Just accepted a seasonal position

Give me your horror stories

People who play video games go there

Not really any horror stories but they always try and get you to preorder shit. Asking you over and over what games you're looking forward to in the future. I just want to browse, buy my shit and get out.

>be me
>not you
>working inna gamestop as SGA
>batman or some shit was coming out, don't remember because it was shit
>somebody gets pissy and starts yelling at manager
>seven minutes of them yelling
>boss calls 911
>guy says fuck this and heads to the door
>stop 10 feet from door
>pulls down pants
>shits on floor
>manager tells me to clean it up
>quit
FUCKING GAMESTOP

>Halo Reach midnight release
>With manager
>Literal brawl breaks out in the line
>Punches being thrown guy and hear an audible AHHHHHHHH
>Go to unlock the gate/door thing
>Manager stops me and looks at me with a thousand yard stare
>We aren't open yet user. Just let it happen.

>Not really any horror stories but they always try and get you to preorder shit.
The pre-order counts they receive determine the stock they get for that game.

>be me inna 2013
>be workin "new" job at gamestop
>lady comes in
>go to shill at her
>ask if she needs any help
>says she is there to buy games for her autistic 7 year old son
>tell her about the new zelda
>says that might not be the best for him it could be hard for him
>ask him what he likes
>cartoons mostly but he really likes MLP
"if he has autism and likes MLP, he'll love sonic the hedgehog"
>she buys all of our old sonic games with a big smile on her face
>feel good because I helped her, feel bad because I may have made the next Chris chan
FUCKING GAMESTOP

if that's true then fucking hilarious. I hope the manager had to scoop the shit

>at Gamestop browsing PS3 games
>tons of people coming into it on Saturday night
>Couple come in
>Dude has longish hair and his girl is overweight and half her hair is red and black
>They start talking to the cashier girl who is short-haired blonde with a nose piercing
>Couple asks the girl about those Pop! figures for My Little Pony and something about Pro Membership deals with said statues
>They actually start unironically talking about MLP - I hear terms like Equestria and some character names
>They continue talking and the couple decide to buy like 4 of those little figures.
>They buy the thing and leave

I ended up buying Prince of Persia Trilogy Remastered.
How good are these games?

>at gamestop looking at steam wallet codes
>not many people, just some teen in the corner and a grill looking at the PS4 setup
>immensely fat, sweaty guy comes speedwalking in followed by who can only be his mother
>fedora
>he is wearing a fedora - i had never seen one in the wild before
>smell is gut wrenching
>he speed walks over to the grill - presumably wants to try the PS4
>think nothing of it and go to buy my wallet code
>suddenly hear some autistic gurgling and literal squeaking
>fat guy is literally fighting the grill off of the PS4
>mom trying to calm him down
>tells her to fuck off
>punches grill in the tit
>gamestop employees try to intervene
>mom at the top of her voice
>"DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH MY SON HE'S DONE NOTHING WRONG"
>"m'am you and your son need to leave"
>grill stares at me for a second
>finish paying and leave
fucking gamestop

>be me again before I quit
>be working as SGA, closing shift
>15 minutes before close
>skinny 45 year old male walks in, looks like a meth head
>wearing daisy dukes, a midrift tanktop, and a sunhat
>whips out guitar and loudly strums it
>yells hello OKLAHOMA
>he like really yelled the word oklahoma. like really loud
>askes if we buy music players
>tell him we do, like ipods and the like
>methhead pulls out a fucking walkman
>tell him we can't buy that
>he starts badly playing the guitar
>stop for a second asks if we can buy it
>tell him no
>asks if I could just "I" would buy it off him
>says he just got out of jail and needs to buy a bus ticket and that his car was out of gas and he needs to replace a string on his guitar
>asks if we're hiring
>tell him we are
>he starts playing fucking free bird
>get the application papers for him
>walks out of store with another word or taking the papers
>walks off into the night, playing his guitar
>pretty sure he stole something
>pretty sure I don't care
>had a late close because we can't close with people in the store
FUCKING GAMESTOP

Your manager is a smart dude it's not your problem that a bunch of retards started hurting each other because they couldn't just wait until the morning after.

>decide to try new cawadoody
>get to the store with my friend
>can't find shit and it's fucking rammed with people
>some kid yelling at his mom wanting the "new nintendo"
>all the staff are busy at the registers or helping other people
>a few minuts go by and i still can't find shit
>employee comes out of nowhere asks me if i want the new cawadoody
>oh hey guys, welcome to-
>pretty damn convenient, before he can finish my friend yells "yes please, call of duty"
>emplyee pulls a copy seemingly from nowhere
>i'm sure they're not allowed to do that
>i say "is that the new cod?"
>"copy that"
fucking eb games

My friend had something similar to that happen to him at work and he quit on the spot.

That's what he gets for working at a dollar store in Florida.

>Walk into gamestop at the mall out of habit
>Look at sections for consoles I have
>Nothing I want
>Realize that I don't want games in general
>Realize that I don't even really play real games anymore
>Realize that everyday is just me stalling for time to play games that I never end up playing
>Walk out of Gamestop
>Get a frostie from Wendys
>Go home and try to force myself to play something from my massive back log for like 2 hours
>Can't will myself to click the start button on anything
>End up falling asleep at my desk
>Wake up
>My frostie melted
FUCKING GAMESTOP

the sad thing is. that was out of the norm sure. but nonsense like that happened all the fucking time. must have been because the store is smack dab in the middle of nigger hoods and meth dens. I'm amazed we didn't get robbed more

>go to gamestop to look for a copy of that 3rd person shooter bionic comando game
>really fat kid with some sort of mental illness walks into the store and goes to play the 3ds demo
>since I live in a shit city with a 90% beaner community the 3ds is fucking destroyed
>kid starts becoming very angry at the fact that the 3ds with a missing directional nub and shattered screen won't turn on
>after some very audible grunts and noises the fat piece of shit just falls on his ass and starts crying (imagine a handful of nailes were thrown into a blender)
>the employees just ignore him
>the kid turns his head to me and after a short pause from his screeching he is struggling to get back on his feet as fast as he can
>I emiddiately drop the game that was in my hand and exit the store before that fat piece of shit touches me

Wouldn't say it's a horror story, but just seemed stupid.

In a nutshell. Went there once. Found almost decent priced used game.

>went to the cashier
>he asks if i want a warranty with that
>ask what warranty
>so you can return it if the game doesn't work

great stuff. never going there again when they don't even test what they're selling.

>grill stares at you
should've fucked her right there

welcome to eb games

> Go with friend to Gamestop
> I was looking at some random games
> He was looking for Pokemon Black
> Some kid walks in who was around 13
> His dad was like 65
> Kid smells like shit and is noticeable from a fair distance
> He picks up a PS2 game and goes to check out
> His voice is an amalgamation of various disabilities
> Asks cashier "Izh the dishk cleen?"
> I'm still gagging over the stench
> Friend buys game and we leave quickly

SGA here

Shut the fuck up and get back to the work im passing off to you while I do easy distro in the back.

You're a fucking moron, why would you open the fucking gate when that started?