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The one reason I keep away from retail is my low tolerance of punching people in the face for being wrong, but being adamant that they are right and that I am wrong. Many lives have been spared due to this decision.
If I had augments, it would be even worse.
If I had augments, it would be even worse.
Someone genuinely believed that a Zelda game was on the Xbox 360? I thought Zelda counted as common knowledge for gamers.
Oh man Extra Credits O:
I have to catch up with that. What's worse is when on launch day a parent would demand you to manifest Halo Reach for the Nintendo Wii... Yeah that was the longest hour my manager and I ever had >_>
I have to catch up with that. What's worse is when on launch day a parent would demand you to manifest Halo Reach for the Nintendo Wii... Yeah that was the longest hour my manager and I ever had >_>
You're confusing "gamers" with "people who buy and play games." Lots of folks who buy them are doing so as gifts for kids/husbands/friends, and couldn't tell you the first thing about them. And even people who play them don't know what goes on what system. Many first time purchasers are genuinely baffled that you can't play every game on every system. After all, if you buy a DVD, it'll play on any DVD player, so why should a game be any different? Blu-rays have helped with that a bit, thankfully; now the concept is a bit easier to explain.Vault Citizen said:
The average gaming consumer neither knows, nor cares, about most of the stuff we take utterly for granted.
hehe, gotta love it when Luke goes all mad table flipper on that customer.
That panel alone cracked me up xD
That panel alone cracked me up xD
You make an excellent point, Susan. I worked the register of my mall's GameStop a couple years ago and I had to deal with these kinds of people on a daily basis. It especially gets bad around the holidays because, as you said, people buy them as gifts and don't really know much about the different consoles or why some games are exclusives for each console. Even some gamers are clueless to the concept of exclusivity.Susan Arendt said:
Hell, I remember this one time when some dude came up to the register and asked if we sold Halo 3: ODST for the PS3. I told him no, of course, and said that Halo was an Xbox exclusive franchise. I then recommended both Unreal Tournament 3 and Killzone 2 because he seemed to just want a shooter fix. Fortunately, he was fine with the letdown, and he walked out with Unreal about two minutes later.
It really breaks my heart to see this in modern day society. Hopefully the ever-expanding medium of digital distribution can avert these types of issues.
That is a fair point, after working in retail (at a place that used to rival blockbuster) myself you'd think I'd know better.Susan Arendt said:
No. No they are not. The customer is wrong unless they prove themselves right, and all they're owed is a fair chance to prove themselves right.Leels said:
Technically, there was a Zelda game for 360: it just didn't star Link, took place on Earth, had crazy and messy Warhammer style designs, and was called Darksiders if I remember correctly.
Oh man, what I wouldn't give to make myself invisible at work... I'm surprised he'd ever turn that off.
I'm not at all surprised someone would ask for Zelda on the Xbox. I work in a craft store. I've had to explain how velcro works. Twice. I also got into an argument with a woman who'd gotten ahold of an ad early, and was arguing that it said 'on sale now' on the front, therefore everything should be on sale now. Yeah... people don't really surprise me anymore.
(And I was very happy to see yesterday's EC. Although I want to kick myself for not picking up on it being your art sooner.)
I'm not at all surprised someone would ask for Zelda on the Xbox. I work in a craft store. I've had to explain how velcro works. Twice. I also got into an argument with a woman who'd gotten ahold of an ad early, and was arguing that it said 'on sale now' on the front, therefore everything should be on sale now. Yeah... people don't really surprise me anymore.
(And I was very happy to see yesterday's EC. Although I want to kick myself for not picking up on it being your art sooner.)
Of course he needs to turn it off. That invisible skill drains your batteries fast and he needs at least one battery to do a take-down on that annoying customer.DuelLadyS said:
On-topic: I worked in retail in an Amusement Park years ago, and a lot of people that went there were freaking insane. Penny Arcade had a "Greater Internet F*ckwad Theory [http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19]" based upon people acting anonymous online, but I think people just act like dicks as they don't consider other viewpoints.
Zelda for Xbox? You could have sold him Darksiders, and he would have never known the difference.
It doesn't actually say 'online'. I think it's just as relevant because the fuckwad in question here feels anonymous to the shop assistant he's shouting at. If he was there with a friend he might just become normal again.Voltano said:Of course he needs to turn it off. That invisible skill drains your batteries fast and he needs at least one battery to do a take-down on that annoying customer.DuelLadyS said:
On-topic: I worked in retail in an Amusement Park years ago, and a lot of people that went there were freaking insane. Penny Arcade had a "Greater Internet F*ckwad Theory [http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19]" based upon people acting anonymous online, but I think people just act like dicks as they don't consider other viewpoints.
I think there's nothing wrong with not knowing what console a Zelda game is on though. A lot of people just aren't invested enough into gaming to know that sort of thing.
Getting angry at shop workers is bad though. Bad customer. Bad.