Employees of ALL stores - Stories about 'special' customers! (Now with KAYDEN Power!)

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[quote name='KingSpike']Wow, that must be an awesome RTS if they want you to time travel =O[/QUOTE]
:lol: whoops, comma's are important..."(time, travel, and pay discrepencies)" heehee...

the airline story is great, not only did they get money for their trouble, but I bet it left the cust service rep feeling good, like they actually helped someone and a person who deserved and appreciated it at that. Even if everyone was getting the same deal, it's no reason for anyone to be less then polite to cust service people.

I always say it's state law with the address/phone number thing. if people still don't want to give out their personal info after that, their welcome to go to any other trade store or pawn shop, where the same state law applies...honestly, I'm not sure if it's a federal law or a state law, but somehow if I say "it's a Federal Law" people think I'm insulting their intelligence or calling them shady. If I shrug and say it's a state law, no problems. *shrug*.

the other night some guy was shopping for his daughter who he said had a ps2, and I Swear I thought he was asking me if there were any "Vaseline games"...

"What kind of games?"
"Vaseline...yanno...vaseline games..."

it took another associate of mine to figure it out...

"Wrestling?"

*OOOOHhhhhh! Wrestling games!* d'oh

:lol: he was pronouncing it like, Wrastling...'to wrastle'...wrastlin'...vaseline...

:rofl: I joked later how I was about to kick him out for bein a perv if she hadn't figured it out...or point him towards the Guy Game/Playboy.. ;)
 
[quote name='Aleryn']KingSpike: Niiiiiiiiicee... somehow I'm not suprised at your location though. Good luck on getting the hell out of that city, and trust me... you will NOT miss it one bit.[/QUOTE]

I'm getting out in 6 days :D

But the dead hobo was actually in Colorado. Where I'm going to =O
 
Electronics Boutique, Dublin, OH, 2001
Lady comes in asking for NCAA Football 2002. For Playstation.
I say "I'm sorry ma'am, but that's only on PS2 this year."
She responds "No it isn't."
(Ok...)
I say "No ma'am. That's not available on any other platform."
She replies "Yes it is. It's out."
(Urge...to....strangle....rising......)
I say "Ma'am, you're mistaken. It's only on PS2. No other system has that game."
She blurts "Oh, no. It's out. I've seen it. My friend has it."
(Lady...I know what the hell I'm talking about...I WORK IN THE FREAKING GAME STORE!!!)
I say "Ok. You're right! You're right. Perhaps you can find it upstairs at Kay Bee Toys."

And out she walks.

Moral of the Story : Tell the stupids what they want to hear, and they'll leave you alone. :wall:
 
[quote name='Aleryn']Yay people crapping in the sink, on the floor, smeared across the walls, so on and on. Don't forget sewer systems getting bras, underwear, various other crap stuffed down them so that the sewer system is backing feces/urine/god knows what up into your store when you come in first thing in the morning. Did I mention that it was backing stuff up not 1 foot away from the food cooler?

Oh yes and don't forget that the general manager DOES NOT close the store even though it litterally smells like a cesspool. And this happend many more times than once. And last but not least the District Manager never allowing us to close the restroom to the public, regardless of the point that the septic system would get backed up due to crackhead customers AT LEAST once a month.

Thank all the gods in the cosmos that Walgreens was only a desperate in-between REAL jobs purgatory. DO-NOT-SHOP-THERE ;)

Oh, and this relates to bad customers in the way that it was ALWAYS the customers that backed our sewer up. ;)[/QUOTE]

Now that you mention it, my manager once found a SOCK in the drain to the lobby pop machine. Yes, a sock. And the only way to get it there would have been to stuff it down the drain through the pop machine, which is about as wide as a human thumb.

I don't want to know how it got there...

And when our drains start backing up, I close the bathrooms off so that "dirty" water doesn't start coming up the drains in the floor in the kitchen. Then I call Roto-Rooter. :cool: What kind of a POS DM did your Walgreen's have?
 
I got a story from yesterday:

It was a good start to the day today, I got to wake up late and it felt good. I got out and did some errands and nothing feels better than getting shit done that you need to get done, like a weight off of one's chest. Then after my errands it's time for work. About an hour in, two ladies walk up and ask for a game for their son. One said that she wanted a gameboy advance game for her son, so I ask how old he is,

"He's 8. I'm looking for something not to reading intensive."
"What does he like?"
"Mario and what not."
*Pulls out Kirby and Mario Kart* "I think he may like these."
"What are they about?"

