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Post by Smithee of Zur-En-Arrh on Feb 28, 2010 16:41:37 GMT -5
Sounds like hell. Every time there's something that I was looking for and it isn't there, but I went through a bunch of trouble, I always try to buy something, at least something small, so I don't really borther the dudes.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2010 17:01:05 GMT -5
That might be going a bit far. You're under no obligation to spend money on something you didn't want to begin with. Simple courtesy goes a long way.
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Post by Ike on Feb 28, 2010 17:42:21 GMT -5
Yeah, don't feel like you HAVE to buy something. I'm not pissed at the dude for leaving, I'm pissed that the other guy talked him down from a sale at the counter and then had the gall to ask for his money back after wasting my fucking time and getting in my way.
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Post by Catalyst on Feb 28, 2010 18:19:30 GMT -5
I think I tend to waste alotta peoples time looking for rare games, so if an employee has been nice enough to me I make it a point to buy a game that's on my to get list. Don't really care if it costs a few bucks extra.
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Post by Smithee of Zur-En-Arrh on Feb 28, 2010 19:54:12 GMT -5
Well one of the big reasons I always buy something is because I probably would have regardless if it was based on troubling the empoyee or not. I just HAVE to buy something if possible, which results in some silly purchases. This is why I window shop and only bring my money where I need it.
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Post by Jave on Feb 28, 2010 20:50:08 GMT -5
I'm kind of the same way, actually. I generally don't set foot into a gamestop unless I expect to walk out with something. I think it's a habit from my days of renting at blockbuster that I never quite dropped. The fact that I'll foolishly spend $50 on a new release "to try it out" supports this theory.
But yeah, I'm always weary of ending up a pest as well, especially with the clerks who actually know their shit.
As an aside, this particular customer didn't really piss me off, per se, but it was memorable. I was about to buy a game, and the only available clerk was walking circles around the store talking to some guy on the phone. Apparently, this caller got the bright idea to browse the store's selection of sports games over the phone, much to the chagrin of... humanity. The clerk would occasionally look at me shaking his head, then head off again, all the while trying to politely suggest that this guy might consider actually coming into the store and having look around.
This went on for ten minutes.
He finally got the guy to hang up after promising to hold some NHL game for him, looked at me and said, "Dude, I am so, sooooo, sorry about that." All I could do was laugh if off... and buy my game, of course.
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Post by dooz on Mar 1, 2010 1:02:43 GMT -5
Man you customer service peeps are far too friendly. I would have told the guy to fuck off after 2 minutes of that shit.
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Post by Jave on Mar 1, 2010 10:01:05 GMT -5
Well, you also have to keep in mind that I'm in Canada. We're entirely capable of telling people off, in theory. It just doesn't seem to happen very often.
That, and I don't know how New Bruswick stacks up with other provinces, but around here, it's pretty common for employers to ignore inconvenient labour laws. I'm sure the guy at gamestop was just being nice out of fear that he'd be he'd be labelled "has bad attitude" and arbitrarily fired... or maybe just not given enough hours and shittier work to do in the hopes that he'd get the message and quit on his own.
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Post by camanchi on Mar 2, 2010 20:28:32 GMT -5
Some moms my age annoy the crud out of me.
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Post by Weasel on Mar 2, 2010 20:49:34 GMT -5
It scares me sometimes that there are moms my age...and they still act eight years younger than they should. (For reference: I am 23.)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2010 20:52:08 GMT -5
It's pretty typical for people to jump right into marriage / reproduction after college. 22 - 23 years old. Foolish as hell, but incredibly common.
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Post by kal on Mar 2, 2010 21:19:28 GMT -5
Yeah no kidding, the poor kids don't usually get the stability that children should have growing up.
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Post by camanchi on Mar 3, 2010 2:37:05 GMT -5
Yeah no kidding, the poor kids don't usually get the stability that children should have growing up. I definitely see a lot of this. Kids raising kids. |
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Post by kimimi on Mar 3, 2010 4:00:34 GMT -5
Yeah no kidding, the poor kids don't usually get the stability that children should have growing up. As the product of a "broken home", I would like to assert that stable family environment =/= biological mum+biological dad. |
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Post by kal on Mar 3, 2010 4:43:46 GMT -5
Yeah no kidding, the poor kids don't usually get the stability that children should have growing up. As the product of a "broken home", I would like to assert that stable family environment =/= biological mum+biological dad. I would not assert that either, I would assert that good parents are the best chance for a stable family environment, which young barely out of youth parents are unlikely to be. |
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