Gamestop (or other Video Game Retailer) Stories of ...

[MercenaryCanary]

One really stupid thing that happened while I was at gamestop was these 5 or 6 year olds walk in and start talking like gangsters.They tried to buy the following games Pimp my Ride and GTA 3 San Andreas for the PC.They kept saying ***** and when they tried to buy GTA3 the cashier wouldn't let them.So the little kids call him a ***** (it gets incredibly annoying) and whines to his parents (who were out of earshot while the idiots were shouting profanity) that this man won't let them buy a video game.Well the parents walk up and ask why.So the cashier says "Two reasons.One is that the game is for Adults Only due to the Hot Coffee mod.Two is that your children seem to think its OK for them to call everyone in here a *****." then when the parents say he's lying he pulls out a tape recorder and plays it.What followed has to be the most confusing thing ever.The parents call him a racist (Both the cashier and the parents are the same color) pay him the money for the game and run out.

 

[SANAND]

The first Xbox, and this was a few months ago.

Yeah did you know this time last year it was worth 80?

Do remember, though. This is GameStop. They are highway robbery.

 

[Zera]

Damn, I take a couple month haitus and I miss topics like these(I'll never get my reputation back now). Well anyways despite being a former employee, I dont really have any interesting stories save one or too, but if ya wanna hear'em select one.

Robber aint going far
The Blackout
The game eating brothers
The Storm
The Halo release
The Stench of Death

oh and great stories from all of ya, I can relate

I'd like to hear "Robber aint going far"

This is probably my most interesting story of the bunch.
A bit unbelieveable too but its all the truth.

Well anyways it was just another day. A lady, around 18 came in just browsing around. While me and my friend didnt think it was related till later, she was actually surveying the area. So after she left, my friend had to go back and forth from the counter to the backroom so he left the door open for a while. Anyways I was putting stickers up when i heard a crash.

I look toward the right at the backroom door and see a man, along with my friend on the ground. At first i thought they tripped over each other until i saw that my friend was doing his best to get a hold on the other guy. During there struggle I saw the man drop a PS3, a PSP, and a copy of Halo 3. Apparently the guy went into our backroom in a split second and happen to get his hands on those items. As he was about to leave, my friend came in and said calmly (i saw the video)that he wasnt supposed to be here, it was then that he charged my friend and tryed to make a run for it.

Unfortunetly, my friend isnt taken down so easily, and he finally got a hold on the guy, for a sec at least. And I kid you not this was what i did next. I had the gall to walk to my friend on the ground and ask if i should call the police. He said with a smile and said yes. So while i was calling, the guy was through yet and began struggling again. As i was talking, he was dragging my friend along the wall and taking down everything (the damn ps2 wall, too). When the police was finally done taking to me, the attempted robber was at the door. Without thinking, i dropped the phone, ran and grabbed the guys legs

I startled him long enough that my pal finally got a good hold on the guy. He was pinned down and wasnt going anywhere. We were just outside at the door, with a bunch of people looking at us (of course). Then the guy started making excuses, since he wasnt escaping( even after he kicked me in the face). He said things like I need the money and that his kids are in his car. A pedestrain asked him which car theyre in, and the the attemted robber attemted to choke himself by pressing his neck against my friends arm. We held him down for about ten minutes for the police to finally come and take the guy away. We got back in and business continued like nothing happened, except my nose was hurting.

We watched the video later and had a good laugh at it. Unfortunetly the higher-ups saw this too and didnt laugh. Apparently, its not considered theft unless they left the store. So a week later, we got fired. But its alright we got better jobs now. It was quite a thrill ill say that much

 

[Aginor27]

I was at the EB near my house just browsing about, when a woman and her two kids came in. They ran over to the Xbox rack and began to look at the games.

Now these kids were probably about...9 and..11, and this is where it gets interesting.

The kids looked around for about a minute then saw what they wanted to buy.
The boy reached out his hand grasping the desired game. This was not just any ordinary game, this was the game that causes rants, the game that causes lawsuits.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

I began to silently chuckle to myself, knowing that the employees would have to go through the trouble of explaining to the lady what's in the game.

I decided to take it upon myself to save them the time.

"IS this what you want?" the mother asked her children
"YES" they replied in unison, almost impatiently.
"Is it a good game?" the mother asked, eyeing the case.
"YES" they replied again.
"Well is it violent?"
this is the kicker
"No" the children responded.

I decided to act. I walked over and said
"Sorry to cut in, but i couldn't help but overhearing you ask your children about the game."
"oh, alright" the woman said.
"I really hate to break it to you, but they're lying"
"Hmm? how so?"
"let me direct your eyes to the little white ESRB case, see that right there, do you mind reading it?"