*I go on to explain about them."

"Ok, we will get this one." *Points to Mario Kart*

I ring it up for them and one of them asks, "How much is this?" She shows me a Mario Pez dispenser.

"$1.39"
"Ok, we want it."

So she pulls out a dollar and some change, after a bit she realizes she's short.

"Darn, I'm short, can you lower the price?"
"I can't..."

Then I thought for a sec... hey, I have change in my pocket.

"Don't worry about it, I have change in my pocket."
"No, no, you don't have to."
"No really, it's fine."

So I pull out a quarter and use it to pay for the rest of the item.

As they are about to leave, one of them goes "Here, pay it forward."

She then hands me a $5 gift card to Starbucks.

In fact, I did pay it forward today, bought my manager a coffee because it seemed that he could use one.
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[quote name='2poor']some people are just afraid to give out any personal information because they hear stories of identity theft and just to be safe dont give any info about themselves at all.[/QUOTE]

I can understand that. But why can't they say something to that effect nicely to the salesperson? lol.

I was at Longs yesterday and saw a woman who was going hysterical. I got closer out of curiosity and she was screaming at a worker there who had one of those "I am deaf" (or something to that effect) pins on her. The crazy lady was screaming about how the worker was paid to be her "servant" (that word stood out, lol) and that she was being a lousy one, etc. So, since I was only another customer, I lost my temper, which I tend to do very easily, and gave that lady a piece of my mind, lol. It was an interesting day.

Okay, I really need to finish writing my final paper instead of coming on here...
 
^_^

[quote name='vietgurl']I can understand that. But why can't they say something to that effect nicely to the salesperson? lol.

I was at Longs yesterday and saw a woman who was going hysterical. I got closer out of curiosity and she was screaming at a worker there who had one of those "I am deaf" (or something to that effect) pins on her. The crazy lady was screaming about how the worker was paid to be her "servant" (that word stood out, lol) and that she was being a lousy one, etc. So, since I was only another customer, I lost my temper, which I tend to do very easily, and gave that lady a piece of my mind, lol. It was an interesting day.

Okay, I really need to finish writing my final paper instead of coming on here...[/QUOTE]

What did you say to her? What happened at the end?

>.>;;;

Call me a curious panda.
 
[quote name='Panda']^_^



What did you say to her? What happened at the end?

>.>;;;

Call me a curious panda.[/QUOTE]

I wanna know too!

I also wanna know how that lady reacted when you told her she was screaming at a deaf person :bouncy:
 
[quote name='tauruskatt']he was pronouncing it like, Wrastling...'to wrastle'...wrastlin'...vaseline...[/QUOTE]

No no no! It's wrasslin. No apostrophes and two s..uh...esses.

Reminds of the time a guy came in the video store and was asking where our western movies were. Only he didn't call them westerns, he called them 'shit kickers.' I had no idea what he was talking about, unless it was some sort of weird XXX fetish tape.
 
Yesterday I was VERY busy because I was alone and shitloads of people were in line. This guy comes in and wants to return a DVD player that he had bought a few days ago. I was thoroughly distracted (activating a cell phone) and he plops it down next to me. I told him "Just one min. please" and continued with the phone. I mechened that we had a better one that would work a better for what he wanted. He had bought the warrantee and I told him that the warrantee could be transferred to the new DVD player but there would be a few bucks difference. I finished with the phone and went to show him the DVD player. He agrees to buy it and I go to ring it up. The total was about $25 and he looks at me bewildered. I told him the warrantee cost $10 more. He insisted that I told him that the sale would be square. After explaining that the DVD player ad the warrantee was more he insisted I give him his money back and that I had lied to him. The thing was that he tried so blatantly to get something for free. The guy even had the audacity to ask me to change a handful of change for a dollar.

Another thing that happens all the time is people telling me to my face that they can do things that are imposable to do. The most common ones are dealing with Precash payments for sprint payments. I have people insist that they come our the store and pay with a CC and checks. (the POS doesn’t allow us to take anything but cash for payments.) You also need a payment card to make payments. Half of the people who NEVER have their card insist that we can just look it up or they never have used it. Some days it just gets to me.
 
