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[Mardil]

OHH wait guys I remember another story, my friend who works in telemarketing for this Internet company got a call from a really angry woman... we're talking REALLY pissed off... so she's shouting "I wanna cancel my Internet this damn second" and then my friend asks... "fine lady... for what reason?"... and then she shouts: "BECAUSE I DONT WANT MY KIDS TO BECOME SICK"!!. Then my friend was thinking something like... wow maybe she found her kids looking at porn or something... but NO!!! It turned out that Norton was telling her her computer had a virus and she didn't want it to infect her kids. Amazing, really.

 

[panda21]

please please open the wii and post pictures :lol

i reckon if you can get in there and get them out it ought to work again

 

[Hy_]

I had a friend in High School who would also always make up stories. One of them was about how his dad's friend buried a U-haul full of marijuana in his back yard because the cops were after him.

 

[nickcv]

i've got one which is not videogame-related.
I'm working as sysadmin in a not too big organization, and recently a lot hdd were dying.
one month and 6 hdd later we found out that one of the girls who just got hired was used to turn off the electric control panel every time she left the room, of course with every computer inside still turned on.
when i pointed it out to her she still didn't get what was the problem about it.

anyway, you guys check this out, it's hilarious:
http://www.soft-land.org/storie/04/story07 (the website should display the story in english according to your browser settings)

 

[Mardil]

i've got one which is not videogame-related.
I'm working as sysadmin in a not too big organization, and recently a lot hdd were dying.
one month and 6 hdd later we found out that one of the girls who just got hired was used to turn off the electric control panel every time she left the room, of course with every computer inside still turned on.
when i pointed it out to her she still didn't get what was the problem about it.

anyway, you guys check this out, it's hilarious:
http://www.soft-land.org/storie/04/story07 (the website should display the story in english according to your browser settings)

I'm getting it in Portuguese

 

[Tntnnbltn]

I'm getting it in Portuguese

This, in Firefox and Internet Explorer, with En-US, En-GB and En-AU as preferred languages.

Edit: Well I assumed it was Portuguese. Google Translate seems to have done an alright job with Italian --> English.

 

[HUELEN10]

I had a friend in High School who would also always make up stories. One of them was about how his dad's friend buried a U-haul full of marijuana in his back yard because the cops were after him.

And WHAT does this have to do with this thread?

 

[ElFly]

So I just rechecked the ridiciulous Wii warning manuel but there is nothing like this in there. So even the over cautious Nintendo, the ones who were worried people would try and stick 4 leaf clovers into the Wii, didn't even comprehend someone sticking credit cards into the disk slot. Bravo lady, bravo.

You realize that most of these warnings must be because someone in japan already did these stupid things, like putting clovers in a Nintendo console?

 

[HUELEN10]

You realize that most of these warnings must be because someone in japan already did these stupid things, like putting clovers in a Nintendo console?

I bet the next slot-loading Ninty console has a credit card warning now! :lol

I can't wait to try to un-fuck up the Wii. The husband told me that he won't let me open it, because if he can remove the cards, he wants Ninty to fix it for free. Again that is his call, not mine. How do you remove cards though? I am thinking of using pliers, the straw from a compressed air can, compressed air itself, and gravity.

How would you go about it?

 

[nickcv]

I'm getting it in Portuguese

it's italian
anyway that's what the webmaster wrote on the homepage:
If you are seeing this in Italians but you would rather see it in ENGLISH, configure your browser to request ENGLISH pages.

 

[maladroid]

My mum went shopping with my sister today, and there was this buy 2 Blu-rays, get 1 free deal at some store. My sister was saying she wanted to get a couple of movies but they ended up not getting anything, so I asked my mum what happened. She said she couldn't find enough movies that were "PLAYSTATION 3 compatible".

Also, when I got a GBA for my birthday, I thought it was broken for about the first five minutes because it wouldn't turn on. I felt the back get warmer and warmer and then I realised that I had the batteries on the wrong way.

