Jasoco said:
"Do you have any used PlayStations for sale?"
"Nope."
"Do you have any PlayStations for sale that are used?"
"Nope. You just asked that question."
"You don't understand. I want to buy a used PlayStation."
"I don't understand?"
:lol
That happens so much it's not even funny anymore.
Here's some routine crap I have to put up with:
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This happened THROUGHOUT the day today, give or take some of the customer comments: (I *wish* I were kidding about that, too)
"Do you guys have any new PS2s?"
No, we're sold out.
"I mean the small ones."
Nope, sorry, all gone.
"You know what I'm talking about, right? The NEW PS2."
Right. We're out of them.
"Do you know when you're going to get any more in stock?"
It's hard to say right now.
"I don't understand why I can't find one ANYWHERE?!?"
Well, it always gets this way at this time of year.
***blank stare from customer***
Uh...you know, it's the holiday season...they get really hard to find.
"WHERE CAN I GET ONE?"
Any place you can think of, they've been to already. You can't win. We've also been getting a lot of calls for the Nintendo DS, which my boss never did get, and today he asked me if I thought we could get away selling them for $180-$200. I told him I'm sure we could move them during the week before Xmas, so he'll be going to Costco, which has TONS of them in stock, and buying a bunch. :lol
One guy kept going back and forth with himself about getting a used system when I told him the slim model PS2s were all gone. I told him the one used system left would probably be gone by the end of the day.
"Well...maybe I'll just give him mine for now and buy a slim model for myself later. It's got that NEW INTERNET ADAPTOR IN IT, you know."
Speaking of the internet adaptor, a kid wanted one of the older PS2 this morning:
"Do you have the PS2 network adaptor."
Let me see...oh yeah, we've got plenty of them.
"What do you need to get online?"
Just broadband.
"I have DSL."
That's all you need then...you're good to go. You can't use AOL though.
"I have wireless DSL, is that okay?
Yes, DSL is fine.
"So my DSL will work?"
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Then there was a guy that came into the store acting kind of funny. He's walking weird, and pulls out an instruction manual for what I thought was an old grey PSX and tries to read the directions, asking for some part I've never heard of. He can't seem to pronounce anything correctly. My co-worker tells him we don't carry whatever it was he wanted, and the guy looks like he's about to cry, says "What do you mean you don't carry it?! I done bought my Playstation equipment here!!" and stomps out. Turns out the guy was totally drunk (I didn't smell the alcohol because I'm a bit stuffed up) and was asking for some VCR part.
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One of our stores closed down last week. I worked at that location at the end, and the most asking and most annoying question was ALWAYS:
"How come this store is closing?"
WHY DO YOU THINK, IDIOT? WHY DO STORES CLOSE? DURRRR. I would often get the blank expression response when I told them because it wasn't making any money.
So now that I'm back working at this other location, what kind of phone calls do I get?
"Hey man, I've been trying to call your Marietta store ALL DAY and no one is picking up! Is it closed??"
Uh yeah...it closed down.
"What?"
It's closed down.
"It's closed today?"
No, it's closed down for good.
"Permanently?"
Yeah.
"Why did it close? <----I swear to god I am not making this up!
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I am so damn glad that store is gone now. It was so DEAD there for months; everyone that worked there was bored out of their minds. The two idiot kids that the owner got to run it probably helped to run it into the ground. What I never understood was that they knew about these guys' activities for months and never did a thing about it. These guys would often close up the store and leave, have a large group of friends come in and "hang out," etc. I once found a sign under the counter that read "Back in 25 minutes." 25 FUCKING MINUTES?!? And where did the guy go? To the McDonald's two minutes down the street. If you're going to leave, that's one thing, but don't leave evidence like that.
But forget the employees. What I hated was Yu-Gi-Oh!. They had TOURNAMENTS on Saturdays, so I had to put up with obnoxious moron kids for hours as they took up all the walking space on the floor to play with their cards, littered, and generally stunk up the store. I have also never seen so many obese 10-15 year olds in my life. Some of them seemed devestated when the place closed since they came there every weekend for about two years. Some were freshmen in high school by the time the store closed; I told them now they could finally GET LIVES before it was too damn late. But a few of them actually showed up the last few weekends to "hang out" even though the tournaments were already stopped.
I have taken pics of these tournaments with my (crappy) camera phone and will probably upload them in their own thread sooner or later. I've also got pics of quite possibly the biggest loser that has EVER come into the store: A huge 300+ black man, fly completely unzipped, that spent a combined total of SEVEN HOURS in two of our stores looking at Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. Scary shit.
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My boss came in through the front door one Sunday and found the store empty. Turns out one of the newer kids hired was out back WASHING HIS CAR. The other kid that was supposed to be in "charge" had just left while still on the clock.
