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Title: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 26, 2010, 10:57:17 PM
so i was at gamestop on my friday lunch tool-around time with maf and tvc, and was waiting in line for maf to finish trading in several dumpster's worth of ds games and the 360 version of modern warfare 2. standing behind me was this tall and kinda chubby ginger chica with some piercings, and BEHIND her was this pasty and obese 40-ish duder in a ratty windbreaker and a hot topic t-shirt. i swear, he looks EXACTLY like what i imagine gaf to be in 25 years. she was getting okami for the wii and he decided to strike up a conversation with her. (okay, so he gets a couple points for even TALKING to a gurl.)

anyway, she babbled about twilight princess and hayao miyazaki for like five minutes, and it's clear the duder is really warming to her. then she asks the dude where he works.

him: "i work for a local window washing company, i handle their contracts and stuff"

her: "oh, i bet that pays well!"

him: <totally lights up> "yeah, i do alright"

her: "i'm not doing much right now myself. but i'm glad i have the time off for final fantasy 13 TEE HEE"

him: <getting closer> "what's final fantasy like? is it good?"

her: <now getting a bit uncomfortable> "oh, uh, yeah, i love it."

him: "well, if you're bored, maybe we could hang out and you could show me or something"

her: "oh, i'm getting a call!"

her: <no joke here> <fakes a conversation with a supposed boyfriend. it is SO totally painfully obvious that she isn't talking to anyone on the other end. i am groaning inside, waiting for larry david to appear.>

him: <deflated> "uh, oh, you seein' someone i guess"

her: <fake chirpy> "yeah, we just started dating!"

me: <barely stifling a painful laugh> (you bint, you just said 'oh i love you so much' as you closed out your fake call)

him: "oh, well, good for you! it's probably nice. it's so hard to meet girls these days"

her: <fake perky helpfulness> "yeah, everyone seems to have a date these days!"

him: "everyone but me..."

it was like the worst of the gaf dating thread in the span of ten minutes. between the contrived brush-off and the sad nerd neediness, i was in HELL'S OWN ROMANTIC TABLEAU. all i could do was make jokes about dante's inferno to the clerk, because it was clear from the horrified look in his eyes that he'd seen/heard the pathetic scene himself. i pray to god i never witness a nerd malek up his chances again.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Groogrux on February 26, 2010, 10:59:45 PM
Ouch.

Creepy customer... is creepy.  :lol
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2010, 11:01:42 PM
Yeah, I got shot down pretty bad.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 26, 2010, 11:02:42 PM
really, the "everyone but me..." just OOZED melodramatic dork hopelessness. you could almost feel his now-detached potential codependency flailing around like the syrupy tentacle of a hentai monster.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2010, 11:04:17 PM
I bet he smelled like rank cottage cheese.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 26, 2010, 11:05:46 PM
ichi: i'm neither a daddy mack nor a mack daddy, but this guy was missing all the (lack of) signals. it was clear from second fucking one that she was just a gabby geek girl looking to assuage her boredom, and he moved in with the speed of pure desperation. i mean, again, i give the guy props for putting his game out there, but DAMN. going into straight-up begging for pity is a jack move, though, and one that really ensures that the man police suspend his license to play.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2010, 11:07:03 PM
I imagine he's set on the idea that if you hit on every single fucking girl that's willing to talk to you, you're eventually bound to hit paydirt.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 26, 2010, 11:07:44 PM
hey, i kinda worked on that principle, myself, but i quickly learned to spot the signs and calibrate my expectations! that said, you NEVER, EVER play the pity-me card. EVER. you look her in the eye, you smile, you laugh it off, you say "fuck that uppity bitch, i can do better" in your head, you move on, you spend the evening balls fucking drunk and/or masturbating.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: AdmiralViscen on February 26, 2010, 11:16:21 PM
:bow trading in modern warfare 2 :bow2
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: The Fake Shemp on February 26, 2010, 11:19:19 PM
Thank god for Amazon!
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Akala on February 26, 2010, 11:22:38 PM
The real question is~ what was he buying?

I've seen people use hopeless woe is me attempts at connecting with people, but have never understood it. Why the fuck would I ever talk to you again if you're like this within 5 minutes of meeting me?

Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Joe Molotov on February 26, 2010, 11:23:40 PM
You tried your best and failed miserably. The lesson is "never try".
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2010, 11:24:34 PM
There's a feeling that if your parents are nice to you when you're pitiful, then everybody else must be too.

