Ok...I know I haven't posted in all of 3 months, but before you go off on me - I have reason. Graduating from high school kinda takes some focus and the last 4 months for me have been insane - so I'm back - In black. (Actually in dark grey...but who cares, right?)
Anywho, first week of summer is coming to a close. The amount of morons discovering our store is on the rise, and the passing through of them is magnified by the exponential influx of children. The funny part is: most of them are relatively coherent, contrary to previous experience. Sure, few times, good 'ol skateboard kid wanders in, gives us a good laugh, and leaves, but for the most part, its been cool.
OOPS, I spoke too soon-
Perfectly normal kid wanders in, loiters around the xbox section for a while and comes up to the Gameboy Advance (GBA) section for a second (Its in a glass case, above some dreamcast, sega CD, and Sega Genesis games) and suddenly spasms like a hyperchondriac on crack. A little...suprised, I slowly look over at him-
"Are you ok?"
"What?"
"Uh...nevermind?"
"Wait, do you guys have Halo 1?"
"Um...(I look in the counter) Yes, we do."
The kid looks like he's about to urinate on the counter... "REALLY!?!?!!??!!?!! On what system?"
(Oh....boy....) "Um...it was an xbox exclusive, so we have it on the original xbox..."
"Do you have it for 360?"
Now, this was, I have to admit, a valid question. 360 is backwards compatible with most xbox games, and Halo is one of the games that works, so I kinda gained...some...anti-hate for the kid. "Well, since the 360 is backwards compatible the xbox version will work on the 360."
Again...picture a kangaroo on (insert favorite hallucinogen) - "REALLY?!?!?!?!"
"Yes..."
"COOL!" And the kid bounds away from the case.
No kidding, less than 5 seconds later, the kid comes back and gets in my face quite...awkwardly.
"How mUch iS hALo?" (yes, accentuate the capitals...ugh)
"$19.99 before tax."
"SWEET!!!" At this point, my head started to hurt. A lot. "So if I get Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 on GBA, I could get Halo 1 for frEE???????"
My head started swimming...what the heck could have made him think that? WHAT THE HECK?!?!?!?!?" Then it hit me - we have so many genesis games in stock, we have a sign on them - ALL GENESIS GAMES: BUY ONE GET ONE FREE!!! Realizing this, I turned to the kid: "Actually, that's only on Genesis games."
The kid actually looked like he understood me...I honestly thought he did...If only he had..."OK..." he replies, and turns away.
Andi and I start to talk about Metal Gear Solid...and the kid comes back - "Ok, I think I know what I want to get."
"Cool - what did you find?"
"Uh...I think I want that Tony Hawk's Pro Skater...and I get another one, right?"
Must...not...hurt...self...or...small...child..."Um...well, let me think" I open the glass case and I point to the sign - "As you can READ, the sign says all used GENESIS games are buy one get one free."
"Oh...well do you have any other games on GBA for $4.99 that I could get free with Tony Hawk?"
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHH - "Unfortunately not, but all our $6.99 and under PS2 and xbox games are buy one get one free, if you're interested."
"SWEET!!!" Spasms...and convulses to the xbox section, AGAIN.
After about 10 minutes, he wanders up to the counter where me and Andi are trying to resolve a POS issue. "Um...I have to go get some more money, but could you hold this for me for about a half-hour?" And he hands me...ONE...GAME
Pain...and...suffering..."Yup, I can do that."
"Thanks! I'll be back in like...20 minutes!"
It is now been three hours, and the kid hasn't come back.
Maybe he learned that n00bs don't mess with the Bradinator - under pain of STUPIDITY.
Man, it's good to be back...
-Brady
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Monday, June 2, 2008
Video Game Stores attract nerds. Socially incapable nerds that is...
So today is the first day of the first week of summer (for all the local high schools that is.) we open at 11:00 AM. it is now around 12:45 AM. usually this part of the day is dead slow. I usually just pace the store to pass the time, But today is a little different as you can imagine. Many many young kids all just wandering around. not that I'm complaining, they are all mostly buying stuff so I'm cool with it.