 

[HUELEN10]

it's italian
anyway that's what the webmaster wrote on the homepage:
If you are seeing this in Italians but you would rather see it in ENGLISH, configure your browser to request ENGLISH pages.

Fuck that, why not just paste the text here?

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

And WHAT does this have to do with this thread?

Really? Can't find any correlation huh?

 

[panda21]

try pouring some diet coke in it

the fizz should push the cards up and out

 

[KevinCow]

Age of 11 or 12 when my mom got me my first computer, a C64. I was reading the instruction manual on how to get games to play. Instruction manual said to type 'LOAD "*",8,1' to load the game which I managed to do, and to run the game, the manual said to type in 'RUN'. The C64 had a key with RUN/STOP written on it... took me a few good hours and many phone calls to relatives before I figured out that had I had to actually type in RUN.

I did something similar to this when I was little. My dad brought home our first PC, and showed me how to use it, that you had to type "win" to get into Windows. So I typed "lose" and it said "Bad command or file name," and I thought, "Wow, the computer even knows that losing is bad!"

 

[Cowie]

I'm afraid to try it, but would the slot loader actually accept a credit card and pull it in?

 

[TJ Spyke]

My mum went shopping with my sister today, and there was this buy 2 Blu-rays, get 1 free deal at some store. My sister was saying she wanted to get a couple of movies but they ended up not getting anything, so I asked my mum what happened. She said she couldn't find enough movies that were "PLAYSTATION 3 compatible".

I can understand the confusion for some people. Some companies decide to put those stickers on their Blu-ray Disc movies that say "Compatible with PlayStation 3" while others don't. So some people may think only those with the sticker will work on their PS3.

 

[Gagaman]

I remember doing something particularly stupid as a kid when I first got a Sega Saturn. A school friend of mine told me he heard somewhere that it could run Mega CD games, so I for some reason decided to give it a try and afterwards it couldn't run anything at all. Good thing it was bought in Currys with a warranty, then. :lol

 

[Clockwork]

I remember doing something particularly stupid as a kid when I first got a Sega Saturn. A school friend of mine told me he heard somewhere that it could run Mega CD games, so I for some reason decided to give it a try and afterwards it couldn't run anything at all. Good thing it was bought in Currys with a warranty, then. :lol

Except Mega CD/Sega CD games wouldn't ruin the Saturn if you did that.

IIRC it would bring up the audio player.

 

[Keyser Soze]

I'm afraid to try it, but would the slot loader actually accept a credit card and pull it in?

I just tried, and yes it does

How do I get the card out now guys? Please halp!

 

[HUELEN10]

I Yes just tried, and yes it does

How do I get the card out now guys? Please halp!

Are you serious?
WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!?!?!
I just told you a tale of a dumb woman who did that, and now you are trying it for yourself? DAMMIT!

 

[Nemo]

I'm afraid to try it, but would the slot loader actually accept a credit card and pull it in?

Totally what I was going to ask. That would be even better if it actually pulled in all 3 cards :lol

Hope you get detaild pics tomorrow!

 

[Pachinko]

The ops story sounds almost too absurd to believe. The best I've got isn't really stupidity just laziness in the form of using old connections. Hell even I've plugged the wrong cord in occasionally.

Wow though at the credit card thing, it just sounds so fucking dumb yet on the same line of thinking entirely plausible.

Hopefully the OP can help this dumb bitches husband to remove the credit cards, the main problem is that the wii uses a slot drive and those cards my be heartily trapped within stick amongst each other, all it would take is one of them to be at an odd angle and it's hardly easy to stick something in there to get 'em out. If you don't mind voiding your warrenty you could attempt to take it apart yourself or bring it to a more local repair place.

 

[Drkirby]

May sound crazy, but really, just try pushing the eject button to get the cards out. My little brother stuck a card in my Wii once, and all I had to do was push the eject button to get it out. Don't know if it will work with 3 card though, and its worth a try.