Eh I was reading thru this thread and figured why not add one more. I was working at a Wal*Mart for a while a long time ago and this old lady walks up to me and asks do you sell playboys? I want to get one for my grandson for XMAS. I immediately knew what she was talking about, but I had to get all the laughter I could out of that. Hey other dude do we sell playboys she wants to get one for her? 8 year old grandson?

For the extremely stupid she meant gameboy. I thought that was rather comical. I laughed at that for a good two hours.
 
[quote name='PsyClerk']No no no! It's wrasslin. No apostrophes and two s..uh...esses.

Reminds of the time a guy came in the video store and was asking where our western movies were. Only he didn't call them westerns, he called them 'shit kickers.' I had no idea what he was talking about, unless it was some sort of weird XXX fetish tape.[/QUOTE]

:rofl: shit kickers
 
[quote name='PsyClerk']Reminds of the time a guy came in the video store and was asking where our western movies were. Only he didn't call them westerns, he called them 'shit kickers.' I had no idea what he was talking about, unless it was some sort of weird XXX fetish tape.[/QUOTE]

We had two old men come in once asking where the "gay movies" were. Naturally I pointed them to the pornography in the back.

They came back with some normal movies about twenty minutes later and one of them said "that's not what I meant." I asked what they really meant and he explained they were looking for funny movies - comedies.

They both looked pretty pissed off. I just said "nobody really uses the word 'gay' in that context anymore."
 
[quote name='siamesellama']We had two old men come in once asking where the "gay movies" were. Naturally I pointed them to the pornography in the back.

They came back with some normal movies about twenty minutes later and one of them said "that's not what I meant." I asked what they really meant and he explained they were looking for funny movies - comedies.

They both looked pretty pissed off. I just said "nobody really uses the word 'gay' in that context anymore."[/QUOTE]

:rofl:

Some people need to be hit with shovels.
 
People usually ask if the PSP plays PS2 games, which I've gotten use to. The other day someone asked me if the DS played PS2 games and insisted it did. After about five minutes we figured out he was talking about a PStwo with a screen. What a cockbag.
 
Phone conversation:

guy: "so last night I bought a game there, *names game*...there was the kid who rung me up and this cute little brunette girl-"
me: *laughter*
guy: ..Oh, whoops...that was probably you, wasn't it?..
me: *laughter again*

:lol: :oops:

Ever run into a regular at another store? i did that tonight and it was very amusing, I gave him and earful and acted all offended because I caught him cheating on me with another store, I was all, "how dare you, I thought what we had was special!!" :lol:
 
[quote name='tauruskatt']Phone conversation:

guy: "so last night I bought a game there, *names game*...there was the kid who rung me up and this cute little brunette girl-"
me: *laughter*
guy: ..Oh, whoops...that was probably you, wasn't it?..
me: *laughter again*

:lol: :oops:

Ever run into a regular at another store? i did that tonight and it was very amusing, I gave him and earful and acted all offended because I caught him cheating on me with another store, I was all, "how dare you, I thought what we had was special!!" :lol:[/QUOTE]

Sexy!!!!
 
[quote name='tauruskatt']Phone conversation:

guy: "so last night I bought a game there, *names game*...there was the kid who rung me up and this cute little brunette girl-"
me: *laughter*
guy: ..Oh, whoops...that was probably you, wasn't it?..
me: *laughter again*

:lol: :oops:

Ever run into a regular at another store? i did that tonight and it was very amusing, I gave him and earful and acted all offended because I caught him cheating on me with another store, I was all, "how dare you, I thought what we had was special!!" :lol:[/QUOTE]

We can always count on you for a good retale. (Get it, retail--retale? I'm so embarrased...:oops:
 
[quote name='tauruskatt']Phone conversation:

guy: "so last night I bought a game there, *names game*...there was the kid who rung me up and this cute little brunette girl-"
me: *laughter*
guy: ..Oh, whoops...that was probably you, wasn't it?..
me: *laughter again*

:lol: :oops:

Ever run into a regular at another store? i did that tonight and it was very amusing, I gave him and earful and acted all offended because I caught him cheating on me with another store, I was all, "how dare you, I thought what we had was special!!" :lol:[/QUOTE]

ha nice!
 
the other day at work, I was closing the store. We close at 9pm, so excatly at 9pm someone called us. I picked up the phone, and the customer asked what time we closed. I told him 9pm (which was the current time) he then says to me what the fuck why did you answer the phone then? Not much of a story, but just shows how some people can be assholes or simply idiots.
 
