so defective system returns after a long absence. he walks into the store with a ps2 in hand and a wad of wires. he wanted to trade it in. i was very weary of him, for obvious reasons so i started to look for excuses not to even try to test it.
"Does it work?"
"umm......yeah"
"Do you have a controller with it?"
"umm......no i have it at home."
"sorry if you don't have a controller with it then we can't take it."
"oh..."
he didn't look to devastated. he raised his games and i traded them in (very scratched by the way).
"I think I'm going to throw away this ps2 today."
HUH? if it was working fine and he wanted to trade it in, why would he throw it away?!? i decided to investigate.
"so why would you throw it away if it works fine? that seems a little odd."
"oh it works fine but I'm getting a new one soon. it just doesn't close right."
he point to the door on the expansion bay.
"can you throw this away for me?"
"sure."
he hands it over and i drop it on the floor. he finishes his business and leaves. me and Steve joke a bit that we may have just got a free ps2. we take a closer look at it. all the screws but 2 are missing. we can see where this i going. as we pull it apart, the ribbon connecting the system to the power button has been ripped off, a very common thing if you are not familiar with the ps2 innards.
his poor mother must not know what to do with this retard.
-Andi
Showing posts with label Defective System Kid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Defective System Kid. Show all posts
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Saturday, March 29, 2008
No more favors, especially for you
the not so triumphant return of Defective system kid.
I was in the middle of resurfacing about 10 discs when he walks in. our machine is pretty loud when it running but he decided to yell at me over the noise (when Brady was right in front of him to.)
"Can you fix my games!?!"
i turn off the machine and walk over to him, i heard what he said the first time but i just felt like being a jerk.
"What did, you say?"
"can you fix my games?"
"yeah, but I've got about an hours worth of discs to do before i can do yours."
the dad walks over and chimes in
"you can't just do 2 disc really fast?"
i think he was trying to flirt with me or something cause i could of sworn he batted his eyes at me.
"sorry i can't do that."
they walk around the store some more and rearrange our perfectly organized sections that we had just barely done while i continued on the discs i had.
about 5 minutes later
"are you done yet?"
"has it been an hour?"
"no."
"no."
i start to walk back to the machine when he says something that just couldn't go unpunished.
"thats not fair, i got these games from you and you have to do them for free!"
i stop dead in my tracks.
"whoa whoa whoa, when did anyone tell you we do free disc cleanings?"
he looked very confused
"whenever we buy a game from you, you have to clean it for free, thats the rules."
i walk over to his games and pop them open and look at them, scratched to hell and back, and i know for a fact we did not sell those games to him in that condition, because I sold them to him.
"we only clean it for free if its defective, not if you scratch the disc yourself."
"thats how they came, when i got them."
i look at his receipt.....2 months ago.
"so thats why you waited 2 months to bring them back, that makes perfect sense. its $2.99 per disc."
more confusion but still a little determination left.
"well Patrick always cleaned them for free!"
*Patrick is the old manager who was "let go" a couple months back*
"well Patrick no longer works here"
"what? why?"
"He was fired"
"What? why?"
"because he was giving you free disc cleanings and thats against company policy."
after that i just walk away and begin to clean discs again. seconds later he left.
on a side note, while i was cleaning discs and he was wandering the store he did stop by the defective system rack again and yes, he did stare at it for about 5 minutes.
what a moron
-Andi
I was in the middle of resurfacing about 10 discs when he walks in. our machine is pretty loud when it running but he decided to yell at me over the noise (when Brady was right in front of him to.)
"Can you fix my games!?!"
i turn off the machine and walk over to him, i heard what he said the first time but i just felt like being a jerk.
"What did, you say?"
"can you fix my games?"
"yeah, but I've got about an hours worth of discs to do before i can do yours."
the dad walks over and chimes in
"you can't just do 2 disc really fast?"
i think he was trying to flirt with me or something cause i could of sworn he batted his eyes at me.
"sorry i can't do that."
they walk around the store some more and rearrange our perfectly organized sections that we had just barely done while i continued on the discs i had.
about 5 minutes later
"are you done yet?"
"has it been an hour?"
"no."
"no."
i start to walk back to the machine when he says something that just couldn't go unpunished.
"thats not fair, i got these games from you and you have to do them for free!"
i stop dead in my tracks.
"whoa whoa whoa, when did anyone tell you we do free disc cleanings?"
he looked very confused
"whenever we buy a game from you, you have to clean it for free, thats the rules."
i walk over to his games and pop them open and look at them, scratched to hell and back, and i know for a fact we did not sell those games to him in that condition, because I sold them to him.
"we only clean it for free if its defective, not if you scratch the disc yourself."
"thats how they came, when i got them."
i look at his receipt.....2 months ago.
"so thats why you waited 2 months to bring them back, that makes perfect sense. its $2.99 per disc."
more confusion but still a little determination left.
"well Patrick always cleaned them for free!"
*Patrick is the old manager who was "let go" a couple months back*
"well Patrick no longer works here"
"what? why?"
"He was fired"
"What? why?"
"because he was giving you free disc cleanings and thats against company policy."
after that i just walk away and begin to clean discs again. seconds later he left.
on a side note, while i was cleaning discs and he was wandering the store he did stop by the defective system rack again and yes, he did stare at it for about 5 minutes.
what a moron
-Andi
Friday, March 7, 2008
Hard of Hearing - ARE WE??