Oh, and before doing anything else, make sure the metal bar to prevents the disk from coming out while the system is on isn't engaged. Can't really get the cards out if a metal bar is keeping them in.

 

[Zaphyr]

I just tried, and yes it does

How do I get the card out now guys? Please halp!

:lol

 

[Gagaman]

Except Mega CD/Sega CD games wouldn't ruin the Saturn if you did that.

IIRC it would bring up the audio player.

That's what it did, but for some reason it stopped running Saturn games after that. My memory of it is a little fuzzy but I do remember that it had to be replaced. *shrug*

 

[Azure J]

HUELEN, I gotta say that tag made me burst out in laughter when I saw your post in another thread. good job there. :lol

 

[Dacvak]

I've got a one:

This isn't as good as OP, but it's along the same line.

When I worked at GameStop, this customer (about 30-ish, white,

Spoiler

redneck

male) brought in his PS2 to trade in because it didn't work. After explaining to him that we wouldn't accept a broken PS2 for trade in credit, he asked if I could try and figure out what was wrong. He went back to his truck and brought it in, and he said the games would start, but he thinks the controller is broken. When he handed me the controller, I absolutely couldn't believe my eyes. The plug was from a PS2 cable... The controller? A 3rd-party Xbox controller. He LITERALLY cut the wires in half and attempted to splice them together to get an Xbox controller working on his PS2. Apparently his dog chewed up his PS2 controller, and when the "new PS2 controller" didn't have the right "plug in adapter," he thought he could just make his own. The best part was, he swore to me that he thought it worked fine for a little while, and for some reason didn't now. He genuinely thought the control problem was in his console. (After removing the electrical tape on the wire, I discovered no wires properly spliced, and literally just two snipped controller wires taped together. Guess he should have used duct tape instead.)


And a short bonus story:
A father (with his young son) came into GameStop pissed off, one day. He wanted to return a "defective Xbox 360 controller" because it was broken and didn't even come with the wire. It took me almost 15 minutes to explain to him that Microsoft made both WIRED and WIRELESS controllers.

 

[Jive Turkey]

I've got a one:

These stories make me kinda wish I had worked at GameStop at one point.

On second thought I probably would have gotten fired for laughing uncontrollably at the customers.

 

[AniHawk]

One of the reasons I wanted to work at Gamestop were for all the stupid/mean customers that would provide good stories looking back.

One time this kid came to trade in his PS2. It worked, but it made this funny sound when you moved it, like there was sand inside. So I turned it over so the fan was facing the counter and gently shook the machine. About six dead cockroaches fell out along with even more assorted "pieces" of cockroaches (legs, wings, that sort of thing).

 

[MNC]

I just tried, and yes it does

How do I get the card out now guys? Please halp!

Press the eject button!

 

[APZonerunner]

docsigma2000: jesus christ man
docsigma2000: my son is sooooooo dead
c8info: Why?
docsigma2000: hes been looking at internet web sites in fucking EUROPE
docsigma2000: HE IS SURFING LONG DISTANCE
docsigma2000: our fucking phone bill is gonna be nuts
c8info: Ooh, this is bad. Surfing long distance adds an extra $69.99 to your bill per hour.
docsigma2000: ...!!!!!! FUCK FUCK FUCK
docsigma2000: is there some plan we can sign up for???
docsigma2000: cuz theres some cool stuff in europe, but i dun wanna pauy that much
c8info: Sorry, no. There is no plan. you'll have to live with it.
docsigma2000: o well, i ccan live without europe intenet sites.
docsigma2000: but till i figure out how to block it hes sooooo dead
c8info: By the way, I'm from Europe, your chatting long distance.
** docsigma2000 has quit (Connection reset by peer)

<i8b4uUnderground> d-_-b
<BonyNoMore> how u make that inverted b?
<BonyNoMore> wait
<BonyNoMore> never mind

 

[Vilix]

I'm afraid to try it, but would the slot loader actually accept a credit card and pull it in?

