.

[defender]

Ok....you all know I got lots of stories but here is a nice one.

I have these group of regular customers and they are gypsies (if you do not know about gypsies do not ask and they call themselves gypsies so it is not a sluR)...so they have this one kid "Peter" who has like 4 aunts and his mom and dad and uncles and all them who come in to get Peter crap. The kid is like 10 and he is like the family boss mafia style. He orders everyone around and it's like the freaking twilight zone. They get this kid whatever he wants.

Now this might sound great...BUT (always a but), they haggle and beg like no tomorrow. So his aunt comes in and she got a couple brats too....well I am selling the DS for $250 (shut the fuck up...I don't want to hear it) and she wants 2 of them. Now I told her I would cut her the tax but that was all I could do. So she runs out into the car and comes back with $400 and starts to fucking beg! I mean she looks like she is gonna cry and she is begging me. Of course the whole time I am like...nope nope nope no way. Seriously I paid $200 for them from actual fucking distribution.

Now she is wearing a fur coat...about a $3000-$5000 coat....and she is begging me over a damn DS...it was insulting and I told her so. I was like "this is not food...this is entertainment you don't have to buy it" and she said "but this is christmas dont you know that christmas is about giving your kids the best things"

Of course I was SUPER annoyed and replied "well it just seems to me that if you can learn to accept NO for an answer that maybe your kid can too" on which she called me some heartless bastard with my thumb up my ass. There was a lot customers in the store and one guy commented "maybe if you sold your fur coat you could afford it" which of course many applauded as she stamped out all pissed off.

What really gets me about this family is that they scam and cheat on everything. They ripped off an employee once who she begged for a deal and when she was $30 short asked the clerk to front it and she would bring it back tomorrow....which she never did. She avoided the store for about a year until the employee wasn't around and then she magically appeared again...that pissed me off.

I think what really bothers them about me is that I tell them NO and I mean it...I could give 2 shits. I treat them like any other customer...fairly..you spend money..I give you a game.

I got more but I need to play some CS now to get my groove on. Anyone with CZ want to play on my server?

66.36.236.37:27015 PuNx server!

[trunks982]

i got CS:S does that work?

[ajh2298]

Ok....you all know I got lots of stories but here is a nice one.

I have these group of regular customers and they are gypsies (if you do not know about gypsies do not ask and they call themselves gypsies so it is not a sluR)...so they have this one kid "Peter" who has like 4 aunts and his mom and dad and uncles and all them who come in to get Peter crap. The kid is like 10 and he is like the family boss mafia style. He orders everyone around and it's like the freaking twilight zone. They get this kid whatever he wants.

Now this might sound great...BUT (always a but), they haggle and beg like no tomorrow. So his aunt comes in and she got a couple brats too....well I am selling the DS for $250 (shut the shaq-fu up...I don't want to hear it) and she wants 2 of them. Now I told her I would cut her the tax but that was all I could do. So she runs out into the car and comes back with $400 and starts to shaq-fuing beg! I mean she looks like she is gonna cry and she is begging me. Of course the whole time I am like...nope nope nope no way. Seriously I paid $200 for them from actual shaq-fuing distribution.

Now she is wearing a fur coat...about a $3000-$5000 coat....and she is begging me over a damn DS...it was insulting and I told her so. I was like "this is not food...this is entertainment you don't have to buy it" and she said "but this is christmas dont you know that christmas is about giving your kids the best things"

Of course I was SUPER annoyed and replied "well it just seems to me that if you can learn to accept NO for an answer that maybe your kid can too" on which she called me some heartless bastard with my thumb up my ass. There was a lot customers in the store and one guy commented "maybe if you sold your fur coat you could afford it" which of course many applauded as she stamped out all pissed off.

What really gets me about this family is that they scam and cheat on everything. They ripped off an employee once who she begged for a deal and when she was $30 short asked the clerk to front it and she would bring it back tomorrow....which she never did. She avoided the store for about a year until the employee wasn't around and then she magically appeared again...that pissed me off.

I think what really bothers them about me is that I tell them NO and I mean it...I could give 2 shits. I treat them like any other customer...fairly..you spend money..I give you a game.