The woman read the case, her eyes widening as she went through the list of content

"Oh my", she said, finishing the back of the case, "thank you for telling me"
"No problem" i assured her, watching her put the case back.\

As she turned to leave, the son kicked me in the shin, while the daughter just glared at me.
as the children began to walk i bent over, grasped their shoulders and whispered

"why not try pokemon, because i herd u liek mudkipz"
nah, just kidding about that previous line. instead i made a dick move and said "enjoy"

 

[Aginor27]

oh, i remembered this, didn't happen to me, but a friend saw it happen.

He was in some DVD/game store (like gamestop). where they keep the empty boxes on the shelf.

So anyways, some man and his two kids (again two) come in and start putting the empty cases in their jackets, thinking they're not getting caught.

then they walked out. my friend said to the employee "did you see what just happened?"
the employee looked at him and said "yeah, what a bunch of idiots.

 

[TheKbob]

oh, i remembered this, didn't happen to me, but a friend saw it happen.

He was in some DVD/game store (like gamestop). where they keep the empty boxes on the shelf.

So anyways, some man and his two kids (again two) come in and start putting the empty cases in their jackets, thinking they're not getting caught.

then they walked out. my friend said to the employee "did you see what just happened?"
the employee looked at him and said "yeah, what a bunch of idiots.

This is a very normal occurrence.

 

[Danny Ocean]

This isn't a game shop but it's a gamesworkshop story, so there's the link.
Anyway,
So I'm sitting in this GW messing around with greenstuff, giving other people's models random genatailia and the like, as you do. When the guy at the till gets into a rather heated conversation on the phone.
He slams the phone down and runs out of the store, and aobut 3 minutes later he comes back, holding another guy's weight for him (You know, helping him to run) and they run into the toilets.
I only saw one thing about the guy who he (I assume)went to fetch. His eye was hanging out of its socket, and his arm was almost cut in two at the elbow.
No joke.

 

[Jumplion]

When I went to my local Gamestop to get GTAIV I had to bring my sister for the obvious M17"+ rating.

When I bought it the employee said, "Please don't go out and kill civilians after you play this game" in a joking tone.

Obviously he was joking and I knew the difference between RL and the Video game, but it was still funny and I promised that I wouldn't let my dad yell at him

 

[Redtiebear]

All right, well, I don't really have a long story about a hilarious incident, but a long list of crap that builds up when you work at a GameStop:

First of all, I'm the only female employee there, and while I may be Asian (har, har for stereotypes), some guys still find it boggling and a rift in the space/time continuum has a occurred. Most guys either check me out, or ignore me entirely for assuming I know nothing about games.

For once instance, at my old store, this guy comes around Christmas, and I'm working the floor, and I ask him, "Excuse me sir, do you have any questions I can help you with?" and he gives me a fleeting look of disdain and says, "No, I think I actually know a little something about games," and tries to shrug me off. I play a warrior in WoW, so I'm not going to deal with his crap. >.> However, I also enjoy a paycheck, so I can't obviously stick a two-hander in his ass, can I? I think a little more threateningly on the edge than I had hope, I glared at him and said, "I don't know, maybe you'd have a question ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE IN INVENTORY, RIGHT?" And he's a touch startled and backed off a little, and was all, "U-uh....yeah...sorry." So I reply, "All right, if you have any questions...." ...And I believe I left it at that before I muttered for him to go fuck himself. I proceeded to pleasantly ask the couple close by, and well... They politely said they were fine. >.>

The lesson here is that girls who work at game stores will beat you if you suggest they know nothing about games.

Also, as previously stated in this thread, it's true, if you're a regular in a store and they like you, they'll totally hire you. Actually, I got hired at my first store not for being a regular, but because I smoked the Guitar Hero station right before asking for an app (this was back in the day of GH2, so it was a 97% on Beast and the Harlot on their demo). For a while, I didn't have a name when I was hired, other than "girl who smoked GH machine." Goes to show playing with a little plastic guitar pays off.

The Wii Fit causes a lot of problems.... When it first came out, we were dumb enough to keep our copies right behind the register so we could just hand out all 80 reserves, but then people who didn't reserve thought they were free game, so every time we said we were "sold out" (technically were), they yell at us, try to bribe us, yell at us some more, then storm out. It's great 'cause they were all old people. "Kids these days..."

Speaking of old people, this old guy came in asking for a "W-eye-eye."

........*blinks*

- I'm the only person in my store who can talk to anyone about Pokemon, so I handle all the questions about free pokemon promos, and calls talking about faulty Action Replay accessories.

- I should get a raise 'cause my store always hires an artist employee, and I'm the only one left. Time to monopolize.

- I love when hot chicks come in and lean over the counter. It's great 'cause they never suspect me. It's okay, 'cause I let my boyfriend do it, too. > XD

All right, now keep throwing out the stories. >.>

 

[TheKbob]

Female at a Gamestop? Pics or it di*ducks*

XD

Our manager is a girl, but she openly admits she doesn't know much about games, that's why she has "Her Boys". We may be getting a female on staff soon, though.