Had a total dick in on Sunday:

The guy walks in, walks straight to the counter and says "Star Wars."

I look at him... "What?"

"Star Wars"
"Uh, yea, what about it?"
"I wanna get it."
"Ok, which one?"
"The newest one."
"Lego Star Wars?"
"No."
"Oh, Episode 3, what system?"
"Xbox"

Ok, so I ring it up and when I get the game I tell him if it's ok that he gets the gut copy, he says it's fine and I also mention that he can't return it if he doesn't like it, because it is new. He agrees and pays.

Skip ahead about 2 hours.

Walks in, comes up to me and complains that the game sucked.

Doesn't it figure.

"I wanna return the game, it sucked."
"You can't sir, I told you when you bought it you couldn't return it if you didn't like it."
"What? I want it returned!"

*insert bitching*

Finally, my manager came over, and ended up returning it as defective to get the bastard to shut up. I leaned over after the guy left and said "Told you he was a dick, I knew it."
 
[quote name='tauruskatt']:lol: whoops, comma's are important..."(time, travel, and pay discrepencies)" heehee...

the airline story is great, not only did they get money for their trouble, but I bet it left the cust service rep feeling good, like they actually helped someone and a person who deserved and appreciated it at that. Even if everyone was getting the same deal, it's no reason for anyone to be less then polite to cust service people.

I always say it's state law with the address/phone number thing. if people still don't want to give out their personal info after that, their welcome to go to any other trade store or pawn shop, where the same state law applies...honestly, I'm not sure if it's a federal law or a state law, but somehow if I say "it's a Federal Law" people think I'm insulting their intelligence or calling them shady. If I shrug and say it's a state law, no problems. *shrug*.

the other night some guy was shopping for his daughter who he said had a ps2, and I Swear I thought he was asking me if there were any "Vaseline games"...

"What kind of games?"
"Vaseline...yanno...vaseline games..."

it took another associate of mine to figure it out...

"Wrestling?"

*OOOOHhhhhh! Wrestling games!* d'oh

:lol: he was pronouncing it like, Wrastling...'to wrastle'...wrastlin'...vaseline...

:rofl: I joked later how I was about to kick him out for bein a perv if she hadn't figured it out...or point him towards the Guy Game/Playboy.. ;)[/QUOTE]

You can use vasaline for alot of things other than sex.
 
[quote name='siamesellama']We had two old men come in once asking where the "gay movies" were. Naturally I pointed them to the pornography in the back.

They came back with some normal movies about twenty minutes later and one of them said "that's not what I meant." I asked what they really meant and he explained they were looking for funny movies - comedies.

They both looked pretty pissed off. I just said "nobody really uses the word 'gay' in that context anymore."[/QUOTE]

LOL, that is the funniest anecdote i've heard in a long time! :D
 
[quote name='NoRain']Eh I was reading thru this thread and figured why not add one more. I was working at a Wal*Mart for a while a long time ago and this old lady walks up to me and asks do you sell playboys? I want to get one for my grandson for XMAS. I immediately knew what she was talking about, but I had to get all the laughter I could out of that. Hey other dude do we sell playboys she wants to get one for her? 8 year old grandson?

For the extremely stupid she meant gameboy. I thought that was rather comical. I laughed at that for a good two hours.[/QUOTE]

Hahaha. That happened at Circuit City. This guy was like "Hey do you have playboys... I mean gameboys"

Haha, he corrected himself all quick and embarrased. :)
 
[quote name='tauruskatt']Ever run into a regular at another store? i did that tonight and it was very amusing, I gave him and earful and acted all offended because I caught him cheating on me with another store, I was all, "how dare you, I thought what we had was special!!" :lol:[/QUOTE]

I've gotten worse...

I worked at a video store for the first three years of college. I've been done with that job for nearly a year now and I still get old customers asking me for help picking out movies - even at other video stores!

