What was your greatest prank call? How did it go? What was said?
During my last suspension my boyfriend and I decided to torture a few helpless Gamestop employees and ask for thier favorite game: Battletoads.
I recorded a few series of calls to one
During my last suspension my boyfriend and I decided to torture a few helpless Gamestop employees and ask for thier favorite game: Battletoads.
I recorded a few series of calls to one
*dial tone*
-?-?-?-: Hello thank you for calling Gamestop! We can trade your games and save you money, my name is Roland how can I help you today
Susan: Uh, hello I'm calling because I hear you sell NES games. Is that true?
Roland: Yes ma'am, we do carry over 125 games for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Susan: That's brillaint, because my brother's birthday is coming up and he's really into older games and I'm really trying to find a good present for him.
Roland: Well ma'am I'm sure we have more than a few good games you can get him.
Susan: Alright that's good because he's really into the popular games and I have a list here let me *take a look* (ruffles paper near phone) here....*clears throat"....uh.... Double Dragon.
Roland: Let me seeeee *typing on keyboard*.............Yes we do have that in stock.
Susan: Excellent! And do you have Double Dragon II?
Roland: Yes we do have that in stock as well, we have one left.
Susan: Excellent, excellent! Now um...do you have the original Super Mario Bros.?
Roland: *types on keyboard*......... I'm sorry ma'am we just sold our last copy yesterday. We do have Super Mario Bros. 2 and 3.
Susan: Oookay...um.....how about the original Legend of Zelda?
Roland: I can tell you right now that we are out of that, but we do have Zelda 2.
Susan: Alright. Now he's written down another game here but It can't really read it that well...uh...Battletoads?
Roland: *types on keyboard*........Yes ma'am we do have that in stock and we're down to our last copy.
Susan: Okay now is that the version with over 9000 mudkipz?
Roland: I'm sorry say that again?
Susan: Or how about the version with the bear who likes children?
Roland: The...what that like...children?
Susan: Yes, the bear that likes children.
Roland: ............
Susan: Or how about the version with over 9000 bears that like mudkipz?
Roland: ....I'm sorry but-
Susan: Or how about the ver-
Roland: Tell your friends to stop calling our store. *hangs up*
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FOLLOW UP CALL (20 minutes later)
*dial tone*
Roland: Hello thank you for calling Gamestop! We can trade your games and save you money, my name is Roland how can I help you?
Michel: Uh yeah I'm looking for a game on the Wii.
Roland: And what's the name?
Michel: Battletoads.
Roland: Are you looking for the version with 9000 mudkids or the one with the bear that likes children?
Michel: Do you have the version with over 9000 bears that like mudkipz?
Roland: I'm sorry but some lady already called and reserved our last copy.
Michel: Alright man.
Roland: Stop calling our store. *hangs up*
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FOLLOW UP CALL (10 minutes later)
Roland: Hello thank you for calling Gamestop! We can trade your games and save you money, my name is Roland how
can I help you?
Michel: BAAATTLETOOOAAAA-
Roland: *hangs up*
-?-?-?-: Hello thank you for calling Gamestop! We can trade your games and save you money, my name is Roland how can I help you today
Susan: Uh, hello I'm calling because I hear you sell NES games. Is that true?
Roland: Yes ma'am, we do carry over 125 games for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Susan: That's brillaint, because my brother's birthday is coming up and he's really into older games and I'm really trying to find a good present for him.
Roland: Well ma'am I'm sure we have more than a few good games you can get him.
Susan: Alright that's good because he's really into the popular games and I have a list here let me *take a look* (ruffles paper near phone) here....*clears throat"....uh.... Double Dragon.
Roland: Let me seeeee *typing on keyboard*.............Yes we do have that in stock.
Susan: Excellent! And do you have Double Dragon II?
Roland: Yes we do have that in stock as well, we have one left.
Susan: Excellent, excellent! Now um...do you have the original Super Mario Bros.?
Roland: *types on keyboard*......... I'm sorry ma'am we just sold our last copy yesterday. We do have Super Mario Bros. 2 and 3.
Susan: Oookay...um.....how about the original Legend of Zelda?
Roland: I can tell you right now that we are out of that, but we do have Zelda 2.
Susan: Alright. Now he's written down another game here but It can't really read it that well...uh...Battletoads?
Roland: *types on keyboard*........Yes ma'am we do have that in stock and we're down to our last copy.
Susan: Okay now is that the version with over 9000 mudkipz?
Roland: I'm sorry say that again?
Susan: Or how about the version with the bear who likes children?
Roland: The...what that like...children?
Susan: Yes, the bear that likes children.
Roland: ............
Susan: Or how about the version with over 9000 bears that like mudkipz?
Roland: ....I'm sorry but-
Susan: Or how about the ver-
Roland: Tell your friends to stop calling our store. *hangs up*
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FOLLOW UP CALL (20 minutes later)
*dial tone*
Roland: Hello thank you for calling Gamestop! We can trade your games and save you money, my name is Roland how can I help you?
Michel: Uh yeah I'm looking for a game on the Wii.
Roland: And what's the name?
Michel: Battletoads.
Roland: Are you looking for the version with 9000 mudkids or the one with the bear that likes children?
Michel: Do you have the version with over 9000 bears that like mudkipz?
Roland: I'm sorry but some lady already called and reserved our last copy.
Michel: Alright man.
Roland: Stop calling our store. *hangs up*
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FOLLOW UP CALL (10 minutes later)
Roland: Hello thank you for calling Gamestop! We can trade your games and save you money, my name is Roland how
can I help you?
Michel: BAAATTLETOOOAAAA-
Roland: *hangs up*