Gamestop is a male dominated store, but it's a bit balanced with us because our store is right next to the shoe store. Now I don't want to be seen as some sort of chauvinist ass or anything, but the common occurrence of the boyfriend/little brother/husband being in our store because the girlfriend/mom/sister/wife is in the shoe store browsing. Then the female always walks in and we ask to help her and she says "I'm here to claim my X" and then drags out said male, most of the time begrudgingly.

We used to mess with each other (girls at the shoe store, guys at Gamestop) too, but then they got a new mean, bitter old lady as their manager. That killed our fun. The cool goth chick left, too. That was always a blast. She was the one who wasn't afraid to say ... "Explicit" things to your face and while I knew what she was like from working in the restaurant business for longer than I would like to admit, seeing my very nerdy co-workers talk to her with utter fear in their eyes when she says stuff is the best sight.

 

[dekkarax]

I've spent a sizable part of my afternoon reading these stories, they are quite enjoyable.

But I think I can top you on your "little DS that could" story kbob; I know someone who found a PS2 in a river and it still worked.

 

[SANAND]

I had a friend that left a gamecube memory card in his backyard pool all winter, then in the spring found it again, cleaned it off, and still had all of his data.

 

[AntiAntagonist]

Robber aint going far
The Blackout
The game eating brothers
The Storm
The Halo release
The Stench of Death

I'm surprised that they let you go over that.

Oh well now you can profit some good times for us by sharing the rest of your stories. ;D

 

[SecretTacoNinja]

The only story I have is about my local GameStop not too long ago.. I am on pretty good terms if not actually friends with most of the employees there and especially the manager whom I sort of watched go from lowly register dude when it was an EB up to the manager now. I was in and talking to one of the other guys who was fixing a display while waiting in line with my 'new' purchase of Pokemon Diamond (finally). The kid behind me looked like the kind of ass I would normally chalk up to giving me one more day to live * : complete with ICP t-shirt, ultra baggy jeans with tons of chains, and a serious F! you look for all that he as 14 at best. When I told the G.S. guy what I was buying and he started to tell me a little about it (having already logged some serious time) the kid behind me started in with 'are you F!ing serious? Old dudes playing a F!ing kids game? How F!ing lame are you?'there was a whole lot more that followed. I started to turn around to teach this punk that it's not really the best idea to poke fun at a 270 lb former MMA/Kickboxer (I wouldn't have hurt him.. just scared him a little..)when the manager asked him to come up to the counter.. where he took the box from the kid, put it under the counter, then went off on the kid for at least 15 min about being a rude little ass, an idiot, and how his parents should have beat him more. The best part is that he was in to buy GTA IV (right about the time it came out) without his parents. After the manager had really reached a high point in reaming the kid out, in walks mom with some starbucks from next door. She gets all mad until we tell her about the kid, the manager tells her what the kid was trying to buy and she gets pissed and snatches him up giving him hell all the way to their car.
We laughed, then went back to talking Pokemon like the well adjusted adults we are.

What a fun story ^_^

 

[OnlyWonderBoy]

I was at the EB near my house just browsing about, when a woman and her two kids came in. They ran over to the Xbox rack and began to look at the games.

Now these kids were probably about...9 and..11, and this is where it gets interesting.

The kids looked around for about a minute then saw what they wanted to buy.
The boy reached out his hand grasping the desired game. This was not just any ordinary game, this was the game that causes rants, the game that causes lawsuits.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

I began to silently chuckle to myself, knowing that the employees would have to go through the trouble of explaining to the lady what's in the game.

I decided to take it upon myself to save them the time.

"IS this what you want?" the mother asked her children
"YES" they replied in unison, almost impatiently.
"Is it a good game?" the mother asked, eyeing the case.
"YES" they replied again.
"Well is it violent?"
this is the kicker
"No" the children responded.

I decided to act. I walked over and said
"Sorry to cut in, but i couldn't help but overhearing you ask your children about the game."
"oh, alright" the woman said.
"I really hate to break it to you, but they're lying"
"Hmm? how so?"
"let me direct your eyes to the little white ESRB case, see that right there, do you mind reading it?"

The woman read the case, her eyes widening as she went through the list of content

"Oh my", she said, finishing the back of the case, "thank you for telling me"
"No problem" i assured her, watching her put the case back.\

As she turned to leave, the son kicked me in the shin, while the daughter just glared at me.
as the children began to walk i bent over, grasped their shoulders and whispered

"why not try pokemon, because i herd u liek mudkipz"
nah, just kidding about that previous line. instead i made a dick move and said "enjoy"

Haha shame you didn't actually say thay last part. Closest thing I have to a story is going to like 3 or 4 Gamestops (including one in NYC while on a school trip) and asking if they had Eternal Darkness for the Gamecube. Each time without missing a beat or having to look it up it was a resounding no.