That's what I assume, anyway.  I imagine people who pull the "I'm so pathetic, don't you feel sorry for me?" card don't really do much socializing in the real world.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 26, 2010, 11:24:55 PM
akala: i think he was bringing something back? he had a safeway bag, but it's clear he didn't know much about games.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: CajoleJuice on February 26, 2010, 11:25:22 PM
You tried your best and failed miserably. The lesson is "never try".

I took this lesson way too much to heart as a kid.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Eel O'Brian on February 26, 2010, 11:25:28 PM
the sliding F scale of approaching a woman and getting shot down

Friendly, Funny, Fearless, Fuck You
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2010, 11:27:26 PM
The ginger chica was excited about Final Fantasy 13.  Dumb broad wasn't worth the fucking embarrassment.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: The Fake Shemp on February 26, 2010, 11:27:40 PM
I saw a lot of this stuff when I managed GameStop's, mainly because I made it a rule to hire one or two cute chicks (good for business, sorry). That includes the stereotypical Asian broad with a Pokemon fetish.

Nerd dudes would fumble over themselves trying to hit on them. To maximize sales, I'd usually stack them together on the schedule on a weekend. It was awesome when I had this busty, cute employee that was a keyholder - I'd leave her with a "punk" chick and the stereotypical Asian chick, and comp would be great.

Sometimes I felt kind of bad leaving them alone to hawk used games to sweaty nerd dudes.

But then I got my bonus check. 8)
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on February 26, 2010, 11:29:06 PM
pretty much fake, we'll need MAF and TVC to post here and corroborate this story. :smug


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Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 26, 2010, 11:30:00 PM
The ginger chica was excited about Final Fantasy 13.  Dumb broad wasn't worth the fucking embarrassment.

seriously, that was the other thought going through my head.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 26, 2010, 11:30:40 PM
pretty much fake, we'll need MAF and TVC to post here and corroborate this story. :smug


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tvc can corroborate! maf was busy getting $4834830294812 dollars in trade-in credit, although he was the one who told me to post the story.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: The Fake Shemp on February 26, 2010, 11:30:44 PM
Eh, I believe it. I have seen worse.

I had to call the police - twice - when it came to nerd dudes with no social skills obsessing over female employees. This seems tame in comparison. You won't believe some of the people that walk into a GameStop.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2010, 11:31:12 PM
Willco's personal Gamestop harem. :drool

It's like he was living Himuro's Love Hina dreams!
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 26, 2010, 11:32:18 PM
He Is My Manager
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: The Fake Shemp on February 26, 2010, 11:32:55 PM
When I was in California, all of my keyholders were female (three) and three of my part-timers were also female. I fired the ugly* keyholder.

* Ugly by nerd dude standards. One of the keyholders was pretty unattractive in my opinion, but nerd dudes would still hit on her. Shrug.

Everyone there asked how my store became so successful so quickly. There's the answer: hire chicks.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Akala on February 26, 2010, 11:33:59 PM
unrelated, but the last time I was at gamestop, there was a guy who I'm guessing was around my age...albeit greasier and a bit larger. he was wearing one of those 'three wolves' shirts in what had to be premeditated/ironic, but he just couldn't pull it off. it just looked like he actually liked it.

at least that's what I tell myself. it made me kind of feel bad for the guy.   :(
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2010, 11:35:22 PM
spoiler (click to show/hide)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gm_U9DmOAxs/Sczj1KGrgVI/AAAAAAAAAN8/b18daXD5zt0/s400/He-is-my-Master.jpg)
"Feder-sama, are you sure that corporate said these were the new uniforms and if we didn't wear them we'd be fired? Uguuu~ so embarrassing~"
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Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: The Fake Shemp on February 26, 2010, 11:35:55 PM
Also, Prole, did this forty-something windbreaker guy look disabled in any way? I have identified the fat forty-something guy that lives on disability as a subset of GameStop clientele.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 26, 2010, 11:37:05 PM
nah, he was fully perambulatory. he said he worked as an office manager or some shit for a window washing company.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on February 26, 2010, 11:37:35 PM
Everyone there asked how my store became so successful so quickly. There's the answer: hire chicks.

(1) where exactly was this if you don't mind saying; (2) also does this particular branch still follow the same set of practices you set? :drool
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2010, 11:38:49 PM
"He handles their contracts and stuff"  sounds better than he uses a squeegee and a sponge to clean bird-shit off windows.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 26, 2010, 11:40:06 PM
willco: you ever get your cock sucked for a gameboy color game?
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: The Fake Shemp on February 26, 2010, 11:41:49 PM
I used to run stores in Hayward and Union City in California, although almost all the female employees have dispersed elsewhere via promotions and transfers. A few still call me from time to time.

On the East Coast, as soon as I was fired, the new manager phased out the existing staff and hired a bunch of sweaty dudes and the place became a sausagefest. The store is not as busy.

