The Stupidest Thing That Has Been Said When You Have Bought Something at a Games Store.

[Yukichin]

A lot of people seem to be complaining about game stores checking for IDs. A lot of stores have started doing that so they don't get in trouble legally for anything that may come up from selling a game to someone underaged.

That being said, my stupidest experience was when I preordered Halo Wars' limited edition. Somehow, the GameCrazy I went to didn't have enough copies despite my preordering it a few weeks in advance...

 

[Kinguendo]

After staying up and drinking all night at a party I went into town at 11am smelling of alcohol and looking as though I had been awake for a day... as I had been and I got ID'd for Oblivion Game of the Year Edition a rated 15 game!?!(I AM 6'4!) Being drunk I just said to the guy "Are you being serious? You're the the kinda guy that shits in his pants and blames someone else, aren't you?"... I got kicked out. Thankfully I looked slightly different to how I normally do so I managed to slip back in the next day and I got it! Happy ending, yay! XD

 

[DM.]

For those of you who are reading down this far, the secret to not being ID'd is to have a cane.

It's like it's instant respect.

Me: Hi I'd like to buy Madworld!
Male Clerk: Can I see some ID?
Me: No, I'm too busy limping to carry ID.
Male Clerk: Oh, I'm sorry I didn't notice, I'll ring this up for you, sir.

First time I have ever been called sir.

 

[Halfbreed13]

I was waiting at the counter for about ten minutes when the clerk finally came up and served me.
"Sorry, I saw you were a girl and though you were waiting for a male friend not to purchase something."

I almost strangled him. So.. fucking.. close.

You should have, but you receive a cookie anyway.
Its peanut butter ^.^

 

[Blow_Pop]

My boy had a problem when Deus Ex came out cause everyone thought he was asking for Deu Sex.....

Mine however was just the usual oh my god! a girl knows about videogames?

 

[Kinguendo]

For those of you who are reading down this far, the secret to not being ID'd is to have a cane.

It's like it's instant respect.

Me: Hi I'd like to buy Madworld!
Male Clerk: Can I see some ID?
Me: No, I'm too busy limping to carry ID.
Male Clerk: Oh, I'm sorry I didn't notice, I'll ring this up for you, sir.

First time I have ever been called sir.

Are you a woman? Cos' that could explain the "sir" thing, good sir. XD

 

[Amethyst Wind]

When I worked at the entertainment desk in my local store over Christmas.

Kid (about 7 or 8): *Puts copy of Gears of War 2 on the counter*
Me: I'm sorry, I can't sell this to you. It's only for people over 18.
Kid: But my mummy said I could have any game I want.
Me: Well, I'm really sorry, but you're not old enough.
Kid: *Takes game to his mother in clear view of me*
Mother: Yeah, I'll buy this please.
Me: Look, I know you're buying it for your son, so I'm not allowed to sell it to you.
Mother: No, it's for me, really.
Me: He just asked me to sell him the game, and I watched him ask you for it.
Mother: Just sell me the damn game.
Me: It's store policy. I'm not allowed to sell you this, or I could be fired, placed under investigation and possibly fined.
Mother: Fine. Fuck you.

She not only tried to buy an unsuitable game, she swore in front of him too. Parents these days.

Hmm, interesting. when i was only about 13 i wanted CoD the original, but the guy said i wasnt old enough, so i came back with my dad, and so we bought it and had no problems.

But im seriously tired of playing Gears 2 online with kids who are 8yrs old and from the UK and having to listen to them act like tough shit.

Oh yeah, British kids are absolute arseholes in recent years. When I was that old I wouldnt even think about bad mouthing a person a year older than me, now I am 19 and 6'4 and the little shits think they can take me? Where did that confidence come from? I think its all those E numbers and sugar being removed from everything, now instead of being hyper and happy they are kranky and pissed off... and they smoke... probably. XD

Not to mention that in the last decade or so we've had so much nanny-state legislation put into place that if you look at a kid the wrong way then you'll get sued for assault by 6 different people, including both the kid and yourself (everyone's unconscious' hate their conscious minds)

 

[Kinguendo]

When I worked at the entertainment desk in my local store over Christmas.

Kid (about 7 or 8): *Puts copy of Gears of War 2 on the counter*
Me: I'm sorry, I can't sell this to you. It's only for people over 18.
Kid: But my mummy said I could have any game I want.
Me: Well, I'm really sorry, but you're not old enough.
Kid: *Takes game to his mother in clear view of me*
Mother: Yeah, I'll buy this please.
Me: Look, I know you're buying it for your son, so I'm not allowed to sell it to you.
Mother: No, it's for me, really.
Me: He just asked me to sell him the game, and I watched him ask you for it.
Mother: Just sell me the damn game.
Me: It's store policy. I'm not allowed to sell you this, or I could be fired, placed under investigation and possibly fined.
Mother: Fine. Fuck you.

