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A funny man at a game store
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famousmortimer
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Hazelhurst
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If you've got a smartphone, record of a video of him when he goes on a rant. Give him some ammunition like you're thinking about selling your 360.
I think my friend can upload one of the clips from today too. It was a video you just can't see anything so I'll Youtube it.
IdreamofHIME
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I've never come across such a person working at a games store. Infact quite a nice young man served me on Tuesday when I bought RE6.
He talked away about how RE4 was his favourite game of all time and although Sheva sucked, he also liked RE5. Just as he was bagging up he said he hoped RE6 would get good reviews....when I told him it was sitting at a 6 on metacritic he looked like I'd just told him he got cancer. Poor guy.
He talked away about how RE4 was his favourite game of all time and although Sheva sucked, he also liked RE5. Just as he was bagging up he said he hoped RE6 would get good reviews....when I told him it was sitting at a 6 on metacritic he looked like I'd just told him he got cancer. Poor guy.
Typographenia
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I think it's obvious he's actually a time traveler from 2006 and read the names of the games on the standees when he walked into the store before he began talking to you.
^^
My PC's sides are splitting. I gotta ask, though...
PS Vistas? As in Windows Vista? But he said Microsoft was partnered with SEGA to make the Dreamcast 360. Why would Microsoft then market an operating system to one of two main competitors, Sony? Perhaps because Microsoft never developed a handheld system to pair with the XBox? Or is SEGA prepping to launch the XBox Nomad in 2D (but they mean Dimensions-Squared 'cause it has double 3D)!? HOLY COW that man may have spoken the truth! Agent Mulder!
Don't listen to crazy people. Do your own research.
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Edit: woah do the i's look green to anyone else?
Mysterious Stranger
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Peter Moore completed his mission.
He has a Dreamcast 2 logo around his belly button.
Wow, so basically OP met... that guy.
Remember that guy? That guy, from your younger days, back on school, who went around telling people that Luigi was in Super Mario 64, that his dad worked at Nintendo and that he could achieve outrageous goals in video games?
The surprising thing here is to see confirmation that, apparently, the those guys in the world stay the same way beyond their school years.
Remember that guy? That guy, from your younger days, back on school, who went around telling people that Luigi was in Super Mario 64, that his dad worked at Nintendo and that he could achieve outrageous goals in video games?
The surprising thing here is to see confirmation that, apparently, the those guys in the world stay the same way beyond their school years.
natureboy46
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It wasn't this guy, was it?
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BlockheadBrown
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::snicker:: Thanks for sharing this.
Flame Lord
Member
You shouldn't mock him, he may be mentally challenged.
Reminds me of two of my customers. One of them is a slightly mentally challenged guy in his 40s, WHO TALKS LIKE THIS and gets right into your face and never stops even if you're busy with other customers. He used to come in and shout out all kinds of conspiracy theories about Sega and Nintendo. They were all true because he had been told by somebody on the internet. He was so obnoxious and had such a rank breath that I eventually started to run and hide every time he came in. It was intense! I hid behind aisles like a ninja as he searched for me on the other side just a meter away. After several times of this, he became so frustrated at not finding me in the store that he somehow found my home number and started to call me in the evenings. I took it a couple of times, unawares, but just stopped answering the phone at all after that, and eventually managed to convince him that I had moved to a new place with no phone line. I don't see him much nowadays, luckily. And when I do, I still run and hide.
The other customer was just as bad. In his 60s, with half his teeth missing, glasses held together with brown scotch tape, and the same damn anorak every day. He also has absolutely foul breath, and sometimes comes in to tell me about the special GameCube he has that can play DVDs and has a harddisk that he can download games to. Legally. Directly from Nintendo. He bought it on the internet, but always dances around the question when I ask him what its name is or where exactly he bought it. He probably has a secret source. I don't run and hide from this guy, though, because he sometimes actually buys something for his kids, of which he has a few.
I haven't heard too much weird stuff lately, though. Only thing is that quite a lot of moms believe that the 3DS will blind their children. And other people that get super angry because we sell COD, because those games turn people into killers.
The other customer was just as bad. In his 60s, with half his teeth missing, glasses held together with brown scotch tape, and the same damn anorak every day. He also has absolutely foul breath, and sometimes comes in to tell me about the special GameCube he has that can play DVDs and has a harddisk that he can download games to. Legally. Directly from Nintendo. He bought it on the internet, but always dances around the question when I ask him what its name is or where exactly he bought it. He probably has a secret source. I don't run and hide from this guy, though, because he sometimes actually buys something for his kids, of which he has a few.