When I worked at Hollywood Video, I had three female employees, including one that was a total hottie. We're talking ridiculously hot. I single-handedly saved that store, and we did the best numbers in the district. After I transferred to another location, they all left because of disputes with the new manager.

Four months after that, the store closed. :lol
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Eel O'Brian on February 26, 2010, 11:43:26 PM
i have never hit on anyone standing in line inside a store, but if their ass happens to graze my outstretched fingers two or three times well hey maybe they should watch where they're going
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: The Fake Shemp on February 26, 2010, 11:43:31 PM
willco: you ever get your cock sucked for a gameboy color game?

No, but I parlayed under-the-table Wii reservations for female customers into dates. When the Wii was at fever pitch, a few women offered me their daughters and stuff. It was ridiculous. :lol
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 26, 2010, 11:44:38 PM
i have never hit on anyone standing in line inside a store, but if their ass happens to graze my outstretched fingers two or three times well hey maybe they should watch where they're going

i once turned too quickly in line at fred meyer and put my palm right into a short but smokin' and stacked milf's ubertetas
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 26, 2010, 11:45:26 PM
willco: you ever get your cock sucked for a gameboy color game?

No, but I parlayed under-the-table Wii reservations for female customers into dates. When the Wii was at fever pitch, a few women offered me their daughters and stuff. It was ridiculous. :lol

no STOPPIN yer GAME at GAMESTOP, am i rite
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: The Fake Shemp on February 26, 2010, 11:46:08 PM
Actually, it was an EB Games, sir. :smug
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 26, 2010, 11:46:28 PM
i thought they phased those out in 1970
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2010, 11:48:18 PM
Back in PR, we still have a Babbage's.  FUCKING OLD SCHOOL.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: The Fake Shemp on February 26, 2010, 11:49:15 PM
Depends on the location. Sometimes there will be two stores in the same mall or within walking distance from one another, so the company will trick consumers into thinking they are separate stores with the different names. There was still a Babbage's in California before I left (because a GameStop was in the same mall).

GameStop was pretty fun. Management used to be able to have a ball, and the Vegas conference was basically an orgy. One of the nearby district managers was married to our Sony rep, and she banged a bunch of other store managers at Vegas. Got pregnant. And her husband - the Sony rep - had the guy who got his wife pregnant on his route. :lol
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Eel O'Brian on February 26, 2010, 11:50:34 PM
i went to see batman returns with some friends and sat next to another friend's sister whom i was barely acquainted with

when the movie was over she turned to talk to me as we were walking out, and when she turned back around the line shuffling out had short-stopped

i was still pretty close, she was wearing a miniskirt, and my swinging hand went right smack dab in her ass crack

i was mortified and stimulated at the same time
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2010, 11:51:10 PM
How many bitches did you fuck, Willco?  Be honest now.  How much pussy did you get out of your Gamestop exxxperience?
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: The Fake Shemp on February 26, 2010, 11:51:17 PM
What was her reaction, Eel? :lol
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: The Fake Shemp on February 26, 2010, 11:51:56 PM
How many bitches did you fuck, Willco?  Be honest now.  How much pussy did you get out of your Gamestop exxxperience?

Not many! Just because I got a few dates from the experience didn't mean it necessarily resulted in sex. I'm a gentleman, sir!

Honestly, I spent more time trying not to get in trouble than anything.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2010, 11:52:30 PM
Eel should've taken his hand and smelled it right in front of her. :drool
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: The Fake Shemp on February 26, 2010, 11:53:15 PM
:rofl
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Eel O'Brian on February 26, 2010, 11:53:25 PM
she stiffened (as did i) and then kept walking without turning back around

i am sure her boyfriend heard all about her brother's skeevy friend in the car, though
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2010, 11:53:58 PM
...and five years later, you two were married. :)
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: cool breeze on February 26, 2010, 11:54:05 PM
Stop-n-Save Software > EB Game World > Electronic Boutique > EB Games > Funcoland > Gamestop > EBX

I can't remember if EBX was the same as EB Kids, or if there even was an EB Kids.  They had only learning and kids games.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 26, 2010, 11:54:38 PM
be honest, willco. you spackled the stockroom with punani juice.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Flannel Boy on February 26, 2010, 11:55:38 PM
i pray to god i never witness a nerd malek up his chances again.