She not only tried to buy an unsuitable game, she swore in front of him too. Parents these days.

Hmm, interesting. when i was only about 13 i wanted CoD the original, but the guy said i wasnt old enough, so i came back with my dad, and so we bought it and had no problems.

But im seriously tired of playing Gears 2 online with kids who are 8yrs old and from the UK and having to listen to them act like tough shit.

Oh yeah, British kids are absolute arseholes in recent years. When I was that old I wouldnt even think about bad mouthing a person a year older than me, now I am 19 and 6'4 and the little shits think they can take me? Where did that confidence come from? I think its all those E numbers and sugar being removed from everything, now instead of being hyper and happy they are kranky and pissed off... and they smoke... probably. XD

Not to mention that in the last decade or so we've had so much nanny-state legislation put into place that if you look at a kid the wrong way then you'll get sued for assault by 6 different people, including both the kid and yourself (everyone's unconscious' hate their conscious minds)

Yeah! Not like back in our day when men were men like... Boy Zone and Backstreet boys... and N-SYNC and... AwWwW DAMN IT! The men from my "era" dont help the case at all... The Spice Girls were the most masculine role models we had to go on?!?

 

[ProfessorLayton]

People complaining about ID's: It's not that hard to pull out your wallet and prove to them that you're over 18. It's illegal for them not to ask. You could be 100 years old and they would still have to ask to see your ID. I'm sorry that they took out 2 seconds of your precious life that you could have been spending picking your nose or taking 2 steps towards the door.

I don't know if this was stupid or not, but they had Guitar Hero Metallica running in the shop and I talked about how I didn't like Metallica and the guy goes "Oh you need to play 'Welcome Home (Sanitarium)' and see if you still don't like them" and I said "Ok, I've never played that song or even heard it before (which was the honest truth). If I get 5 stars on a sight read, could you get my Rock Band 2 for free?" To make a long story short, that was the most nerve wracking game of Guitar Hero I've ever played. A lot was on the line. But I came home that day with a free copy of Rock Band 2. He didn't think I could do it.

 

[uhgungawa]

And I am not 30 years old I mean jesus.

Hey, back off the over 30 people LOL

 

[Ninonybox_v1legacy]

-The 10 year old getting GTA IV[/quote]
This reminds me of that situation where a woman bought GTA: San Andreas for her 12-year-old (I think) son. Within a couple of days whe came back to the shop, criticising the staff because she'd seen her son killing people in the game. You bought it for him, you stupid woman!

I really hate people who do this, because they're almost always the ones who blame videogames for corrupting their children, when all they're actually doing is trying to find a scapegoat for their bad parenting.[/quote]


hoo ra

 

[Escapefromwhatever]

-walked in to the store, pick up Okami-

Game clerk: "Wow Okami, wouldn't you rather get 50 Cents new game?"

Me: "Wouldn't you rather live in 2009? It's that new ~street thing~... every body's doing it..."

I think that this pretty much sums that up. [http://www.shamoozal.com/Sodes/104.htm]

 

[Aura Guardian]

Mine however was just the usual oh my god! a girl knows about videogames?

Get's old real quick huh?

 

[jackbomb9]

When I was buying a game (I can't remember what it was, maybe Final Fantasy XII) the clerk was trying to talk me into buying disc insurance, which is $5 AUS. Not much at all. I politely decline, and he retorts with this:

"But what if you accidentally drop it in a blender?"

I had to give him that - he picked my sense of humour straight out of the box. Now I have one insured copy of Final Fantasy XII.

 

[uhgungawa]

And I am not 30 years old I mean jesus.

Hey, back off the over 30 people LOL

Go break a hip!

Think I've already done that one.
Ain't it passed your bed time young'n.

On a side note, I don't mind kids playing most FPS. But games like GTA seems to cross the line.

 

[uhgungawa]

When I was buying a game (I can't remember what it was, maybe Final Fantasy XII) the clerk was trying to talk me into buying disc insurance, which is $5 AUS. Not much at all. I politely decline, and he retorts with this:

"But what if you accidentally drop it in a blender?"

I had to give him that - he picked my sense of humour straight out of the box. Now I have one insured copy of Final Fantasy XII.

And did you drop it in a blender? You might want to see what your five bucks gets you

 

[Boron00]

So I go into the bad Gamestop in my Town. I look over to a mother and her child ordering Pokemon Diamond and Pearl. The salesman being the evil bastard he is, suggested that the mother buy both of the games for her child after the child came running to her holding both games and asking loudly "Mom can I get both of these for my Birthday, please!" . I then intervene and explain to the mother that the game is almost the exact same and not worth 35.00 more dollars. The salesman shoots me a dirty look and says.

"He doesn't know what he is talking about, they are both different games and have many different creatures and things to do in the game"

Of course the women buys both for her kid, who just wasted his other birthday gift, Gamestop employees, what you going to do with them?