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I feel I finally have to let this out so I can let it go....
Sorry if this is inappropriate, but this story isn't from GS/EB. I used to work part-time at Game Crazy. It was a cool gig, got to work the late shift (5 PM to 9 PM) and it was NEVER busy. On average I only got 5-6 customers on a weeknight. I learned everything about the new games and consoles/accessories so I could give customers the best info to make an educated decision. I was super friendly and courteous. I cleaned the place up good every night. The GM commented that this has been the cleanest the store ever was. I was proud to keep that place tip top shape. I had very little traffic, but all my customers were great and I gave good service.
Come to find out one day several months later, I call for my schedule. The newly made store manager tells me I don't have to come in. I'm being let go because I haven't sold enough of the Game Crazy MVP club memberships. I admit, I didn't push it on people like it was the greatest thing since sliced bread but I still asked them and usually got a polite 'No thank you'. Better to sell them a game than not sell them anything at all, I say. I ask, "How many MVPs do I need to sell?". The newbie manager says "At least 7-8 a day." I wonder to myself and aloud as well, "How the hell do I sell 7-8 MVPs a day if all I get on an average day on my shift is 5-6 people?" Newbie manager tells me, "I don't know....you will have to figure that out. Either way we are letting you go." What am I supposed to do? Force people from the street to get in here? My Game Crazy was in the ghetto by the way, right next to the local Welfare office (no joke).
I tell him forget it and tell him that you're not firing me because I'm quitting effective immediately. Bad thing for the newbie manager was that he didn't realize I worked the 5 PM - 9 PM shift at least 4-5 times a week. We had only 4 employees at the time, 3 full-time people and 1 part-time person (me). One full-time person was a daytime manager, one full-time person was the night manager, and the other full-time person was a mid-day floater. Guess he didn't remember that the full-time floater was on vaca for 2 1/2 weeks. Or that he tried to fire me right before the Holiday Season! Because I quit, the newbie manager had to work all of my shifts in my place. Serves em' right!
Went back a few days later (the other manager was cool) to go turn in some stuff. Store was a mess and dusty, fingerprints on tvs and display cases, games out of place, dirty floors, nothing was in order like I kept it. I ask the cool manager what happened here and was quickly asked to come back because I kept the store straight and people were asking me where I was. I had to politely decline (my nights were now free to play my finally opened copy of Halo 2). Seems the newbie manager was unliked by my 5-6 usual customers because he told them he 'fired' me for being lazy...but also the traffic had picked up because of the Holidays! He was now getting 25-30 people a night. He wasn't getting any breaks either because he was the only one on the night shift until the other full-time person came back. Here's the kicker:
HE WASN'T GETTING 7-8 MVP MEMBERSHIPS A NIGHT EITHER!!!!
He was scheduled to have a conference with the DM because of his increase of customers but his decrease of MVP memberships (down from 1-2 to 0-1 because I used to get 1-2 consistently). Last I heard the newbie manager was going to work for EB or GS. Good luck to them. Now a days I don't shop at any of these places anymore, just being asked to join any of their membership card clubs drives me pissy. I now shop at BB, CC, or Wally's since my gf's mom works there and gets me a 10% discount whenever I buy games.
Thanks for reading....load off my chest!!!!!!!
Sorry if this is inappropriate, but this story isn't from GS/EB. I used to work part-time at Game Crazy. It was a cool gig, got to work the late shift (5 PM to 9 PM) and it was NEVER busy. On average I only got 5-6 customers on a weeknight. I learned everything about the new games and consoles/accessories so I could give customers the best info to make an educated decision. I was super friendly and courteous. I cleaned the place up good every night. The GM commented that this has been the cleanest the store ever was. I was proud to keep that place tip top shape. I had very little traffic, but all my customers were great and I gave good service.
Come to find out one day several months later, I call for my schedule. The newly made store manager tells me I don't have to come in. I'm being let go because I haven't sold enough of the Game Crazy MVP club memberships. I admit, I didn't push it on people like it was the greatest thing since sliced bread but I still asked them and usually got a polite 'No thank you'. Better to sell them a game than not sell them anything at all, I say. I ask, "How many MVPs do I need to sell?". The newbie manager says "At least 7-8 a day." I wonder to myself and aloud as well, "How the hell do I sell 7-8 MVPs a day if all I get on an average day on my shift is 5-6 people?" Newbie manager tells me, "I don't know....you will have to figure that out. Either way we are letting you go." What am I supposed to do? Force people from the street to get in here? My Game Crazy was in the ghetto by the way, right next to the local Welfare office (no joke).
I tell him forget it and tell him that you're not firing me because I'm quitting effective immediately. Bad thing for the newbie manager was that he didn't realize I worked the 5 PM - 9 PM shift at least 4-5 times a week. We had only 4 employees at the time, 3 full-time people and 1 part-time person (me). One full-time person was a daytime manager, one full-time person was the night manager, and the other full-time person was a mid-day floater. Guess he didn't remember that the full-time floater was on vaca for 2 1/2 weeks. Or that he tried to fire me right before the Holiday Season! Because I quit, the newbie manager had to work all of my shifts in my place. Serves em' right!
Went back a few days later (the other manager was cool) to go turn in some stuff. Store was a mess and dusty, fingerprints on tvs and display cases, games out of place, dirty floors, nothing was in order like I kept it. I ask the cool manager what happened here and was quickly asked to come back because I kept the store straight and people were asking me where I was. I had to politely decline (my nights were now free to play my finally opened copy of Halo 2). Seems the newbie manager was unliked by my 5-6 usual customers because he told them he 'fired' me for being lazy...but also the traffic had picked up because of the Holidays! He was now getting 25-30 people a night. He wasn't getting any breaks either because he was the only one on the night shift until the other full-time person came back. Here's the kicker:
HE WASN'T GETTING 7-8 MVP MEMBERSHIPS A NIGHT EITHER!!!!
He was scheduled to have a conference with the DM because of his increase of customers but his decrease of MVP memberships (down from 1-2 to 0-1 because I used to get 1-2 consistently). Last I heard the newbie manager was going to work for EB or GS. Good luck to them. Now a days I don't shop at any of these places anymore, just being asked to join any of their membership card clubs drives me pissy. I now shop at BB, CC, or Wally's since my gf's mom works there and gets me a 10% discount whenever I buy games.
Thanks for reading....load off my chest!!!!!!!