I don't think I like that that phrase.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Eel O'Brian on February 26, 2010, 11:56:22 PM
what is up with middle-aged women wanting to work in game stores, btw

i have seen a good half-dozen forty-something women behind the counters of the various game stores around here over the years
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 26, 2010, 11:56:50 PM
i coined it just for you! i thought about "father mike'd up" but i realized that you actually TALK to girls
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Flannel Boy on February 26, 2010, 11:57:20 PM
i coined it just for you! i thought about "father mike'd up" but i realized that you actually TALK to girls

I don't think my shrink and mother count.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 26, 2010, 11:57:56 PM
okay, allow me to amend that: you have been in the presence of girls
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: The Fake Shemp on February 26, 2010, 11:58:02 PM
I never, ever did anything in the backroom. Not only was it relatively small and uncomfortable, I refused to shit where I eat. I won't lie and say I was never tempted - but I learned my lesson back when I was a teenager.

I did, however, train under a Store Manager that did bang a female employee in the stockroom. He'd wait until he shut the tape off after close (and before he'd put in a new one), so he wouldn't get caught.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Eel O'Brian on February 26, 2010, 11:58:25 PM
one of my irl facebook friends works at gamestop and does nothing but bitch about it in her updates

i am always wanting to ask if she'd like to trade jobs with me and paint behind the toilets of uncleaned apartment move-outs for a week or so
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: The Fake Shemp on February 26, 2010, 11:59:39 PM
To be fair, I think it's tough for the female employees. Sure, if they like games, they can rent product and get a discount - but it's not like they get paid a lot, especially to be whored out being money-grubbing Jew managers that care more about their bonus check than the employee's well being.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Ichirou on February 27, 2010, 12:00:47 AM
Working in retail is one of the worst jobs you can have, Eel.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: The Fake Shemp on February 27, 2010, 12:01:33 AM
It does eat at your soul. I'm so close to celebrating my one-year anniversary of no retail!
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 27, 2010, 12:04:51 AM
uh, eel has worked retail

LISTEN TO THE BORECAST you pale things
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: The Fake Shemp on February 27, 2010, 12:05:49 AM
Hey, don't yell at me! I'm an active subscriber and I just said retail sucks! I know Eel worked retail, we talked about it before!
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Eel O'Brian on February 27, 2010, 12:09:09 AM
dude i know retail seems at times like a pit of despair, but working at a gamestore where you occasionally have to deal with smelly inbreeds, work a midnight launch, and be hit on every now and then (btw, this chick is in NOOooooo danger of that) is like a fucking slice of nirvana compared to scraping dog diarrhea off the walls of a junkie's abandoned hovel
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Ichirou on February 27, 2010, 12:10:05 AM
Your job sounds like it builds character!
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Eel O'Brian on February 27, 2010, 12:10:53 AM
or infection
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Eel O'Brian on February 27, 2010, 12:11:35 AM
anyway, back to this ginger weeaboo

what was the titty situation like
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 27, 2010, 12:13:34 AM
she had pretty bigguns

bit of a butterface, though

i probably wouldn't have said no, though, after a beer or two

mighta even called her in the morning if she liked shitty c-list jrpgs
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Ichirou on February 27, 2010, 12:13:54 AM
What type of piercings did she have?
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 27, 2010, 12:14:51 AM
just an eyebrow ring and nose stud

i hate the nose studs because they look like glittery zits
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Great Rumbler on February 27, 2010, 12:16:28 AM
Prole, MAF, and TVC hang out at Gamestop? That's so awesome it blows my mind.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Eel O'Brian on February 27, 2010, 12:16:37 AM
i could probably tolerate sitting and watching someone play final fantasy if that someone were a big-boobed redhead
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 27, 2010, 12:17:08 AM
i wouldn't say "hang out"

but "shop there weekly" wouldn't be inaccurate :'(
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Ichirou on February 27, 2010, 12:17:49 AM
Agreed.

(http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/the-ticket/Ke$ha-22.01.10.jpg)
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 27, 2010, 12:17:55 AM
i could probably tolerate sitting and watching someone play final fantasy if that someone were a big-boobed redhead

her voice wasn't irritating, at least, and she seemed to have a good command of the english language

the same could not be said for her erstwhile suitor
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Eel O'Brian on February 27, 2010, 12:18:15 AM
i have a fear of metal in women's faces
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Ichirou on February 27, 2010, 12:18:48 AM
Prole, MAF, and TVC hang out at Gamestop? That's so awesome it blows my mind.

Imagine the three of them at the food court ripping open their DS games and flipping through the manuals with their Sbarro-stained fingers. :)
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Eel O'Brian on February 27, 2010, 12:19:40 AM
mr. wok
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 27, 2010, 12:20:14 AM
Prole, MAF, and TVC hang out at Gamestop? That's so awesome it blows my mind.