I haven't heard too much weird stuff lately, though. Only thing is that quite a lot of moms believe that the 3DS will blind their children. And other people that get super angry because we sell COD, because those games turn people into killers.
ShinNL
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Don't get tangled now.
It is so fascinating to read stuff like this, conspiracy theories and junk. It's like, I couldn't even dream up that shit if I tried. My brain just doesn't bend that way.
It'd be interesting to read/see more wild stories from this guy, but don't let it degenerate into harassment because yeah he's probably got some neurological problem.
It'd be interesting to read/see more wild stories from this guy, but don't let it degenerate into harassment because yeah he's probably got some neurological problem.
hahahahaha ... great metaphor!
Goldrusher
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Instead of posting here, you should contact Sony and Nintendo about it.
john_trent11
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have you told parts of this story on GAF before? the first part especially sounds familiar.
ScreenSplitter
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Worth keeping in mind that guy doesn't represent every gaming staff member ever. He's just one idiot. Plenty of stupid customers in come looking for Mario Galaxy on the 360.
CadetMahoney
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When someone starts saying things like that to you OP it s probably because they think you're a gullible type and you won't call them out on their BS and even if you did it won't be in a confrontational manner.
this too.
this too.
Diablohead
Member
The bad thing here is that the OP listened to all that from the assistant, lol
Yeah... it's the only story I have :-(
Interesting, now I'm wondering if it is a GameCube development kit or a hacked Panasonic Q.
This is astounding.
This. It really sounds like the guy was disabled, you shouldn't make fun of him.
FunkyPajamas
Member
The only story I have of this type is when I saw a PS3 copy of Fallout 3 that said "forbidden to sale in the US" (I am not in the US). I asked the vendor why (maybe a regional thing), and he said "The game was banned in the US because it was too violent".
ShockingAlberto
Member
It sounds like you met Pramath.
OmegaTreeFish
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Game stores where I live always have at least one idiot in them.... hell they highered me when I was a kid.
When metal gear solid came out I asked it it was coming to PC and the guy said "this couldnt run on a PC". I laughed at him and explained why that was dumb and he just looked embarresed and didnt know what to say.... I prob should have just left it as is knowing it was BS but I was less subtle as a kid.
The other time was when I asked if a game was any good and he just went "I dont play computer games and laughed at me"...... OOOKKKKK. No wonder they didnt keep either of the 2 game stores in my town open when all the crap happened.
Having worked there 12 or so years ago I know that they often higher people who have no interest in games at all which is fine for temps in the busy periods but they shouldn't be on the shop floor helping people with questions.
I do remember one time when I spend about 20 mins helping a woman pick a dream cast game for her kid. I owned one so I could help her out and explained the difference in the 2 games she was choosing between. She thanked me and bought one of them (think it was crazy taxi.... cant remember). The boss had a go at me for spending to long with one customer. Was I just meant to tell her to leave me alone or something??? Either way he had to eat his own words because that woman called up the head office to complement me on taking the time to help her and he had to take it all back and congratulate me.
Felt pretty good.
We also had plenty of customers that came in and talked absolute drivel like the ones mentioned in here. Just have to deal with it and try not to let them get to attached to talking to you in particular.
When metal gear solid came out I asked it it was coming to PC and the guy said "this couldnt run on a PC". I laughed at him and explained why that was dumb and he just looked embarresed and didnt know what to say.... I prob should have just left it as is knowing it was BS but I was less subtle as a kid.
The other time was when I asked if a game was any good and he just went "I dont play computer games and laughed at me"...... OOOKKKKK. No wonder they didnt keep either of the 2 game stores in my town open when all the crap happened.
Having worked there 12 or so years ago I know that they often higher people who have no interest in games at all which is fine for temps in the busy periods but they shouldn't be on the shop floor helping people with questions.
I do remember one time when I spend about 20 mins helping a woman pick a dream cast game for her kid. I owned one so I could help her out and explained the difference in the 2 games she was choosing between. She thanked me and bought one of them (think it was crazy taxi.... cant remember). The boss had a go at me for spending to long with one customer. Was I just meant to tell her to leave me alone or something??? Either way he had to eat his own words because that woman called up the head office to complement me on taking the time to help her and he had to take it all back and congratulate me.
Felt pretty good.
We also had plenty of customers that came in and talked absolute drivel like the ones mentioned in here. Just have to deal with it and try not to let them get to attached to talking to you in particular.
The_Hitcher89
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Get your arse into the football thread
ThatStupidLion
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that is what we call a real life troll.
follow the money
Yeah.. I'm pretty sure this dude was making all of this up just to see how much nonsense he could get people to believe.
Ban Puncher
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black_vegeta
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I don't why, but I'm cracking up over this 1st reply.