 

[Handofpwn]

Just a quick note, support your local mom and pop game stores, they give you the best service and the best prices. I personally refuse to buy my games anywhere else (unless I'm really dieing to play a game, and even then i wait a week or two to hope it comes in.). My local game store guy gave me discounts because it was my birthday, even just because i was short a dollar or so.

Edit: Don't get me wrong, I don't mind the chains, sometimes they are just where you need to go, but overall, i like the small buisness game stores.

Edit of an edit: Just read through the rest of his stories (up to page two), I have a new respect for gamestop employees.

Edit number three: I was just in my local gamestore today, and this woman came in, she was livid. She had left two pokemon games with the owner to see if he could fix them 9battery burnt out or something), she left them there for FIFTEEN months! she comes in yelling about theft and demanding to see the manager, who was not in that day. So the guy working the counter calls the manager, and apparently the manager starts saying the lady is a *****, and whatnot. So he finds the games, and there is a note from a few months back saying that even though they couldnt be fixed, she would have to pay five bucks because that is the standard charge for checking out faulty equipment. She starts yelling about not paying five dollars for something she already owns, grabs the games and runs out... Right before the manager (one of the nicest people I know, by the way) tells the guy working the counter she doesnt need to pay the five dollars because they didnt call her. As this all happened, i was playing MGS4 (I'm a regular and the staff let me mooch of their games and systems every once in a while) and me and this other person in the store just roll our eyes at each other and try not to laugh.

 

[Helljumper NX]

OK, so im new here since i basically made this account to tell this story.

So, my local Gamecrazy (sort of like a smaller Gamestop) has some pretty cool people there, and ive been there enough that they dont really ask my last name anymore for my account or anything like that. So i walk in one day and probably one of my favorite employees is working alone that day, John. so i walk up (upholding the fact that i "am the only person who treats them like human beings") ask him whats up. he says he's just cleaning up the glass cases around the store. i ask if i can help, and he tells me no because he doesnt want to get into some Child Labor laws or something (im only 14). i tell him he's paranoid and help him anyway.

I wasnt really planning on sticking around that much but my dad found a copy of Pac-Man playing on the gamecube or something and immediately left Earth. so i start talking to John and ask him how life is. he says " Who, Me?" and i reply with "No, im talking to my dad who's totally paying attention right now" in a sarcastic tone. he give me that "Your an Idiot look". thats look also makes him state, "you know i cant legally insult you with your dad standing there?" im thinking "WTF?"

anyways, after about 10 minutes of talking (i probably spent about an hour there, after the store closed XD) i asked him what exactly was in the back room, since i had never seen anybody go in and out of it. he told me that in the back room......was Narnia....I'm not kidding...Narnia. so he walked into the back room for a few second and come back (looking completely stoned BTW) and i asked him if he saved Narnia. he told me no, that he just watched it all go to hell....i laughed so hard....and then threw a game case at him for being an idiot, which he laughed since he knew i was right.

Hope you all liked that one, i sure did

 

[RobotoWorks]

First off, I'd like to start by saying thanks for all these stories, you guys have literally provided me with hours of entertainment (Hey, I'm a slow reader . Keep on posting, because I can't wait to keep on reading!

So I've got a story for you all, and it's titled, quite simply
That Idiot GameStop Hired

This all happened around the release of the Psp Slim, September 10th, '07 to be exact. My birthday was 4 days away, and I had a bunch of money saved up from the summer, hoping to buy myself a birthday present, from me, to me.

As I enter GameStop, I notice it's pretty quiet, a bit unusual I thought, considering it was the release day for the Slim. As I proceed to the counter, I skim though my wallet, to make sure I have enough (I actually had more than enough).

Finally I got to the counter, and our conversation proceeded as follows:
(Keep in mind that behind him, were about 10 Silver, Daxter Bundled Slims)

Me: Hi, I'm looking to buy a Slim, I heard it came out today
GameStop Idiot: Uh..you'll have to wait until October to get it...
Me: Why?
GameStop Idiot: It's been pushed back..
Me: You sure about that? I see a bunch of them right behind you (I point at the stack of Slims)
GameStop Idiot: Uh..no, those are the old PSP's..
Me: I'm pretty sure those aren't, they match the exact description of the new Slims..
GameStop Idiot Well if you're so sure about that, why don't you go ask Best Buy..?

At this time I leave the store, trying my best to keep my cool.
I go to Best Buy, tell them about the idiot at GameStop, and ask where I can get a Slim. They laugh and direct me to case in which they were held.

20 minutes later, I walk back into GameStop, shove the PSP in that idiot's face, and say
"Pushed back my ***, you just lost a sale!"

He looks at me with a blank stare, and I leave with a look of triumph on my face.