Imagine the three of them at the food courtDenny's ripping open their DSPSP games and flipping through the manuals with their SbarroGrand Slam-stained fingers. :)

fix'd
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Eel O'Brian on February 27, 2010, 12:20:46 AM
i miss denny's
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 27, 2010, 12:21:23 AM
come to washington, we can rock the glandgrand slams :-*
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Ichirou on February 27, 2010, 12:22:05 AM
Shit, man, Denny's...you know Denny's in Japan have a completely different menu?  No Grand Slams, no Super Birds, no waffles...  :'(

It's all jappacrap like salisbury steaks and ramen and pork cutlets.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 27, 2010, 12:22:35 AM
filthy shitmerica has abolished the moons over my hammy
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Eel O'Brian on February 27, 2010, 12:23:24 AM
come to washington, we can rock the glandgrand slams :-*

that would be awesome

have you ever gone on free grand slam day
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 27, 2010, 12:24:13 AM
no, i know the manager there and i do not wish to +1 his torment
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Eel O'Brian on February 27, 2010, 12:24:59 AM
i bet it is a lot like the line in a game store x1000
Title: High five!
Post by: Mandark on February 27, 2010, 12:29:23 AM
i coined it just for you! i thought about "father mike'd up" but i realized that you actually TALK to girls

I don't think my shrink and mother count.

They do for the rest of us!
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: BlueTsunami on February 27, 2010, 12:51:43 AM
The whole hot girl cashier really is cash money. If I had to choose between two gamestops, one with an inattentive dude or one an inattentive chica, I'd rather bask in the Amber Lamps.

I like this guy.  Someday he's goi g to get a pity jerk in the backseat of a honda accord just for throwing it out there while the girl is telling him to be quiet or he'll wake the baby sleeping in the back seat between two piles of empty soda bottles.  We'll read it differnetly at GAF, of course, but it'll still be the happiest day of his life that didn't have to do with catching all the Pokemons.

:lol
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: pilonv1 on February 27, 2010, 02:05:22 AM
I like this guy.  Someday he's goi g to get a pity jerk in the backseat of a honda accord just for throwing it out there while the girl is telling him to be quiet or he'll wake the baby sleeping in the back seat between two piles of empty soda bottles.  We'll read it differnetly at GAF, of course, but it'll still be the happiest day of his life that didn't have to do with catching all the Pokemons.

oh god :rofl
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Sho Nuff on February 27, 2010, 02:45:48 AM
Hey Prole, which Gamestop was this?

Also: I had a scary pierced EB manager send me really creepy messages through okCupid. Mental note: next time don't say you work in the game industry
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 27, 2010, 03:08:26 AM
bellevue crossroads gamestop. hey, if yer ever in the microsoft area, we should have lunch!
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: bork on February 27, 2010, 03:13:21 AM
Moved if only so that more people will see this thread. 
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Ichirou on February 27, 2010, 03:14:23 AM
The idea of going into a Gamestop disgusts me so much.  I do all my video game shopping online.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: bork on February 27, 2010, 03:23:40 AM
The idea of going into a Gamestop disgusts me so much.  I do all my video game shopping online.

It has pretty much gotten to the point where there really is no reason to go to Gamestop anymore, although I do still go from time to time since one is less than five minutes down the road, and the current staff just sell me what I want without any dumb shit.  When there are annoying clerks in stores, I stop going to them for a while.  Customers, well...can't do anything about that.  Gotta say, living in Japan spoils you.  Game stores are always nice and clean, nobody bothers you and the service is really fast.

It's nowhere near as good as Prole's story, but here's what happened a week ago:

We were at the Mall of Georgia. I see there's a Gamestop there and while waiting for my wife to finish up lunch, I check to see if they have the game on my iPhone. It says they have it in stock. So we go into the store and I see one clerk busting her ass helping everyone, and the other talking to a girl that used to work there but quit/was fired/whatever and seems to just hang out there anyway. Yeah. This clerk finally decides to stop chatting and helping people, and I get him when it's my turn in line.

Me: Do you have Dynasty Warriors Strike Force on PS3?
Clerk: Strike Force? Never heard of that. We have Dynasty Warriors Gundam...
Former Clerk: Check the computer under new listings. It probably just came out.
Me: Yeah, it did.
Clerk: No, sorry. I don't see anything. Are you sure it's out?
Me: Yeah, it's definitely out.
Clerk: Well, I've never heard of it and I can't even find a listing for it.
Me: You guys have it for 360.
Clerk: I don't think we do.
Me: The box is over there.
Clerk: Show me where. (Note- all the games in the store are displayed in alphabetical order)
Me: Right here. Guess you don't have it on PS3.
Clerk: Oh. Yeah, I guess not. They must have not made it for PS3.

