The great thing about working at a game store right now is the amount of questions you get about the 360. I got bored and started keeping a tally. I think our record for today (on a rainy Sunday) was 38 in 1 hour.
I really hate rich and arrogant folks. A few days ago, this lady came up with her kids and asked us about a gift card she got from a friend; for some reason, it seems that the $20 originally on the card has already been used although it was her first time in an EB. My assistant manager told her to call the customer service number on the back of the card because there was nothing we could do. The lady kept telling us that she has "lost faith" in us since we were a store for "commoners". Then when my assistant manager started coming up with possibilities of why the money on the gift card was already used, he eventually got to "your friend kept the receipt with the gift card number on it and used the gift card herself." The lady replied, "Oh, she's a rich Piedmont lady so she's really polite; she's not like the rude lazy Oakland people." (Piedmont is a higher class area next to Oakland) She looks over at me; I was just standing there watching the conversation. She studies me and says, "Oh, you wouldn't understand." I was tempted to take the PSP she was buying and smack her upside the head with it but contented myself with "accidentally" dropping (I kinda forcefully threw it actually) it on the ground. Too bad those things are actually packed pretty well.
This guy came in to buy a copy of Socom 3 for his son. We had a factory sealed copy that someone had traded in. He didn't want it because he didn't want other people's "germs and hand oils" on the game. I made sure to turn the game over in my hand a few times before I sold it to him.
A couple walks in.
Guy: Can you tell me about the XBOX 360s?
Me: [explains about the specs, the differences btw the core/premium, the price, and the shortage]
Guy: I want to get one
Me: We don't have any instock at the moment. 360s will be fairly hard to find before the holidays...
Wife: I know you have it here! You are trying to keep them hidden.
Me: Huh? We are really sold out.
Wife: You better give me one or we are not going to be nice anymore.
Me: Err...
Man: I saw them instock at another store for $100. Give it to us for that price!
Me: Even if we did have it in stock, I wouldn't be able to give it to you for that price. Microsoft wants its retailers to sell them for $400.
Man: You just want to rip us off and keep the money for yourself don't you, little girl? [wtf...] The other store was going to sell it to us for $100.
Me: And the point of coming here was...?
Man: What?
Me: Well, if they were trying to sell it to you for that great price, why don't you just buy it from them then?
[Couple walks out looking embarassed]
Funny part was that some lady who wanted to get a 360 for her kids ran after the couple yelling, "TELL ME WHERE YOU FOUND THE CHEAP XBOX'S!".
I hate certain people.