Report dumb Christmas shoppers here!

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.
 
[quote name='neocisco'][quote name='bignick'][quote name='spyhunterk19'][quote name='bignick']

just the women from NY and NJ. I have no accent.[/quote]

That is not possible.[/quote]

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

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[/quote]

Nice try, but I have only been here for a year.
 
[quote name='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.[/quote]

:rofl:
 
[quote name='bignick'][quote name='spyhunterk19'][quote name='bignick']

just the women from NY and NJ. I have no accent.[/quote]

That is not possible.[/quote]

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

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.
 
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.
 
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.
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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.
 
[quote name='neocisco'][quote name='bignick'][quote name='spyhunterk19'][quote name='bignick']

just the women from NY and NJ. I have no accent.[/quote]

That is not possible.[/quote]

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

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[/quote]

you live like five minutes away from me neocisco... CRAZY!
 
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
 
[quote name='guessed'][quote name='bignick'][quote name='spyhunterk19'][quote name='bignick']

just the women from NY and NJ. I have no accent.[/quote]

That is not possible.[/quote]

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

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.[/quote]

na, you should have offered her an extended warrenty!
 
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"
 
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.
 
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!
 
[quote name='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 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![/quote]

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.
 
[quote name='neocisco'][quote name='bignick'][quote name='spyhunterk19'][quote name='bignick']

just the women from NY and NJ. I have no accent.[/quote]

That is not possible.[/quote]

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

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[/quote]

Are you thinking of Minnesota with the Fargo like accent?
 
[quote name='ajh2298']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.[/quote]

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?".
 
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
 
[quote name='tholly'][quote name='killswitch64'][quote name='camoor'][quote name='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.[/quote]

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!)[/quote]

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

it's almost 2005, get a darn credit card![/quote]

They have Check cards now
 
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.
 
[quote name='killswitch64'][quote name='camoor'][quote name='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.[/quote]

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!)[/quote]

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

Agree. Usually you don't own a credit card. The credit card owns you.
 
[quote name='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[/quote]

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.
 
[quote name='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.[/quote]

I remember I paid $64.99 for Superman 64 the first day it came out at Gamestop :oops: , feel free to abuse me now.
 
[quote name='bignick'][quote name='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[/quote]

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.[/quote]

Are you kinda like David Spade on the citi commercial?
 
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.
 
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..com and then decide its my fault for no one telling them otherwise!
 
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!
 
[quote name='STATIC3D']
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.[/quote]

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.
 
[quote name='Arakias'][quote name='STATIC3D']
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.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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:
 
[quote name='bignick'][quote name='spyhunterk19'][quote name='bignick']

just the women from NY and NJ. I have no accent.[/quote]

That is not possible.[/quote]

I would bet $100 that if we spoke, you would have no idea where I was from.[/quote]
Tha fat farm
 
[quote name='greendj27']
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:[/quote]

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.
 
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.
 
[quote name='danny-o'][quote name='bignick'][quote name='spyhunterk19'][quote name='bignick']

just the women from NY and NJ. I have no accent.[/quote]

That is not possible.[/quote]

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

I already won the bet, but I'm still waiting for the $100.
 
[quote name='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.[/quote]

:rofl: i love old people
 
[quote name='bignick'][quote name='help1']Bignick, we have accents, you have accents, your's are dumb, ours are gangsta, we win![/quote]

just the women from NY and NJ. I have no accent.[/quote]


No, sir. You do have an accent, an American accent.
 
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.
 
[quote name='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.[/quote]

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.
 
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.

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

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.[/quote]

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.
 
[quote name='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![/quote]

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.
 
[quote name='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....[/quote]

10$ day after christmas @ EB. 'nuff said..
 
[quote name='ajh2298'][quote name='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.[/quote]

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

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!
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
[quote name='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... shaq-fu it im too lazy too type it right now.[/quote]

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[quote name='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... shaq-fu it im too lazy too type it right now.[/quote]

Did you just report yourself as a dumbass?

That's too hilarious for words.
 
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