I got more but I need to play some CS now to get my groove on. Anyone with CZ want to play on my server?

66.36.236.37:27015 PuNx server!

I know what you mean I used to rent a Apt. to a bunch of gypsies and they were the worst at paying their rent, they had the money but would try to haggle the price every month with me.

[greendj27]

just the women from NY and NJ. I have no accent.

That is not possible.

I would bet $100 that if we spoke, you would have no idea where I was from.

So the guy from WISCONSIN is making fun of other people's accents? *COUGH* Pot calling the kettle black *COUGH* Before you say anything about me having a southern accent, I grew up in Illinois. :P

Are you thinking of Minnesota with the Fargo like accent?

[Fanboy]

I know what you mean I used to rent a Apt. to a bunch of gypsies and they were the worst at paying their rent, they had the money but would try to haggle the price every month with me.

One more off topic -- my friend who emigrated from Hungary was working as a translator for many Hungarian gypsies (although they preferred Roma) through the legal system. He told me many tales, but my favourite was when a group of gypsy men took him aside and explained that they had a business proposal for him.

See, they figured that there was a lot of money to be made in opening a gay bar. As they explained to my friend, they want to open a bar, but install him as a front man. "But I'm not gay", protested my friend. "Yes, yes", their ringleader explained, "but I cannot be working the bar, because if one of those people tried to pick me up, I would have to kill him." :shock:

Now, a little more on topic, I was working in a bookstore for a number of years. We finally closed the bookstore down and had a store closing sale, with different bins of books marked at different discounts -- 25%, 50%, 75%.

It was fairly obvious which books belonged to which bin as they were both priced and stickered accordingly. Of course, that didn't stop customers from removing books from one bin, with a layover in a more deeply discounted bin, before finally arriving at their final destination -- my cash desk.

I would look at them and try to drive the concept home into their enfeebled brains that just because the book came from a certain bin did not grant it that same discount, but they would give me the same look I get from my dog when I explain why she should go to the bathroom in her spot and not all over the sidewalk. You know, that combination of "huh?" and "duh?".

[shrike4242]

With all the things that BigNick has said, I'm tempted to call in where he works and give him crap, just to see how he handles it. :D

[The Shiznit]

we had one lady here pay for their entire purchase at the video game department at meijers yesterday. There had to be around 10 -15 people waiting for the guy to open up the case to get games out and this lady had the guts to pay for 4 shopping carts full of toys. Then they pay with a check with no ID. Yah they might of sold few hundred bucks worth of toys but I bet they lost a lot more then that on the people who left instead of waiting the 25 mins for the person to check out.

That's incompetent management, it's not really the lady's fault because she bought alot of toys (although those check-without-id ppl need a kick in the head - it's 2005, get a darn credit card!)

I refuse to own a credit card. So I will always be a check and id guy.

it's almost 2005, get a darn credit card!

They have Check cards now

[MaxBiaggi3]

A few years back, Zelda: Majora's Mask for N64 had just come out and some well-to-do lady came into my local EB Games to get it for her son. The clerk rings it up and say $64.99 plus tax. The lady acts somewhat surprised. "I thought it was $59.99." The clerk stares blankly at the screen and numbly says $64.99. Guess what happened? She paid it and left.

Of course, this was back in the "good old days" when Gamestop regularly charged $24.99 for PSone Greatest Hits and ignorant customers happily paid a $5 per game premium for the privilege of buying from a gaming retailer. It's not exactly $250 for a DS, but it's a ridiculous markup nonetheless.

[gaelan]

we had one lady here pay for their entire purchase at the video game department at meijers yesterday. There had to be around 10 -15 people waiting for the guy to open up the case to get games out and this lady had the guts to pay for 4 shopping carts full of toys. Then they pay with a check with no ID. Yah they might of sold few hundred bucks worth of toys but I bet they lost a lot more then that on the people who left instead of waiting the 25 mins for the person to check out.

That's incompetent management, it's not really the lady's fault because she bought alot of toys (although those check-without-id ppl need a kick in the head - it's 2005, get a darn credit card!)

I refuse to own a credit card. So I will always be a check and id guy.