Thank your lucky stars the OP wasn't about putting a loaded gun to your head, hmm?

 

[Gilgamesh]

Dad has a genny with tons of games.

Ugh.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Way back in 2001, a friend and I ended up at an import store that was letting people test out the BRAND NEW!!! GBA with all their fancy Japanese imported titles. And what do you think he and I rushed to test out? "Oh, Silent Hill on the GBA! We got to test that out!" We sat there for about 10 minutes clicking through all Japanese text before we realized that there was no gameplay. It was just a stinkin' playnovel.

Yeah, not technically a stupid owner story since we didn't own the Gameboy Advance yet. But I swear, you could have cut the disappoint in the air with a knife. We wasted our chance to test out all those unreleased JPN GBA titles on a Silent Hill novel we couldn't read.

 

[Ydahs]

One of the reasons I wanted to work at Gamestop were for all the stupid/mean customers that would provide good stories looking back.

One time this kid came to trade in his PS2. It worked, but it made this funny sound when you moved it, like there was sand inside. So I turned it over so the fan was facing the counter and gently shook the machine. About six dead cockroaches fell out along with even more assorted "pieces" of cockroaches (legs, wings, that sort of thing).

This is what scares me. My PS2 is second hand, but I won't dare check if there's anything (dead or alive) inside of it. I'm not sure how common it is, but it terrifies me nonetheless.

 

[Yoshichan]

So I've had the 60GB PS3 since launch and I recently got another one now for christmas (80GB). Now I plugged in everything and tried opening the thing where you put SD Cards and stuff:

and it wouldn't work... I tried for like 30 seconds before almost using raw power on it.

Then I checked Wiki and holy smokes did I get owned

 

[TJ Spyke]

So I've had the 60GB PS3 since launch and I recently got another one now for christmas (80GB). Now I plugged in everything and tried opening the thing where you put SD Cards and stuff:

and it wouldn't work... I tried for like 30 seconds before almost using raw power on it.

Then I checked Wiki and holy smokes did I get owned

I did the same thing at first.

As for the PS2/cockroach thing. I've seen that before, it's disgusting.

 

[jrricky]

A similar situation happened to me like the OP. I was working at Gamestop one day when a lady and her kid came in saying that their Wii wont accept games anymore.

So i took there Wii, hook it up, getting it ready for testing. I then took a disc from the drawer to test. I went on to try and push the disc in but it wouldnt go in. I then decided to hit the eject button to see if anything was in there. A disk was trying to slowly come out so I pulled it out. I went on to tell them that they already had a game in it and thats why it wouldnt work. I decided to test to see if the system still read games, so I began to push the game in and it wouldnt fully go in.

I pulled it out and hit the eject button again and slowly comes another disk out. It wasnt even a game that came out this time, it was a DVD lol. Before I put any game in to test I decided to see if anything else was left, then suddenly another game pops out of the little system. Luckily this was the last thing that was left in the poor system. Lucky for them too that the system still read games after.

I wanted to laugh but I held it in to not fully embarass them, and I could already see the embarrassment on the mothers face.:lol

 

[jrricky]

One of the reasons I wanted to work at Gamestop were for all the stupid/mean customers that would provide good stories looking back.

One time this kid came to trade in his PS2. It worked, but it made this funny sound when you moved it, like there was sand inside. So I turned it over so the fan was facing the counter and gently shook the machine. About six dead cockroaches fell out along with even more assorted "pieces" of cockroaches (legs, wings, that sort of thing).

LMAO

 

[flamesofchaos]

Technically you told her to put the card in, and not the numbers. :lol

Unbelivable! The not so tech-savvy people still thinks the computer is the screen only, and then you have the odd box on the floor.

You do realize there are PCs that have the moniter and all the computer chipsets in the monitor enclosure right. And there's also iMacs.

 

[UntoldDreams]

One time I was trying to teach this elderly lady about how to use a computer.