So, phone call time. Phone rings: I answer with my best impersonation of Bill Murray, and the response comes:
"Uh...Hi?"
(Geez, thanks for the enthusiastic hello) "What can I do for ya?!"
"Um...how much does it cost to get a disc cleaned at your store?"
"It's $2.99 a disc."
"Well, what if I wanted you to clean it?"
(Sigh...) "It's $2.99 a disc", came my reply, trying to remain optimistic about where this was headed...
"Um...what if I wanted that without tax?" (why again?)
"That would be $2.99 a disc."
"And with tax...?"
"$3.19"
"Oh...ok." And they hang up.
Well, a little later, a kid walks in, comes to the counter, and says "Um...how much does it cost to get a disc cleaned at your store?"
My resonse: "It's $2.99 a disc."
"Well, what if I wanted you to clean it?"
Then it hit me: IT"S THE SAME KID! "It's $2.99 a disc" Came my amused reply.
"Um...what if I wanted that without tax?"
(Oh...my...head...) "That would be $2.99 a disc."
"And with tax...?"
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH "$3.19"
So the kid gets his disc resurfaced, pays for it (with tax...), and then leaves.
The kicker? ANdi comes up and says..."You are never gonna believe this."
"What?"
"That was the same kid who kept asking me if the systems worked about a week ago."
"You gotta be kidding me..."
What are parents doing to our youth...
-Brady
"Uh...Hi?"
(Geez, thanks for the enthusiastic hello) "What can I do for ya?!"
"Um...how much does it cost to get a disc cleaned at your store?"
"It's $2.99 a disc."
"Well, what if I wanted you to clean it?"
(Sigh...) "It's $2.99 a disc", came my reply, trying to remain optimistic about where this was headed...
"Um...what if I wanted that without tax?" (why again?)
"That would be $2.99 a disc."
"And with tax...?"
"$3.19"
"Oh...ok." And they hang up.
Well, a little later, a kid walks in, comes to the counter, and says "Um...how much does it cost to get a disc cleaned at your store?"
My resonse: "It's $2.99 a disc."
"Well, what if I wanted you to clean it?"
Then it hit me: IT"S THE SAME KID! "It's $2.99 a disc" Came my amused reply.
"Um...what if I wanted that without tax?"
(Oh...my...head...) "That would be $2.99 a disc."
"And with tax...?"
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH "$3.19"
So the kid gets his disc resurfaced, pays for it (with tax...), and then leaves.
The kicker? ANdi comes up and says..."You are never gonna believe this."
"What?"
"That was the same kid who kept asking me if the systems worked about a week ago."
"You gotta be kidding me..."
What are parents doing to our youth...
-Brady
Saturday, March 1, 2008
not very good at that reading thing are you?
this kids calls constantly, always wanting some tony hawk game. he finally decided to come in today and get it.
the store opens at 11:00 AM, he is in at 11:05 AM, so he is the first person i get to see.
he walks in and like a homing missle goes right for his beloved tony hawk. but he does not come up to the register, instead he begins to wander the store. in the conor we have our defective system display (that i've mentioned earlier), has a big sign that says "Defective systems $5, xboxs $10 (not-returnable) *These systems DO NOT WORK*" call me crazy, but i thinks thats pretty clear as to what it means.
so our local tony hawk fan movesover to the defective system display. he stands there for (no joke) 5 mins stareing at the display. he then looks up at me and asks, "umm...do these systems work?"
i reply,"You mean those systems right there?"
tony hawk fan: "yeah..."
me: "you mean those systems right there with the big sign that says defective systems?"
tony hawk fan: "umm...yeah...."
me: "you mean those systems right there with the big sign that says these systems DO NOT WORK?"
tony hawk fan: "umm...yeah..."
me: "i'm about %100 positive that they DO NOT work."
tony hawk fan: "really?"
me: "really really."
he then wandered around the store some more asking even more stupid questions like "how much is this?" and i wouldn't even answer but just point to the price tag, he'd get a really confused look on his face and go back only to repeat the process 30 seconds later.
he finally left. and then it hit me; i have the rest of the day to look forward to.......ugh
-Andi
the store opens at 11:00 AM, he is in at 11:05 AM, so he is the first person i get to see.
he walks in and like a homing missle goes right for his beloved tony hawk. but he does not come up to the register, instead he begins to wander the store. in the conor we have our defective system display (that i've mentioned earlier), has a big sign that says "Defective systems $5, xboxs $10 (not-returnable) *These systems DO NOT WORK*" call me crazy, but i thinks thats pretty clear as to what it means.
so our local tony hawk fan movesover to the defective system display. he stands there for (no joke) 5 mins stareing at the display. he then looks up at me and asks, "umm...do these systems work?"
i reply,"You mean those systems right there?"
tony hawk fan: "yeah..."
me: "you mean those systems right there with the big sign that says defective systems?"
tony hawk fan: "umm...yeah...."
me: "you mean those systems right there with the big sign that says these systems DO NOT WORK?"
tony hawk fan: "umm...yeah..."
me: "i'm about %100 positive that they DO NOT work."
tony hawk fan: "really?"
me: "really really."
he then wandered around the store some more asking even more stupid questions like "how much is this?" and i wouldn't even answer but just point to the price tag, he'd get a really confused look on his face and go back only to repeat the process 30 seconds later.
he finally left. and then it hit me; i have the rest of the day to look forward to.......ugh
-Andi
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