Agree. Usually you don't own a credit card. The credit card owns you.

[bignick]

With all the things that BigNick has said, I'm tempted to call in where he works and give him crap, just to see how he handles it. :D

Im one of 1000 reps, so that would be a challenge. I would call you sir and be very polite, you just wouldnt get anything out of me.

[ajh2298]

A few years back, Zelda: Majora's Mask for N64 had just come out and some well-to-do lady came into my local EB Games to get it for her son. The clerk rings it up and say $64.99 plus tax. The lady acts somewhat surprised. "I thought it was $59.99." The clerk stares blankly at the screen and numbly says $64.99. Guess what happened? She paid it and left.

Of course, this was back in the "good old days" when Gamestop regularly charged $24.99 for PSone Greatest Hits and ignorant customers happily paid a $5 per game premium for the privilege of buying from a gaming retailer. It's not exactly $250 for a DS, but it's a ridiculous markup nonetheless.

I remember I paid $64.99 for Superman 64 the first day it came out at Gamestop :oops: , feel free to abuse me now.

[gaelan]

With all the things that BigNick has said, I'm tempted to call in where he works and give him crap, just to see how he handles it. :D

Im one of 1000 reps, so that would be a challenge. I would call you sir and be very polite, you just wouldnt get anything out of me.

Are you kinda like David Spade on the citi commercial?

[Kfoster1979]

Back years Ago I worked At Hills Department Store and 2 guys got in a Fist Fight over the last Playstation we had and while in the mist of the fight with Mangment and security breaking them up I sold it to a nice lady who wanted it for her grandson... It was the 23 we got no more that year hell we didnt get anymore for 3 weeks after that... Also it was the year FF-VII came out and Golden Eye. So my manger had this Super good idea of making me keep a list (no money down or anything just a list) and when we got them I had to call until I got a yes I want it (after that i could hold it 24 hours) but if I got no answer or a Voice Mail I had to keep calling until they told me yes or no to hold it. AND every day I had I swear 100 people call me and see were they were on the list and when we would get more in. And still to this day my fav. line is well (insert any store here) has it in and I would always say well then I guess I can take your name off the list right becuse your getting it there.

[stormshadow]

Yeah I feel the pain. I used to work at Best Buy (only cashier on christmas eve morning, the returns after christmas) before I got my current job doing internet support for Comcast. SO I can feel your pain nick about the people we talk to. I love the amount of people that have trouble emailing cause they are sending email to www.<insert-you-friends-name-here>.com and then decide its my fault for no one telling them otherwise!

[stormshadow]

OH and I almost forgot:

This isn't much of a christmas story but its a funny customer story nonetheless.

Working at BB we had one guy that would come in every few months reeking of weed and trying to return a cartful of labels. The kind that go into a printer. Anyways, he would always have like 300 bucks worth of them and he always had a reciept so there was nothing we could do. Now I have been messed up before but never have I gone into a store and bought 300 dollars worth of labels cause I have been so!

[Arakias]

Anyway, the first security guard that was several steps behind him simply turned and headed into the parking lot behind the guy. In other words, he actually decreased his distance from the guy...lol. They zig-zagged in the parking lot thru some of the parked cars. Then, the security guard caught one of the guy's arms as it went back while he was running. The guard twisted his arm back and SLAMMED him head first onto the hood of a parked car.

Okay, so it's not a "funny" story, but it was eventful...lol.

Ok, dunno if anyone else replied to this, but security guards are definately not allowed to touch a person even if they are suspected of theft. The most they can do is try and detain them till the police come especially if there is a camera that recorded the act.
Any violence on their part is even more insane since they could be sued. Not even a police officer would bget away with that amount of violence.
But then again, you're from Texas... I guess its better than the death penalty.

[greendj27]

Anyway, the first security guard that was several steps behind him simply turned and headed into the parking lot behind the guy. In other words, he actually decreased his distance from the guy...lol. They zig-zagged in the parking lot thru some of the parked cars. Then, the security guard caught one of the guy's arms as it went back while he was running. The guard twisted his arm back and SLAMMED him head first onto the hood of a parked car.

