OK, usually people who work retail (especially during the holidays) get a free pass from me 'cause I know they're stuck in some unhappy shit, especially game store clerks who have to deal with 360 shortages and all that. But I wound up in this retarded back-and-forth with a bowlcut doughboy Nintendo partisan who was standing around next to the dude who was actually ringing me up.
DECENT CLERK, noticing I am buying a game for 360*: "Oh, cool, how you like the 360?"
JACKASS CLERK, who currently has nothing to do with the actual transaction: "Pffft snort feh, the only game I'm interested in for 360 AT ALL!!! is Dead or Alive 3. Uh, er, Dead or Alive 4. And I don't have the 360, so..."
ME (still addressing decent clerk): "Yeah, well, it's been worth it so far. Project Gotham 3 is great."
DC: "Yeah?"
JC: (muttered sound of condescending annoyance)
ME: "Yeah, not only are the graphics great, but the car handling's amazing, it's like the perfect balance between sim and arcade style."
JC: "No you're thinking of MARIO KART"
ME: brief shots back at how Mario Kart is for crumbsnatchers and sorry for not being a Nintendo fanboy but Lamborghinis > you; no transcription forthcoming because we'd all be dumber for reading it
It's like I was shopping at an indie record store or something, christ
*OK OK it was Amped 3, all right? Sorry
― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 3 December 2005 23:26 (twenty years ago)
(note that I do not actually dislike the Mario Kart series but holy shit that dude was a gonk)
― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 3 December 2005 23:28 (twenty years ago)
I was in gameXchange a month or so back looking for some cheapy cheap games. I was the only customer in the store. The clerk and this other guy were shadowing me while I walked through the racks. Finally the other guy says to me "What does he like?". I replied, "Who is 'He'?". The guy was all "oh. OH!" and the clerk sent him packing out the store. Nice clerk. Lame clerk associate.
― sunny suxessor (katharine), Sunday, 4 December 2005 00:41 (twenty years ago)
Fortunately, the assface clerks I encounter don't really lecture me on why I should be worshipping at the altar of whatever tedious thing I'm not all that interested in. Unfortunately, they love breaking out that routine on the guy directly in front of me in line when all I want to do is pay for my copy of the Warriors for FUCK'S SAKE.
I do want to say that I've also encountered some of the best customer service I've ever experienced from a retail outlet in game stores, and that I absolutely make an effort to buy from those stores if at all possible.
― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Sunday, 4 December 2005 02:08 (twenty years ago)
This clerk at the game store nearest to my place of employment has a bit of a slouch, a 5 o'clock shadow and a bunch of ska stickers on his man purse. I think he's cool.
― Stuh-du-du-du-du-du-du-denka (jingleberries), Monday, 5 December 2005 22:52 (twenty years ago)
listen nerdo's i don't want to pre-order soul caliber wank off part 4 nor do i want a subscription to nerdo monthly i just want to pay for my fucking NHL game and get the fuck out.
― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 13:57 (twenty years ago)
I have a subscription to nerdo monthly. Sadly, the discount on used games isn't very helpful since I only buy PSP (only bad used games available mostly) and SNES (not available at G***S***) games.
― GET EQUIPPED WITH BUBBLE LEAD (ex machina), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 15:13 (twenty years ago)