Once at Blockbuster (note I never worked at Blockbuster) a customer from my old store whipped around, pointed, and yelled "hey, what are you doing here?" :roll:
 
I'm not sure whether this is a true story or not, but it's a fantastic read from Something Awful. My mind jumped right back to this thread while I was reading it.

"A Girl In The Gaming Store" - http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2871

An exerpt:
Tom was a regular, but he was the kind of regular nobody really wanted around. He was short, around 5 foot 6 or so, with a skinny build and an absolutely tragic haircut, parted at the side and neatly combed over the dome of his skull, with occasional stray hairs sticking out. . . . This was the kind of guy who actually wore his celphone in a stupid little belt clip, like some kind of techie wannabe cowboy, fastest nerd in the west. He liked Warhammer and Battletech and every time a girl came into the store his "creepy scuzzbag" alarm went off and he arrived on the scene, ready to flirt. Frequently he's chased female customers off, to the point where we weren't sure if we should even allow him to come into the store anymore; unfortunately, Tom spent so much on games that if we kicked him out, the slow trickle of returning females wouldn't spend enough to make up what we'd lose by giving Tom the boot.

Great stuff, I strongly recommend checking out the rest of the story :whistle2:D
 
I am so forwarding on the link to that story- that was good! (with just a tinge of nostalgia, becuase I met my BF at a card shop. I just didn't have to push away some sick sumbag in the process, they all cared more about their Yugioh cards to notice the 2 girls in the tourney.)
 
[quote name='BustaUppa']I'm not sure whether this is a true story or not, but it's a fantastic read from Something Awful. My mind jumped right back to this thread while I was reading it.

"A Girl In The Gaming Store" - http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2871

An exerpt:
Tom was a regular, but he was the kind of regular nobody really wanted around. He was short, around 5 foot 6 or so, with a skinny build and an absolutely tragic haircut, parted at the side and neatly combed over the dome of his skull, with occasional stray hairs sticking out. . . . This was the kind of guy who actually wore his celphone in a stupid little belt clip, like some kind of techie wannabe cowboy, fastest nerd in the west. He liked Warhammer and Battletech and every time a girl came into the store his "creepy scuzzbag" alarm went off and he arrived on the scene, ready to flirt. Frequently he's chased female customers off, to the point where we weren't sure if we should even allow him to come into the store anymore; unfortunately, Tom spent so much on games that if we kicked him out, the slow trickle of returning females wouldn't spend enough to make up what we'd lose by giving Tom the boot.

Great stuff, I strongly recommend checking out the rest of the story :whistle2:D[/QUOTE]

That turns out to be a quite good story!
 
I almost got into a fight with a customer at work tonight.

He brought in some games to trade and since he wasnt a member he had to sign up and all that jazz.

So then after all was said and done I checked his games.

They werent *THAT* bad..but bad enough, so I told the guy that I wouldnt take them as trades

idiot: You mean to tell me that I did all that for you to say no? They work, check them
me: Sir, I cant check every game that comes in..it's my job to looks at the games and say yes or no.
Idiot: fine, give me a ps2 and i'll check them
me: Sir, I cant check every game
idiot: No you dont have to, I will
Me: No sir, i'm just trying to do my job...i'm going to have to turn them away
idiot: They work, I promise you do
me: yes sir, but it's still my job to turn games away
idiot: I promise they work, let's try them out
me: I dont have time to do that
idiot: you have time enough to argue with me, dont you
me: there wouldnt be an arguement if you let me do my job
idiot: I didnt come all the way up here to waste my time and you not take my games...they work
me: I understand that, but I said no
idiot: You mean to tell me that you cant take these games when you have all these other games that people trade in and I bet anyone of them look worse then these
me: If any of them look worse then these then I assure you that they werent ones that I took
idiot: You need to take my games, they work
me: No sir, i'm sorry but I said no
idiot: look, all I want is this stupid game and I work with the public..I know what it's like trying to give people a hard time
me: Sir, i'm not trying to give you a hard time..i'm just trying to do my job...FINE! I'll take them this time but never again!
idiot: You dont have to yell..I find it very un-professional when you bring others into our conversation, there is no need to yell
me: *gritting teeth* sir, I apologize if you feel that way..now, let me see your games so you can be on your way
idiot: Well then! I accept your apology


GOD!! I so wanted to tell this jackass to get the hell out of my store..but no, I had to be the bigger person and back down...you dont know how hard that was for me to do.
 