Okay, so it's not a "funny" story, but it was eventful...lol.

Ok, dunno if anyone else replied to this, but security guards are definately not allowed to touch a person even if they are suspected of theft. The most they can do is try and detain them till the police come especially if there is a camera that recorded the act.
Any violence on their part is even more insane since they could be sued. Not even a police officer would bget away with that amount of violence.
But then again, you're from Texas... I guess its better than the death penalty.

I'm pretty sure they can. If not, then anyone could just run away when they get caught shoplifting and they couldn't do anything about it. They have a right to protect the store's belongings in a reasonable manner. Not sure if the security guard above was reasonable, but I would love to hear the shoplifter arguing his case if he sued. "Your honor, this man shoved me face first into a car." Judge - "What were you doing that made him do thi? PLaintiff - Well...I was running away with something I stole. :lol:

[danny-o]

just the women from NY and NJ. I have no accent.

That is not possible.

I would bet $100 that if we spoke, you would have no idea where I was from.
Tha fat farm

[Arakias]

I'm pretty sure they can. If not, then anyone could just run away when they get caught shoplifting and they couldn't do anything about it. They have a right to protect the store's belongings in a reasonable manner. Not sure if the security guard above was reasonable, but I would love to hear the shoplifter arguing his case if he sued. "Your honor, this man shoved me face first into a car." Judge - "What were you doing that made him do thi? PLaintiff - Well...I was running away with something I stole. :lol:

Ok, I guess it could differ from state to state, but a security guard is there for authority and intimidation by presence (to prevent theft). They do not carry handcuffs and they can chase you I suppose, but technically no human can touch you without possible legal repercussions in this country. They can block your exits etc, but if they lay a hand on you, it could be "wrongful arrest". They would have to be absolutely certain the person does have something before they create any trouble. If they are right, then I'm sure any lawsuits against them would be stupid, but they would let you go before they get sued (or the company) because of wrongful arrest.

[greendj27]

I do know that you can't grab a person for shoplifting until they left the store. (Obviously the person hasn't stole anything yet). But if they do know the person stole something then it wouldn't be wrongful arrest. So if they saw the person pocket something and walk out, they can grab them and hold them there until the police arrive. Just like you or I could do if someone tried to steal something from us.

[guessed]

just the women from NY and NJ. I have no accent.

That is not possible.

I would bet $100 that if we spoke, you would have no idea where I was from.
Tha fat farm

I already won the bet, but I'm still waiting for the $100.

[Xtreme331]

This is pretty old, and not gaming related, but it always amused me...

Back in Dec. '99, when I was working the Business Machines dept. at Staples, this little old lady comes up to me and asks if her typewriter is Y2K compatible, or if she needs to get a new one. I kindly told her it would be fine, and sent her on her way.

:rofl: i love old people

[doctorfaustus]

Bignick, we have accents, you have accents, your's are dumb, ours are gangsta, we win!

just the women from NY and NJ. I have no accent.


No, sir. You do have an accent, an American accent.

[sallyballs]

Saw one funny thing and one flat-out wrong thing happen this afternoon.

First I was at Office Max grabbing some supplies. I got in line at the only open register. The lady in front of me had a shopping cart full of things she was buying. Then another broad *cut* in front of her and said it was okay since she only had one item to buy. Didn't ask to or anything, just stepped to the front of the line. I didn't even know how to respond except with :shock: Another register opened so it became funny.

Now the wrongness. Went to the post office afterwards where the line was really long. As I am waiting a little old lady was trying to mail a bunch of big boxes. She was having a tough time lifting them onto the counter so me and a couple of other guys helped her out. I returned to my spot in line but another guy who was actually next up to be helped had to argue with the lady behind him to get back in line. He just got done helping someone out and someone tried to screw him over for it. Finally when the next spot at the counter opened, the post office employee pointed at him and said next.

[wubb]

Saw one funny thing and one flat-out wrong thing happen this afternoon.

First I was at Office Max grabbing some supplies. I got in line at the only open register. The lady in front of me had a shopping cart full of things she was buying. Then another broad *cut* in front of her and said it was okay since she only had one item to buy. Didn't ask to or anything, just stepped to the front of the line. I didn't even know how to respond except with :shock: Another register opened so it became funny.