I told her that the computer mouse controlled the little ARROW on screen and to move the mouse up. She picked up the mouse and put it on the screen in an attempt to move the arrow.

Hahaha... I think we forget how computers aren't really all the intuitive for some people.

 

[Mr.Wuggles]

her committing such a ridiculously stupid act is one thing... but now it seems she's blaming YOU for her raging idiocy? and she's mad at YOU that the Wii is broken because she was that fucking stupid? fuck me, i hate the human race

 

[Guyver]

This isn't a game-related story, but it's very similar to this:

I used to work at Albertsons, a grocery store. We had those touch screen self checkouts that are popular in all the chains now. Well, people frequently tried to slap their cards on the touch screens rather than swiping them. And when I say frequently, I mean it; it was at the very least a weekly occurrence,and I worked there for over 2 years. I even saw one man once lay his $20 flat against the screen as though it would be absorbed.

Some people just do not understand technology.

I don't think they don't understand technology, but they are thinking WAY ahead of technology. haha I'm sure we'll one day see machines absorb money and card from the screen. :lol

 

[Cowie]

i demand updates! Both on whether or not you got the cards out, and whether or not the slot loader will eat credit cards. Surely someone wants to get a cheap wii troll out of it, right? You can even bust out lines like 'Dusted off my Wii for the first time since galaxy' and 'Most fun i've had with the damn thing' if it works! I just want to know =(

 

[Zoe]

I don't think they don't understand technology, but they are thinking WAY ahead of technology. haha I'm sure we'll one day see machines absorb money and card from the screen. :lol

In defense of the people using cards, the whole smart chip thing (or whatever it's called) is spreading. It's only a matter of time before it's widespread.

 

[Baconbitz]

Hovering your credit card over a screen isn't that far-fetched. RFID has been around in parts of Asia like Singapore and Hong Kong for more than a decade and people frequently swipe "universal" debit cards over a sensor to purchase tickets for transportation, food, etc.

What about the idiots in stores that actually use a pen to sign there names for credit cards?

 

[Guyver]

In defense of the people using cards, the whole smart chip thing (or whatever it's called) is spreading. It's only a matter of time before it's widespread.

Actually I have used something like this in Hong Kong, its great. You use it to pay for train/bus fares and even pay at McDonalds for your food.

(Not my hands)

 

[Baconbitz]

A similar situation happened to me like the OP. I was working at Gamestop one day when a lady and her kid came in saying that their Wii wont accept games anymore.

So i took there Wii, hook it up, getting it ready for testing. I then took a disc from the drawer to test. I went on to try and push the disc in but it wouldnt go in. I then decided to hit the eject button to see if anything was in there. A disk was trying to slowly come out so I pulled it out. I went on to tell them that they already had a game in it and thats why it wouldnt work. I decided to test to see if the system still read games, so I began to push the game in and it wouldnt fully go in.

I pulled it out and hit the eject button again and slowly comes another disk out. It wasnt even a game that came out this time, it was a DVD lol. Before I put any game in to test I decided to see if anything else was left, then suddenly another game pops out of the little system. Luckily this was the last thing that was left in the poor system. Lucky for them too that the system still read games after.

I wanted to laugh but I held it in to not fully embarass them, and I could already see the embarrassment on the mothers face.:lol

There are people that know enough about technology that don't need to read boxes or manuals and some that dont and those people need to know that they need to read the manual.

 

[ampere]

SHE PHYSICALLY PUT 3 CREDIT CARDS INTO THE DISC SLOT.
HOW STUPID DO YOU HAVE TO BE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

:lol :lol :lol I'm laughing but also having trouble believing it. There's just no way.

this thread needs pics of the DSi manual :lol :lol

edit:

So these are the type of people these are for :lol

Oh my god :lol

Can't top the OP, but one of the worst I've come across was a neighbor that feared using a PC because he thought that viruses actually caused the user to get physically ill.

How do people like this exist :lol :lol :lol