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  • #1

    ...and this behavior is encouraged??

    I was fixing up some shelves near the back of the store last night, when all of a sudden I hear:

    BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

    I look towards the front of the store and there's this kid of maybe 4 or 5 just beating the CRAP out of our Rock Band drum set. I mean hitting much harder then you'd ever have to play. The set itself is broken (because people are rough with it) but that doesn't really stop anyone.

    So this kid banging away loud enough to be clearly heard throughout the store. While he is doing this, an adult, who turns out to be his mother is recording him with a cell phone and laughing.

    I'm sure she just can't wait to get that on youtube.

    I tell the mother and kid the set is broken and to please leave it alone. I then proceed to go into the back room for a minute or two. When I emerge, I hear more banging, the kid is at it again.

    I make a beeline for him and his mother (who was still recording) and as soon as they see me coming, they scurry out of the store fast.

    They're going to get a mean talking to if they ever show up here again.
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    Oops, it's broken now. Guess your child was hitting too hard. You even have the proof on video. The register is right over there and I'll have someone box this up for you.
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    • #3
      That sort of thing was the reason why our game kiosks were always broken at my store, too. I don't think any system (especially if it had XBOX in the name) lasted for more than one full shift from being brand-spanking new to FUBAR'd because of this. We were not allowed to troubleshoot them or replace them, either, so they just stayed broken for 6 months or better til the (game system) rep could come by again. Rinse and repeat...

      After awhile, if one was so messed up (or if it was xmas season...) so as not to be usable, we'd just leave it unplugged. Then we'd get people who would plug them back in and bitch about it being broken. The usual response: "Now you know why we had it unplugged."
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      • #4
        [sarcasm]Aw CrazedClerk, how dare you ruin a cute moment between a mother and son?! Who cares if they break the equipment, it's just too cute![/sarcasm]

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        • #5
          One of these days I swear I'm going to have a Pete Townsend moment and clobber someone with a guitar...

          ...or would that be a Jeff Jarrett moment?
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          • #6
            How about an Ozzy Osbourne moment? isnt he the guy who used to/still does bite the heads off of live chickens?? Or was that Alice Cooper??

            (I was more of a fan of Duran Duran in the 80s, so I might not be correct on who used to bite heads off of animals.)

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            • #7
              Ozzy bit the heads off of chickens, or at least one chicken. His memory is fuzzy on the subject, and I am too lazy to look it up.

              Too bad he didn't bite the heads off of some future parents, huh?

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              • #8
                Quoth CrazedClerkthe2nd View Post
                One of these days I swear I'm going to have a Pete Townsend moment and clobber someone with a guitar...

                ...or would that be a Jeff Jarrett moment?
                I'm thinking more a Honky Tonk Man *g*
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                • #9
                  Quoth CrazedClerkthe2nd View Post
                  One of these days I swear I'm going to have a Pete Townsend moment and clobber someone with a guitar...
                  I'd rather have a Jimi Hendrix moment...and set the bastard on fire
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                  • #10
                    Quoth Jester View Post
                    Ozzy bit the heads off of chickens, or at least one chicken. His memory is fuzzy on the subject, and I am too lazy to look it up.

                    Too bad he didn't bite the heads off of some future parents, huh?
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                    • #11
                      Ozzy bit the head off of a dove and a bat, although he thought the bat was rubber before he bit it.


                      Alice Cooper threw a chicken off a stage during a concert and wasn't expecting the audiance to tear it apart and throw the pieces back at him.

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                      • #12
                        Quoth CrazedClerkthe2nd View Post
                        ...or would that be a Jeff Jarrett moment?
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                        • #13
                          Does Mommy think it's precious when her little darling breaks stuff at home?

                          I can just see it now...15 years into the future, that kid will be throwing TVs out hotel windows.
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                          • #14
                            I found the video of the kid on the drum set! (kinda )

                            http://www.vidilife.com/video_play_1021207

                            Still... how hard do you have to be on an RockBand Drum set to destroy it? We have played ours hard, I mean REALLY hard and nothing has ever happened.

                            Oh well
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                            • #15
                              Quoth Erin View Post
                              How about an Ozzy Osbourne moment? isnt he the guy who used to/still does bite the heads off of live chickens?? Or was that Alice Cooper??

                              (I was more of a fan of Duran Duran in the 80s, so I might not be correct on who used to bite heads off of animals.)
                              Alice Cooper threw a chicken off the stage. The crowd took care of the rest. Alice being a city boy thought it would fly. Apparently the next morning Frank Zappa called him and asked, "Did you kill a chicken on stage?" Alice replied, "No...not really" and Frank said, "Don't tell anyone...you're getting publicity"

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