Now the wrongness. Went to the post office afterwards where the line was really long. As I am waiting a little old lady was trying to mail a bunch of big boxes. She was having a tough time lifting them onto the counter so me and a couple of other guys helped her out. I returned to my spot in line but another guy who was actually next up to be helped had to argue with the lady behind him to get back in line. He just got done helping someone out and someone tried to screw him over for it. Finally when the next spot at the counter opened, the post office employee pointed at him and said next.

Gotta love that holiday spirit. :roll:

My PO has you take a number so it avoids that kind of crap. Pretty nice actually. You can run in and grab a number and than move to the side to finish filling out DC slips, etc.

[P0ldy]

That's a nice PO. I just dropped off some at mine at 3:30 and was out within 7 minutes. I go about once a week, so the wait is about usual, which surprised me for the holidays.

you don't an id with those, just your pin #
I always feel like someone's going to see the numbers I punch in. Always use the Visa on my debit.

[YoshiFan1]

My PO has you take a number so it avoids that kind of crap. Pretty nice actually. You can run in and grab a number and than move to the side to finish filling out DC slips, etc.

That's awesome, no Post Office near me has a system like that so I just take a handful of DC slips when I am at the post office and fill them out at home so as soon as I walk into the Post Office, I can get in line.

[btw1217]

OH and I almost forgot:

This isn't much of a christmas story but its a funny customer story nonetheless.

Working at BB we had one guy that would come in every few months reeking of weed and trying to return a cartful of labels. The kind that go into a printer. Anyways, he would always have like 300 bucks worth of them and he always had a reciept so there was nothing we could do. Now I have been messed up before but never have I gone into a store and bought 300 dollars worth of labels cause I have been so!

Maybe he was a drug dealer and that's how he had people pay for the "product". They give him a certain amount of labels and the receipt, he gives them the product, he returns the labels, he gets his money, and the buyer and seller never exchange physical money. A drug dealer around here did that with the local EB. He had his customers pay in sealed XBOX games, and then returned them.

[starboyk]

Slipknot555(a user on CAG): Yea, so my friend wants Fight Club for Christmas because it has Fred Durst in it.

Me: Uh, yea that game scored like crap across the board, does your friend understand how absolutely horrible the game is?

Slipknot555: Whatever, I'm buying it for him for $50 tomorrow.

Me: Lost Cause....

10$ day after christmas @ EB. 'nuff said..

[neocisco]

A few years back, Zelda: Majora's Mask for N64 had just come out and some well-to-do lady came into my local EB Games to get it for her son. The clerk rings it up and say $64.99 plus tax. The lady acts somewhat surprised. "I thought it was $59.99." The clerk stares blankly at the screen and numbly says $64.99. Guess what happened? She paid it and left.

Of course, this was back in the "good old days" when Gamestop regularly charged $24.99 for PSone Greatest Hits and ignorant customers happily paid a $5 per game premium for the privilege of buying from a gaming retailer. It's not exactly $250 for a DS, but it's a ridiculous markup nonetheless.

I remember I paid $64.99 for Superman 64 the first day it came out at Gamestop :oops: , feel free to abuse me now.

You're going to have to be a CAG for years before you make up for that mistake. :D I put that game in my N64 once and it actually spit it back at me!

[STATIC3D]

About the Target shoplifter,

For all I know the security guard could have been a plain clothes cop working at the store for some extra Christmas money. Since he was in regular clothes, but with the other guy that radioed someone, it was obvious he was working some kind of security.

If someone watching the security cameras saw the guy take something and leave the store, then they had the right to stop the guy. I've seen TONS of TV shows before where a security guard stops (or dang near tackles) a shoplifter who is trying to escape.

He may have headed straight for the door which left them no option but to detain him somehow. If part of the detaining process involved chasing the guy down and stopping him (with the hood of a car...lol) then I guess that's what they had to do.

[tornadomann]

I had a person come in today looking for the Playboy 2, they were confident that was the name of the system. Turns out they wanted a PS2.