I thought about asking him to check behind the counter or in their new game case behind him, but I didn't want to waste any more of his time macking on the former employee, so after we left the mall I went and purchased it elsewhere.

Depends on the location. Sometimes there will be two stores in the same mall or within walking distance from one another, so the company will trick consumers into thinking they are separate stores with the different names. There was still a Babbage's in California before I left (because a GameStop was in the same mall).

The same Gamestop I go to used to be EB Games.  For a couple of years, they had two stores in the same mall, at opposite ends of each other.  Never saw that anywhere else.  The newer one (which closed) was never busy...I don't think people even knew it was there since the other location has been at that mall for forever.  Occasionally I'd go there to purchase games that the busier store was sold out of, and the one clerk that worked there would always be playing games from behind the counter.   :lol
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Ichirou on February 27, 2010, 03:30:32 AM
Back home, they have THREE stores in one mall.  Babbage's, EB, and EB Kids.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: bork on February 27, 2010, 03:30:49 AM
What's "EB Kids?"
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Ichirou on February 27, 2010, 03:34:38 AM
It's an Electronics Boutique but allegedly geared towards the younger set.  They seem to have the exact same stuff every other gamestop/EB does, though. ???
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: cool breeze on February 27, 2010, 03:36:50 AM
The EB Kids (for some reason I keep thinking it turned into an EBX eventually) at a mall I frequented had a lot of kid stuff.  Learning software for mac and PC, that leapfrog stuff, and other things of that sort.

Back home, they have THREE stores in one mall.  Babbage's, EB, and EB Kids.

oh yeah, babbages.  That was the other one.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: bork on February 27, 2010, 03:42:41 AM
Are there any Software Etc. and Waldensoftware stores still around?
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: ManaByte on February 27, 2010, 03:44:18 AM
The GS near me is evil with pushing preorders.

I was picking up ME2 and I had some store credit left over:

Manager: You have some credit left over so I'll go head and put that on God of War 3 for you.
Me: No thanks I don't have a PS3.
Manager: You sure that games going to be sick? How about MAG that's out real soon and is a shooter like Mass Effect?
Me: I don't have a PS3.

The guy went into a PS3 sales pitch before I was able to have him put the rest of my credit in a card.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: ManaByte on February 27, 2010, 03:45:20 AM
Are there any Software Etc. and Waldensoftware stores still around?

IIRC they were converted over to Babbages.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: cool breeze on February 27, 2010, 03:46:23 AM
Are there any Software Etc. and Waldensoftware stores still around?

I think every game store is now gamestop.  I remember before half were gamestop owned and half were electronic boutiques owned.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: ManaByte on February 27, 2010, 03:55:17 AM
Are there any Software Etc. and Waldensoftware stores still around?

I think every game store is now gamestop.  I remember before half were gamestop owned and half were electronic boutiques owned.

The way it was:

EB and Waldengames were one company.

Babbages, Software ETC, and Funcoland were another.

The two companies merged and became Gamestop.

I used to work at an EB before going to the Software Etc in the same mall and the competition between the two was vicious. I remember once UPS accidentally delivered Software ETCs shipment of NBA Live 96 to EB and the manager held it in the back room for a week just to fuck over the other store.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: ManaByte on February 27, 2010, 04:03:21 AM
I also remember the day I started at Software ETC because that day the manager, assistant manager, and third key were all dragged out of the store in handcuffs for theft leaving me as the only employee at that location. That store went through two more managers for the same reason before I finally got out of there and was helping to run the DMs store.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: bork on February 27, 2010, 04:29:32 AM
The best part was the chick pretending to get a phone call.  During my game shop days, one of the guys I worked with would use his cell to call the store (or vice-versa) when a particularly-annoying lady would come in and talk to him non-stop.  It was awesome; you'd never know he was having a conversation with himself.  Sometimes I'd go in the back room and call him too.  :lol  These types of people were also great for racing to see who could get out the door first to go on a food or drink run.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Ichirou on February 27, 2010, 04:44:01 AM
Worship the Willcock!!!
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: brawndolicious on February 27, 2010, 05:24:53 AM
Depends on the location. Sometimes there will be two stores in the same mall or within walking distance from one another, so the company will trick consumers into thinking they are separate stores with the different names. There was still a Babbage's in California before I left (because a GameStop was in the same mall).
The same Gamestop I go to used to be EB Games.  For a couple of years, they had two stores in the same mall, at opposite ends of each other.  Never saw that anywhere else.  The newer one (which closed) was never busy...I don't think people even knew it was there since the other location has been at that mall for forever.  Occasionally I'd go there to purchase games that the busier store was sold out of, and the one clerk that worked there would always be playing games from behind the counter.   :lol
In Westfield mall in San Jose, there was a gamestop on the second floor that was about 20 yards from an escalator.  At the bottom of that escalator, there was an eb games about 20 yards in the same direction (they were essentially on top of each other).  yeah, I think that whole situation lasted about a year after the merger.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: bork on February 27, 2010, 05:57:41 AM
What I was talking about was that there two EB Games stores.  No differences in the names or anything.  I heard it was due to some loophole where the mall only allowed two video games stores maximum, but didn't say that they couldn't be the same, so after the Babbage's there closed, they rushed to open up another store to block Gamestop from coming in.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: The Fake Shemp on February 27, 2010, 08:18:50 AM
There was a mall in Hayward that had a Funcoland and EB Games in the same mall, and right outside across the parking lot (still within the confines of the "mall") was a GameStop. Then literally two blocks away was another GameStop.