[quote name='MegoW64']I almost got into a fight with a customer at work tonight.

He brought in some games to trade and since he wasnt a member he had to sign up and all that jazz.

So then after all was said and done I checked his games.

They werent *THAT* bad..but bad enough, so I told the guy that I wouldnt take them as trades

idiot: You mean to tell me that I did all that for you to say no? They work, check them
me: Sir, I cant check every game that comes in..it's my job to looks at the games and say yes or no.
Idiot: fine, give me a ps2 and i'll check them
me: Sir, I cant check every game
idiot: No you dont have to, I will
Me: No sir, i'm just trying to do my job...i'm going to have to turn them away
idiot: They work, I promise you do
me: yes sir, but it's still my job to turn games away
idiot: I promise they work, let's try them out
me: I dont have time to do that
idiot: you have time enough to argue with me, dont you
me: there wouldnt be an arguement if you let me do my job
idiot: I didnt come all the way up here to waste my time and you not take my games...they work
me: I understand that, but I said no
idiot: You mean to tell me that you cant take these games when you have all these other games that people trade in and I bet anyone of them look worse then these
me: If any of them look worse then these then I assure you that they werent ones that I took
idiot: You need to take my games, they work
me: No sir, i'm sorry but I said no
idiot: look, all I want is this stupid game and I work with the public..I know what it's like trying to give people a hard time
me: Sir, i'm not trying to give you a hard time..i'm just trying to do my job...FINE! I'll take them this time but never again!
idiot: You dont have to yell..I find it very un-professional when you bring others into our conversation, there is no need to yell
me: *gritting teeth* sir, I apologize if you feel that way..now, let me see your games so you can be on your way
idiot: Well then! I accept your apology


GOD!! I so wanted to tell this jackass to get the hell out of my store..but no, I had to be the bigger person and back down...you dont know how hard that was for me to do.[/QUOTE]


You suck at standing up for yourself. ;)
 
[quote name='tenzor']the other day at work, I was closing the store. We close at 9pm, so excatly at 9pm someone called us. I picked up the phone, and the customer asked what time we closed. I told him 9pm (which was the current time) he then says to me what the fuck why did you answer the phone then? Not much of a story, but just shows how some people can be assholes or simply idiots.[/QUOTE]

sounds like a prank call
 
I had some kids come in today, very well knowledgeable bout videogames and up to date on revolution, ps3, and xbox360. I wouldn't be suprised if they have been on here.

Anyways the decide to come in and proceed to ask me every detail about the deals and asking me directly what the loopholes in them were. me I'm thinking, "omg wtf are you serious?"

So they do the trade 3 get 1 for 5 deal and come back later wanting to do it again.

I went ahead since it was different games and what and they had traded in some good dvds too. Well then they ask for all the information on the deals and want to see the fine print. They pick out two of the most expensive ppg and get them for 5 and buy a regular one at full price.

They again ask if their as any loopholes so I say yeah but thats how accounts get banned. We get into this huge conversation and my other coworker bout all the systems.

Maybe they are thinking about flipping maybe not but you don't go right up to the employee especially the one with the MANAGER nametag on wanting to know how to trick the system. Needless to say I noted their account (not banned, just a side note to keep an eye out).
 
[quote name='CoryCubed']I had some kids come in today, very well knowledgeable bout videogames and up to date on revolution, ps3, and xbox360. I wouldn't be suprised if they have been on here.

Anyways the decide to come in and proceed to ask me every detail about the deals and asking me directly what the loopholes in them were. me I'm thinking, "omg wtf are you serious?"

So they do the trade 3 get 1 for 5 deal and come back later wanting to do it again.

I went ahead since it was different games and what and they had traded in some good dvds too. Well then they ask for all the information on the deals and want to see the fine print. They pick out two of the most expensive ppg and get them for 5 and buy a regular one at full price.

They again ask if their as any loopholes so I say yeah but thats how accounts get banned. We get into this huge conversation and my other coworker bout all the systems.

