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Emaline:
Alternative title: A day in the life of a video game clerk.



I realize that this is kind blog posty, but I thought some of you might get a kick out of it. Some of you might enjoy knowing what some video game clerks go though daily.



The other day, this wonderfully hooiser^ couple came in. Complete with spandex stretch pants on the wife's sausagey legs, and a dirty Nascar cap on the husband. I am standing behind the counter and the man brings up a video game, PS1's GTA(the first one). Our conversation is as follows:

Nascar Man: (turning disc around, and repeatedly point to a picture, a screenshot from the game. Top down view)"Is this how it looks????"
Me: "Is that how the game looks? Yes."
Spandex wife: "Well, we ain't want that, honey."
Me: "The original GTAs all looked like that. It's how all the first few ones looked."
Man: "..."
Wife: "..."
Me: "Alright?"
Man: "Well it ain't alright!"
Me: "okay......"

I walked away at that point. There was obviously nothing I could do to help that man.

A while later, the beautiful couple moseys on up to the register. Immediately spotting the coupons we are utting in our bags, the wife dives over, and snatches one up with her little porky hands. My coworker spots this.

Coworker: Did you just take that coupon ff the counter?
Wife: No, ya'll gave it to me the last time I was here.

I don't think she conversed with her much after that. We had a long line, and only two of us were working. Sometimes, its just easier to not argue.

After my coworker rang them up, and I handed them their things(no, they didn't get GTA), and thanked them and wished them a nice day and all that typical nice stuff that store clerks tell you, the hillbilly couple starts to leave. But! Not before Nascar man mutters under his breath:

"Next time I come to Slackers*, I should wear earrings, so I can look like a Slacker."


I guess this was a comment about my piercings. You know, we let them use the damn stolen coupon, I was nice to them, I attempted to help them, and we probably even gave them more coupons. And all this dude can do is be a fucking douchebag. This is why I often hate my job.



^Hooiser is a local term that basically has the same meaning as hick, hillbilly, etc.
*Slackers is the company that I work for.

est:
Some people are just cunts, no matter what

clockworkjames:
I quit my job in electronics retail because most of my money started going to booze and weed notfor fun, but to get through the work day.

People are dicks. The people who are not dicks are awesome though.

Doug S. Machina:
At least the people I deal with (in a restaurant) are more confused than hostile.

The forum of Customers Suck! has many people who'll share your pain. Good comic strip too.

Jimmy the Squid:
I will never understand why people are horrible to sales staff. It honestly just doesn't make any sense to be mean to someone who is just doing their job, especially when that job is to help you out. On the other hand I was told that I am "the scum of the earth" and "the worst person in the world" today, so maybe I'm just interested in being nice to people today.

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