And during the holidays, they opened a GameStop kiosk inside the middle of the mall.

I imagine we'll look back at that kind of expansion as one of the reasons the company is dead, along with the fact that most consumers buy their games digitally.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Kestastrophe on February 27, 2010, 10:07:12 AM
I love the creepy stories of incidental ( ;)) brushes with fleshy female parts and Will's stories of exploitive hiring practices

You're right tho. The gamestop in Grand Rapids had this smokin hot tatted up girl and was the busiest one I've seen, at least when I lived there. In contrast, the local store here is full of dicks and there's never more than a handful of peeps

[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-EN8dpAvBw[/youtube]
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: The Fake Shemp on February 27, 2010, 10:11:54 AM
 :lol

One manager hired a bunch of his Magic tourney buddies and his store was always empty, save for some really skeevy-looking dudes. He asked me for advice, and I had to tell him that not only was his store a sausage factory, but it was mouth breather central - thus scaring anyone away with the slightest sense of worth.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Don Flamenco on February 27, 2010, 10:31:52 AM
I had a female gamestop clerk beg me for pre-orders once...I still remember her because she's one of the ugliest people I've seen in my life, which probably had some effect on her quotas :lol   All this business about girl clerks is funny though...the busiest stores I've lived around all had at least one decent looking chick.  They're usually pretty self-confident and deal with shmucks all day, so it's fun to catch them off guard by flirting with them well. 


My favorite gamestop character is the guy who gets too excited when a girl asks him about a game, so he goes into way too much detail explaining it to her, thus revealing his complete inner nerd.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: The Fake Shemp on February 27, 2010, 10:39:31 AM
I've seen that happen a lot. It's embarrassing to see a grown man know so much about Pokemon. :lol
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Bloodwake on February 27, 2010, 11:08:34 AM
My worst GameStop story: your typical supergeek came into the store one day so excited about Fable II that he decided to spoil the entire game for me during work

The worst part: HE WORKED THERE AND KNEW I WAS PLAYING THE FUCKING GAME.

 :maf

Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Don Flamenco on February 27, 2010, 11:24:02 AM
I've seen that happen a lot. It's embarrassing to see a grown man know so much about Pokemon. :lol


or they go completely overboard...like "no, you shouldn't get your 5 year old son Disney Basketball, it's just licensed shovelware made by unknown devs.  If he wants to have fun, get him the Steel Batallion kit, which comes with a huge controller that's like the cockpit of a real bipedal mech!" 

these are the same kinds of people who build super rigs that can run crysis maxed at 60fps with led mods and alien head stickers when their grandma asks them to build an AOL machine. 
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Kestastrophe on February 27, 2010, 11:29:34 AM
My worst GameStop story: your typical supergeek came into the store one day so excited about Fable II that he decided to spoil the entire game for me during work

The worst part: HE WORKED THERE AND KNEW I WAS PLAYING THE FUCKING GAME.

>implying Fable 2 is a game and that it had a story worth spoiling

:teehee

Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Don Flamenco on February 27, 2010, 02:15:39 PM
My worst GameStop story: your typical supergeek came into the store one day so excited about Fable II that he decided to spoil the entire game for me during work

The worst part: HE WORKED THERE AND KNEW I WAS PLAYING THE FUCKING GAME.