Maybe they are thinking about flipping maybe not but you don't go right up to the employee especially the one with the MANAGER nametag on wanting to know how to trick the system. Needless to say I noted their account (not banned, just a side note to keep an eye out).[/QUOTE]

Cory, I hope they are NOT from CAG as the GR thread should have warned them about being that blatant... Also, they could pretty much get the info they need from there without drawing attention to themselves :D
 
I traded in Haven, Spawn and Shadow of Destiny today and got Doom 3 Collector's Edition (!) for $5. I LOVE this deal! I've got enough trade fodder that I'll be going back 3-4 more times in the next 2 weeks.
 
[quote name='BustaUppa']I'm not sure whether this is a true story or not, but it's a fantastic read from Something Awful. My mind jumped right back to this thread while I was reading it.

"A Girl In The Gaming Store" - http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2871

[/QUOTE]

LOVE IT!!!!! :applause:

except for that most of the humor is less humor and more biography, lol.

I know of these archtypes, and can name mulitple real live gamers/geeks/scuzballs on most of them.

[quote name='gizmogc']Sexy!!!![/QUOTE]

lol, well it was amusing. so was one of my old coworkers calling him a slut on his way out. At the top of his lungs. :lol:

[quote name='neocisco']We can always count on you for a good retale. (Get it, retail--retale? I'm so embarrased...:oops:[/QUOTE]

don't be embarrased~ it's very punny. ;)
 
On more serious note, my store got robbed yesterday. :cry: :cry: :cry:

that's not really 'special customers' that's me being mad because I'm gonna loose at least one really good member out of my store over it.

store looked like CSI when I got there, all the fingerprint residue.

I worked the guy who was on duty at the time's shift today, after being on a cross country redeye all night and coming in at like 7am with jet lag and a headache.

I gotta start carrying my pepper spray.
 
[quote name='tauruskatt']Phone conversation:

guy: "so last night I bought a game there, *names game*...there was the kid who rung me up and this cute little brunette girl-"
me: *laughter*
guy: ..Oh, whoops...that was probably you, wasn't it?..
me: *laughter again*

:lol: :oops:

Ever run into a regular at another store? i did that tonight and it was very amusing, I gave him and earful and acted all offended because I caught him cheating on me with another store, I was all, "how dare you, I thought what we had was special!!" :lol:[/QUOTE]

I'm guessing you were thinking "it's funny 'cause it's true". ;)



I worked the counter at a dry cleaner for a while (two seperate times, almost 3 years cumulative). I'd run into people I recognized from time to time, and I always hated when they tried to start up a convo. But then again I'm not much of a people person, I don't even like having convos with friends or family. At least not in person. :lol:
 
On more serious note, my store got robbed yesterday. :cry: :cry: :cry:

that's not really 'special customers' that's me being mad because I'm gonna loose at least one really good member out of my store over it.

store looked like CSI when I got there, all the fingerprint residue.

I worked the guy who was on duty at the time's shift today, after being on a cross country redeye all night and coming in at like 7am with jet lag and a headache.

I gotta start carrying my pepper spray.
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Well, on another more serious note, my store got robbed again today.

they returned while I was the only one in the store and I had a knife pulled on me for some PSPs and games.

Why? Because "not all of us can be rich" and "you've got insurance for this".

fuck fuck fuck You, robbers.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
 
[quote name='tauruskatt']Well, on another more serious note, my store got robbed again today.

they returned while I was the only one in the store and I had a knife pulled on me for some PSPs and games.

Why? Because "not all of us can be rich" and "you've got insurance for this".

fuck fuck fuck You, robbers.

:cry: :cry: :cry:[/QUOTE]

Holy fuck! Girl, get yourself another job - or at least a store transfer. That store is bad news! I hope your manager, at least, vowed never to schedule you by yourself any more!

I thought EB employees were never alone?? Seems like I've always seen at least 2 at a time - but after a minute I did realize when I bought my PS2 early this year there was a girl in there by herself an hour before closing. It was odd because she had to go in the back for 5 minutes to find the PS2 and the store was empty during that time ('cept for me of course). This is at a fairly busy mall though - I would find it hard to believe anyone would pull anything like happened to you. But then I have trouble understanding why people would do that AT ALL, let alone somewhere that public.
 