[uuaww]

Ive got a few stories of my own.
So I was at blockbuster going to rent my movies, and i know a few guys that work there and they said to annoy the girl who was ringing me up. So i start off with giving her the movies, then she asks for the card, stare blanklyfor a minute, oh yeah. then i search in my wallet, realize that i don't have my card, then proceed to beat around the bush before she told me that my license was alright. next comes me rocking out in from of the counter, while she asks me if i want to buy some movie pass thing. i ignore her, she offers again, i then say that no im cool. other customers are getting pissed because the two guys are laughing there asses off while she has the only register open. She then says my total and i pull the fast one and buy a movie pass, staring blankly into space for another few minutes. then i go on my merry way.
the second one is... fuck it im too lazy too type it right now.

[jetsetradio21]

Ive got a few stories of my own.
So I was at blockbuster going to rent my movies, and i know a few guys that work there and they said to annoy the girl who was ringing me up. So i start off with giving her the movies, then she asks for the card, stare blanklyfor a minute, oh yeah. then i search in my wallet, realize that i don't have my card, then proceed to beat around the bush before she told me that my license was alright. next comes me rocking out in from of the counter, while she asks me if i want to buy some movie pass thing. i ignore her, she offers again, i then say that no im cool. other customers are getting pissed because the two guys are laughing there asses off while she has the only register open. She then says my total and i pull the fast one and buy a movie pass, staring blankly into space for another few minutes. then i go on my merry way.
the second one is... shaq-fu it im too lazy too type it right now.

:-s

[Scorch]

Ive got a few stories of my own.
So I was at blockbuster going to rent my movies, and i know a few guys that work there and they said to annoy the girl who was ringing me up. So i start off with giving her the movies, then she asks for the card, stare blanklyfor a minute, oh yeah. then i search in my wallet, realize that i don't have my card, then proceed to beat around the bush before she told me that my license was alright. next comes me rocking out in from of the counter, while she asks me if i want to buy some movie pass thing. i ignore her, she offers again, i then say that no im cool. other customers are getting pissed because the two guys are laughing there asses off while she has the only register open. She then says my total and i pull the fast one and buy a movie pass, staring blankly into space for another few minutes. then i go on my merry way.
the second one is... shaq-fu it im too lazy too type it right now.

Did you just report yourself as a dumbass?

That's too hilarious for words.

[uuaww]

i space out really easily, you can see my picture here: http://gametz.com/user/Uuaww.html

[Scorch]

Umm.. okay.

[Nephets]

Uuaww is officially an idiot.

[Ledhed]

Uuaww is officially an idiot.

And, according to his GTZ profile, takes nary a month to send out his stuff. That's even lazier than not typing the second half of his earlier post. Lazy.

Anyhoo, back on topic:

Not necessarily Christmas-specific, but still one of the greatest archives of customer ignorance ever published to the intraweb.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you The Acts of Gord (http://web.archive.org/web/20040202204212/http://www.actsofgord.com/index.html).

[jetsetradio21]

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you The Acts of Gord (http://web.archive.org/web/20040202204212/http://www.actsofgord.com/index.html).

YES! Meant to post this earlier, Acts of Gord is a good read

[-Never4ever-]

Nothing like being in a packed Target store when a fight suddely erupts! People actually formed a crowd around them! I seriously thought they were going to burst into a "FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT" chant.

People: My reason for hating the Season :)

[gaelan]

I was talking to a buddy that works at BB. He was talking about a shoplifter that was trying to swipe thumb drives. When he got busted, he went into his sob story. Turn out he was a engineer for the army...probably a gs12 or so (high pay). He had a couple of kids and a wife. Drove a new Toyota Landcruiser.

Can you imagine being that guy? Having to tell your wife and kids that you were caught lifting a $50-70 item when you probably pull that an hour at your job. Not to mention the fact that he probably has a security clearance that will be revoked in light of his offense.

[lurknomore]

You think shoppers are stupid, some of us CAGrs are pretty braindead too.

[Devin]

Some customer thought that the Sony brand Multi-Tap for PlayStation 2 was the new, smaller PStwo. Damn, I wish he bought it... :P