>implying Fable 2 is a game and that it had a story worth spoiling

:teehee




press left on d-pad to be evil
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Brehvolution on February 27, 2010, 02:38:19 PM
On Thursday, the gamestop dude wanted me to justify moving my pre-order of Bad Company 2 to GOW3. I ignored him and got Red Faction off the shelf, checked my receipt that the move was made, and left without saying another word.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: The Fake Shemp on February 27, 2010, 02:44:09 PM
I am with that clerk. So disappointed in you. :wag
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Brehvolution on February 27, 2010, 02:50:05 PM
Sorry to let the Boresquad down.  :'(

Blame Sony and their amazing MLB franchise which releases the same day as BC2. I don't even watch MLB. Don't even have a favorite team. Road to the Show is like sticking your penis into the thumb hole of a freshly oiled catchers glove.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on February 28, 2010, 12:28:30 AM
This thread is making me wonder if I should've tried to hit on that adorably super-nerdy GS clerk who gave me an unsolicited (but not unwelcomed) disquisition on Sting games and SRPG tactics when I bought Knights in the Nightmare.  Now I'll spend the rest of the night moping and wondering what might have been.  Thanks a lot, Prole.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Mandark on February 28, 2010, 12:50:22 AM
According to cutting edge PUA research, you should have found a way to playfully assert your alpha-ness all in the context of SRPG's.  Maybe you can think of a way to do this for the next time.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Diunx on February 28, 2010, 01:02:10 AM
I was in the state during E305, the gamestops and eb games were like a real life current gaf gaming side, I couldn't spend more than 5 minutes without someone asking me if the graphics of killzone 2 would fit on a single dvd, luckily I had the "no hablo ingles" defense.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Mr. Gundam on February 28, 2010, 02:03:42 AM
bellevue crossroads gamestop. hey, if yer ever in the microsoft area, we should have lunch!

My mom used to work at Crossroads, so whenever I'd have lunch with her I'd hit up the Crossroads Gamestop, they always had great stuff in their used inventory.

I was at the International District Pink Gorilla the other day, and this dude who had to be in his mid-50s was rilfing through the old Turbo Grafix inventory and trying to impress the girl working with his knowledge of the system... I don't think he'd showered in a week. She looked really scared...  :(
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Kestastrophe on February 28, 2010, 10:59:29 AM
On Thursday, the gamestop dude wanted me to justify moving my pre-order of Bad Company 2 to GOW3. I ignored him and got Red Faction off the shelf, checked my receipt that the move was made, and left without saying another word.

 :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

The ProTM move would have been to trade-in MW2 towards BC2. smh
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 28, 2010, 11:51:50 AM
kesta: maf did just that!

and yeah, tvc is getting ripped these days. he coulda crushed that nerd's head between his forearm and bicep.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: The Fake Shemp on February 28, 2010, 11:54:51 AM
It's kind of scary to imagine TVC ripped.

... and a little erotic. :-*
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: The Fake Shemp on February 28, 2010, 05:30:44 PM
Post pics plz
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: BlueTsunami on February 28, 2010, 05:34:17 PM
TVC is going to the gym? Oh god, the mixture of intelligence, cynicism, dark humor and muscles will be too much for life.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: drew on February 28, 2010, 05:52:25 PM
So, I went to gamestop today and one of the clerks proceeded to hit on my mother saying shit like "If you want, I can give you my number and you can call and ask me about games". So I leaned over and said "Has dad talked about plans for your anniversary?" and he went in the back to check something and never came back.


I'll never be going to that store ever again!

if i was in your place i would have run a train on that mother fucker
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: etiolate on February 28, 2010, 07:39:34 PM
i wonder at what point does hiring tight jeaned hipster boys become financially beneficial in bringing in the female gaming crowd

I picture Gamestops looking like a lego smelly Urban Outfitters.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on February 28, 2010, 08:07:49 PM
I met a guy who was still rocking the hipster look pretty well in his early 30s or so, so maybe there's still time for me.  But I've got to exercise.
Title: Re: an agonizing gamestop moment episode 69: the lovelorn
Post by: tiesto on March 01, 2010, 09:46:52 AM
There was a mall in Hayward that had a Funcoland and EB Games in the same mall, and right outside across the parking lot (still within the confines of the "mall") was a GameStop. Then literally two blocks away was another GameStop.

And during the holidays, they opened a GameStop kiosk inside the middle of the mall.

I imagine we'll look back at that kind of expansion as one of the reasons the company is dead, along with the fact that most consumers buy their games digitally.

Right after the GS/EB merger, there were 4 GS stores in Roosevelt Field (largest mall on the island), and 3 in Smith Haven (which is where I live by, and probably the second largest), with a 4th store in a strip mall right next door. And it took them about a year or so to rectify this...

There was one cute GS employee I ran into at the Source mall a while back, she was a skinny Latina - She started talking to me all about games and stuff, then a few weeks later I returned and she actually remembered me. But that was when I was still too shy to ask for a # or something. Most of the GS I go to don't have any traditionally cute girls, mostly the nerdy tomboyish type (which is fine by me!) working there.