[quote name='fieldkillah']I work in a meat dept. we sell cooked chickens. A gentleman walks up to the counter when we are ready to put some in the case.
cust: Do you have any BBQ chickens.
me: (i check and we dont) no sir we dont
cust: (points to chickens on counter being put into containers) well what are those?
me: those are lemon pepper and honey brown sugar
cust: but i wanted BBQ
me: sir: we dont have any
cust: well what are those (yes he asked me again)
me: those are lemon pepper and honey brown sugar
cust: ill take one
me: which flavor would you like?
cust: what do you mean?
me: which flavor would you like lemon pepper or honey brown sugar?
cust: ill take one of those
me: sir, which flavor would you like?
(this went on for a few more minutes)[/QUOTE]

i work at vons...i get this every.....damn....day.
 
[quote name='tauruskatt']Well, on another more serious note, my store got robbed again today.

they returned while I was the only one in the store and I had a knife pulled on me for some PSPs and games.

Why? Because "not all of us can be rich" and "you've got insurance for this".

fuck fuck fuck You, robbers.

:cry: :cry: :cry:[/QUOTE]

At least you are OK. If need be, find another job or shift. Your life is more precious than some job. Stay safe. :)
 
tauruskatt, that's pretty shitty about what happened. Glad to hear you're alright. :)

[quote name='io']
I thought EB employees were never alone?? Seems like I've always seen at least 2 at a time - but after a minute I did realize when I bought my PS2 early this year there was a girl in there by herself an hour before closing. It was odd because she had to go in the back for 5 minutes to find the PS2 and the store was empty during that time ('cept for me of course). This is at a fairly busy mall though.[/QUOTE]

I've been in EB a few times when there was only one person working there. Usually it's around closing. Come to think of it though, the other day I was at one around 6:30 pm and there was only one person there - the other person could have been on their break, though. I was only in the store for about ten minutes. But nine out of ten times I visit EB there's at least two people there. And I always see at least two people working at GameStop.
 
[quote name='tauruskatt']Well, on another more serious note, my store got robbed again today.

they returned while I was the only one in the store and I had a knife pulled on me for some PSPs and games.

Why? Because "not all of us can be rich" and "you've got insurance for this".

fuck fuck fuck You, robbers.

:cry: :cry: :cry:[/QUOTE]

Ah, the retardedness that is robber justification.

Glad to hear you're ok though.
 
[quote name='tauruskatt']Well, on another more serious note, my store got robbed again today.

they returned while I was the only one in the store and I had a knife pulled on me for some PSPs and games.

Why? Because "not all of us can be rich" and "you've got insurance for this".

fuck fuck fuck You, robbers.

:cry: :cry: :cry:[/QUOTE]

I'm sorry you had to go through that experience. PLEASE insist that they don't schedule you by yourself anymore. I may not know you, but I think I speak for everyone in saying it would be horrible to hear if anything had happened to you. I'm just happy you weren't hurt.
 
[quote name='Chaotic Climax']I worked at Gamestop for about two years and my favorite customer moment was when a mom came in with her young son. The only people in the store were me, my assistant manager (who didn’t care about anything) and these two people. The mom was real pissy at first and my manager and I just looked at each other. She was swearing at the kid who looked to be about nine years old. I know this sounds fake, but I swear to God it happened and that is why it is so memorable.

After awhile of the kid getting verbally lashed she finally says, “FINE I’LL JUST ASK THEM! Do you have burnout 2 for xbox? I just need the disk, I’ve got everything else”

She then proceeded to tell us why she needed it…

”That little dumbass bastard over there got the disk stuck on his finger and we had to break it off. ISN’T THAT RIGHT YOU LITTLE MORON!? God kids are so stupid. He is like a drunken midget just wandering around fucking things up. THIS IS COMING OUT OF YOUR ALLOWANCE YOU LITTLE SHIT, DON’T YOU THINK I’M GOING TO PAY FOR YOUR STUPIDITY! He is the dumbest kid alive, I’m not even kidding, don’t ever have kids, worst mistake of my life.”

At this point we are stunned and just sell her the game. She walks out while the kid is still looking around, and starts the car (we were in a shopping center). She then opened the window and screamed, with our store door still closed, “I SWEAR TO GOD I WILL LEAVE YOU HERE. I WOULD BE BETTER OFF WITHOUT YOU ANYWAY!”

He then ran out crying. While my manager just stood there staring at each other.[/QUOTE]

You know that kid is going to end up so screwed up in life it's not even funny. Now, why do people think I'm crazy when I think you should have to have a license to breed again???? LOL
 
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