But the annoyances started at 11:01 today with the first kid asking for and application. We do not have applications, instead we use resumes to reflect our professionalism and....and....dedication and...awesomeness (obviously i just made that last part up, we just don't want to print out applications). So boy Dexter comes in and makes his way to the counter. I do my typical "Hows it goin' man?" yell, and he just continues to make his way to the counter with his eyes fixed on his shoes. he stops at the counter.
"Can I help you with something man?"
"Can I get an application?"
"Sorry we don't have applications, we require a resume, if you bring one in we will take a look at it."
This seemed to baffle him greatly and it appeared he almost started to shake. He stood there for a minute as another customer came and i helped them out. After I finished with the customer he spoke up again.
"um...how do I make a resume?"
wow...now i will admit I did have to ask that question too the first time i was required to make one, but that question was asked to a much more confidential source, Google. That's just not one of those questions you ask a potential future employer.
"I would recommend trying Microsoft Word."
baffled yet again he stood there in shock for a 10 seconds or so still starring at the same spot on his shoe.
"oh...okay."
and he walked out without another word.
Now that was quite awkward but still bearable. Now imagine this experience times 15. yeah that right, I've had 15 kids so far come in and repeat to the syllable this exact conversation. and all of which seemed to have a strange obsession with theirs shoes. kinda weird....
Now to be fair I have had about 2 kids come in that if we were hiring, and based on first impression alone, i would convince the owner to hire them right there. but unfortunately, we are not hiring.
I've also had a lot of kids ask if we were hiring over the phone. Now first off its my opinion that asking for a job over the phone just screams "I don't care, my mommy is making me get a job please hire me". Asking for a job over the phone when you are perfectly capable of just walking in is just as bad as breaking up with a girl over the phone, you just don't do it. That's my opinion on the matter, maybe some other people find it acceptable, but not me.
well anyways......
current total.
12:45 AM
Nerd applicants: 15
good applicants: 2
phone applicants: 6
-Andi
But the annoyances started at 11:01 today with the first kid asking for and application. We do not have applications, instead we use resumes to reflect our professionalism and....and....dedication and...awesomeness (obviously i just made that last part up, we just don't want to print out applications). So boy Dexter comes in and makes his way to the counter. I do my typical "Hows it goin' man?" yell, and he just continues to make his way to the counter with his eyes fixed on his shoes. he stops at the counter.
"Can I help you with something man?"
"Can I get an application?"
"Sorry we don't have applications, we require a resume, if you bring one in we will take a look at it."
This seemed to baffle him greatly and it appeared he almost started to shake. He stood there for a minute as another customer came and i helped them out. After I finished with the customer he spoke up again.
"um...how do I make a resume?"
wow...now i will admit I did have to ask that question too the first time i was required to make one, but that question was asked to a much more confidential source, Google. That's just not one of those questions you ask a potential future employer.
"I would recommend trying Microsoft Word."
baffled yet again he stood there in shock for a 10 seconds or so still starring at the same spot on his shoe.
"oh...okay."
and he walked out without another word.
Now that was quite awkward but still bearable. Now imagine this experience times 15. yeah that right, I've had 15 kids so far come in and repeat to the syllable this exact conversation. and all of which seemed to have a strange obsession with theirs shoes. kinda weird....
Now to be fair I have had about 2 kids come in that if we were hiring, and based on first impression alone, i would convince the owner to hire them right there. but unfortunately, we are not hiring.
I've also had a lot of kids ask if we were hiring over the phone. Now first off its my opinion that asking for a job over the phone just screams "I don't care, my mommy is making me get a job please hire me". Asking for a job over the phone when you are perfectly capable of just walking in is just as bad as breaking up with a girl over the phone, you just don't do it. That's my opinion on the matter, maybe some other people find it acceptable, but not me.
well anyways......
current total.
12:45 AM
Nerd applicants: 15
good applicants: 2
phone applicants: 6
-Andi
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