oh WHY the WII!

[TheMyerWorker]

Hey guys,
long story short, there seems to be a worldwide shortage of Nintendo Wiis and everyone thought it would be a good idea to get someone one for christmas. Funny little exchange between an old man and me:

OM (Old Man): Excuse me, I would like to buy this (pointing to our catalogue)
Me: Ohh ok, the Wii console and the bonus shrek game?
OM: yes.
Me: Unfortunately we are all sold out, theres been quite a shortage lately so we are taking orders for them, but Im not exactly sure if we will get them before christmas.
OM: (getting angry) Well you should throw out all your catalogues then!! (grumble)
Me: Not up to me sir, its because our supplier is out of stock.

at this point hes out of earshot. This was a busy day by the way. Maybe you should have bought it earlier? theres a concept lol

This has been happening with the ASUS EEE PCs too, although most people in our department are dodgey and take the holds out and are selling them, so the people that put them on hold wont get them!

[TravisRB69]

(My thoughts in italics)

OK kids, repeat after me:

(1) Are you SURE you don't have any Wiis?

(2) I heard from a reliable source that you were getting 21 Wiis TODAY. Now surely you don't have THAT many rain checks on them. ***LIAR!!!***

(3) Are you SURE you don't have any Wiis?

(4) Could you at least check in the back to see if you have any Wiis?

(5) Are you SURE you don't have any Wiis?

(6) Could you have a manager check in the back? Obviously you're not looking hard enough. ***I CAN'T WAVE MY HANDS AND CONJURE A WII OUT OF MY ASS, THANK YOU***

(7) Are you SURE you don't have any Wiis?

(8) Could you like take my name and number down or something and "see what you can do"? ***SURE, BUT ONLY TO MAKE YOU STFU!!!! THIS INFORMATION WILL PROMPTLY BE THROWN IN THE GARBAGE AS SOON AS YOU ARE OUT OF SIGHT!!!***

(9) Are you SURE you don't have any Wiis?

(10) But your manager SAID you were getting Wiis in today and you'd have some to spare!!!! ***LIAR!!!! WHAT SHE REALLY SAID ALL THE WIIS WE ARE RECEIVING ARE ALREADY SPOKEN FOR!!! THE "HAVE SOME TO SPARE" PART WAS NOT EVEN REMOTELY TOUCHED ON OR EVEN IMPLIED, OR REFLECTED, OR ALLUDED TO!!!***

(11) Are you SURE you don't have any Wiis?

(12) Hey, could you tell me, do you know if you're going to get any Wiis before Christmas?

(13) Are you SURE you don't have any Wiis?

(14) Shut up! I KNOW you have Wiis back there! You're just stashing them in the back for employees to buy first! ***THAT IS AGAINST STORE POLICY AND THE MANAGEMENT HERE DOES NOT MAKE ANY EXCEPTIONS. I PLAN ON BUYING A WII AND GUESS WHAT? I'M WAITING MY EFFING TURN JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. NOW STFU!!***

(15) Are you SURE you don't have any Wiis?

And so on and so forth, lather, rinse, repeat, and repeat some more over and over and over and over again, at average intervals of approximately 4 minutes, over a period of 2 months leading up to Christmas.

[Soulstealer]

But are you sure you don't have any Wiis?

*goes into hiding*

[Department stores *sigh*]

At my current job I love our system. When we have an item coming in via truck it says "in transit" when we look it up. Courier items, however, don't say "In Transit". They stay stuck on "On Order" until the magic day they arrive at our doorstep. This magical day, of course, is whenever the Gods of Retail decree it so and us lowly workers and store managers are non the wiser.

In other words I get to tell our customers "Ma'am I have 80 Wii's on order and I got NO FARKING CLUE when its comin in. try your luck tomorrow."

[edible_hat]

...and to think in my part of the world they're readilly available and sales have dropped to the point where they're giving away Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games or Super Mario Galaxy with your purchase...

[Ad_Astra]

Wiis are the bane of my existence right now.

I'm pretty sure if I tattooed "No we don't have any Wii's nor do I know when we'll get any more in" along with wearing a sandwich board stating the same thing in huge letters I'd still get asked

"So, do you have any Wiis in?"
"Do you know when you'll be getting any?"

I'm contemplating a letter to Nintendo thanking them for testing the outer limits of my sanity this holiday season...

[DarthRetard]

...and to think in my part of the world they're readilly available and sales have dropped to the point where they're giving away Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games or Super Mario Galaxy with your purchase...

eh, this is because of the fact that Mario and Sonic at the Olympic games is right up there with ET and Superman 64 for lameness quotient.

[Boozy]

(4) Could you at least check in the back to see if you have any Wiis?

Here's what they want to hear:

"Like, oh my gawd! I so totally didn't think of that! Thanks to you, I've now checked the Magical Back Room, and as it would turn out, there are hundreds of Wiis back there! Wow!"

[MrDelirious]

I scored a Wii through the bookstore last Friday. Should be in between X-mas and New Years. I'm so psyched.

[Pezzle]

Here's what they want to hear:

"Like, oh my gawd! I so totally didn't think of that! Thanks to you, I've now checked the Magical Back Room, and as it would turn out, there are hundreds of Wiis back there! Wow!"

I am quitting my job at Best Buy soon. I sincerely want to dip into the Video Game section on my last day of work, and tell someone "Well I've checked our Magical Back Room and GUESS WHAT!? We have hundreds upon thousdands of WIIs!"

Then the light would come to their eyes. "REALLY!? It's about time go get me one!"

"Uh no. Bye."

And with that, I leave forever.

[Camry178]

I'd like to thank my thoughtful husband for getting the Wii I wanted for x-mas in October....Thanks Honey!!!

[Boozy]

I am quitting my job at Best Buy soon. I sincerely want to dip into the Video Game section on my last day of work, and tell someone "Well I've checked our Magical Back Room and GUESS WHAT!? We have hundreds upon thousdands of WIIs!"

Then the light would come to their eyes. "REALLY!? It's about time go get me one!"

Actually, a typical SC would be like "Oh. You have lots then? I don't want one now. I'll just come back next week."

[Gabrielle Proctor]

We have a sign in the hooby shop that reads:

Wii don't have them and Wii never will.
Sowii...

[d962831]

yeah, nintendo dropped the ball on this, and instead of ramping up production they're just sitting around, which is stupid on their part because they could be making millions more if they even met half of the demand there is for the wii

[earl colby pottinger]

It's been two years now

(My thoughts in italics)
(14) Shut up! I KNOW you have Wiis back there! You're just stashing them in the back for employees to buy first! ***THAT IS AGAINST STORE POLICY AND THE MANAGEMENT HERE DOES NOT MAKE ANY EXCEPTIONS. I PLAN ON BUYING A WII AND GUESS WHAT? I'M WAITING MY EFFING TURN JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. NOW STFU!!***

After all this time (TWO YEARS!) you would think that even if it was store policy to let employees hold one from stock, that just about every employee would have gotten their own by now.

At my old store you got an employee discount on any first time item you bought, but only that one. Any others were *FULL* price, and questions were asked whenyou continue to buy more than three or four units for personal/direct family use. So what do customers think employees are doing with all those Wiis?