So I popped into the local GameStore earlier to take advantage of a trade offer, and was an unwilling part of the following:
A woman comes in with 2 or 3 kids. She's trying to figure out if you "really" need the Wii U to play Wii U-labeled games (can't seem to grasp what the employee's telling her). Meanwhile she let the kids loose to cause trouble.
I'm holding a stack of my old games to trade in and waiting quietly at the counter (employee is finishing up with a non-sucky, but highly entertaining, old guy), when...
One of the kids tries to yank the games out of my hands.
Me: "HEY! Hands off!"
Kid looks puzzled, and starts trying even harder to get me to give them up.
Kid's mom: "He just wants to look at them!" (...so?)
Kid: "MOM! I want this puzzle game!" *yanking even harder on a Layton game*
Me: "I said HANDS OFF. These belong to ME."
KM: "You should be ashamed, getting the last copy of that game!" "My child wants it!"
Emp: "Those aren't our games, yet."
KM: "They're in your store, what do you mean they're not yours?"
Employee: "Ma'am, until that customer trades those games to us they are legally hers. If you don't control your child you're going to leave. Without your preorder, there are other people I can sell it to." The threat of losing both a Wii U and her deposit sunk in and she called the kid off.
In hindsight, I should have said "Sure, $50 and it's yours."
A woman comes in with 2 or 3 kids. She's trying to figure out if you "really" need the Wii U to play Wii U-labeled games (can't seem to grasp what the employee's telling her). Meanwhile she let the kids loose to cause trouble.
I'm holding a stack of my old games to trade in and waiting quietly at the counter (employee is finishing up with a non-sucky, but highly entertaining, old guy), when...
One of the kids tries to yank the games out of my hands.
Me: "HEY! Hands off!"
Kid looks puzzled, and starts trying even harder to get me to give them up.
Kid's mom: "He just wants to look at them!" (...so?)
Kid: "MOM! I want this puzzle game!" *yanking even harder on a Layton game*
Me: "I said HANDS OFF. These belong to ME."
KM: "You should be ashamed, getting the last copy of that game!" "My child wants it!"
Emp: "Those aren't our games, yet."
KM: "They're in your store, what do you mean they're not yours?"
Employee: "Ma'am, until that customer trades those games to us they are legally hers. If you don't control your child you're going to leave. Without your preorder, there are other people I can sell it to." The threat of losing both a Wii U and her deposit sunk in and she called the kid off.
In hindsight, I should have said "Sure, $50 and it's yours."
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