Current Events > It must be soul crushing to work in GameStop.

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I went in today to get Andromeda for $20 and the guy at the counter was explaining Rainbow Six: Siege to a kid that I assume is like 7 while also dropping every possible hint to his mom that she's not going to like him playing it and will probably call to bitch to them about it later but she still buys it for him.


I couldn't do that day in and day out


Not to mention they're a shit company to work for
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"Ma'am this game is not suitable for your 7 year old"
mom on cell phone: omg did i ask you i have to get to work can you just ring me up!?!

*the next day*
wtf! this game had guns and killing in it! WHY DID YOU LET ME BUY THIS FOR MY SON!?

..those people are the fuckin worst....

But yea i also hear their weekly hours are determined by subscriptions, cards, trade ins and pre-orders.....its no wonder they're so pushy about it and I don't blame them..having worked in a retail position that is constantly on your ass about stuff like that, i get it....and to know that how much money you make a week is determined by that? I'd be pushy too...

Itachi157 posted...

TheVipaGTS posted...

"Ma'am this game is not suitable for your 7 year old"
mom on cell phone: omg did i ask you i have to get to work can you just ring me up!?!

*the next day*
wtf! this game had guns and killing in it! WHY DID YOU LET ME BUY THIS FOR MY SON!?

..those people are the fuckin worst....

Did you work there?

Are those people really common?

I hate it when people are rude to or get irate with retail workers.

Nah never worked at a GS...I've just seen people like that. HAving worked retail, though, i empathize completely..

TheVipaGTS posted...

HAving worked retail, though, i empathize completely..

Same


I just couldn't do it with games though. Not with something I genuinely enjoy
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I feel like my parents were one of the few parents that followed the ESRB.

My cousin was 3 years older than me, and my Mom would ask him if a game was suitable for me to play. Most of the time he'd throw me a bone, but one of the few games he said no to was Grand Theft Auto III: Vice City. I didn't get to play them as a kid, and I have no desire to now that I can..

They followed MPAA ones as well, but we're a bit more lenient on that.
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My parents followed the ESRB too. My dad would let me play Thief and Drakan with him, and my cousin would sneak Bad Fur Day, but I didn't actually own an M-rated game myself until I was like 14
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My parents kinda followed ESRB, i played T rated games at 10~11 and M rated ones at 14

I actually had a blast doing it when I was in college. Then again, I didn't force subs or reservations on anyone. Asked once and that was that. Everyone I worked with was cool too. Granted, this was nearly a decade ago before GS got really on people's asses about this stuff.
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this is a lame gimmick bro.

TheDarkCircle posted...

this is a lame gimmick bro.

What
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sylverlolol posted...

I actually had a blast doing it when I was in college. Then again, I didn't force subs or reservations on anyone. Asked once and that was that. Everyone I worked with was cool too. Granted, this was nearly a decade ago before GS got really on people's asses about this stuff.

I dunno, I worked there in 2005 and they were pretty bad about it then.
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I dunno, dealing with crappy customers must suck but opening new games, smearing chocolate on them, resealing and selling as new sounds like fun tbh.
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Surprisingly, my parents actually really went into researching games I could play when I was young. To the point where they started playing them lol.

I wasn't allowed to play tons of M games, but I do specifically remember being allowed to play Halo 1. Went through it with my dad. Was a blast.
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99% of the time, the employee just flips over the back and reads off the ESRB rating.

"It's rated M for Sexual Content, Violent, and Drug use. Are you ok with that?"
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When did the ESRB become a thing really? Because my parents were pretty strict but I don't recall them ever paying attention to game ratings, but I'm wondering if they just weren't a thing until I was 16 and had a job and just bought whatever I wanted and didn't tell them if I thought they'd not like it. >_>

Was it on SNES games?
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The Top Crusader posted...

When did the ESRB become a thing really? Because my parents were pretty strict but I don't recall them ever paying attention to game ratings, but I'm wondering if they just weren't a thing until I was 16 and had a job and just bought whatever I wanted and didn't tell them if I thought they'd not like it. >_>

Was it on SNES games?

Around the time Mortal Kombat released I think. Pretty sure MK was the catalyst for it.
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I remember for a while you woukd see that other system too. Like some games would say "K-A."
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The Top Crusader posted...

When did the ESRB become a thing really? Because my parents were pretty strict but I don't recall them ever paying attention to game ratings, but I'm wondering if they just weren't a thing until I was 16 and had a job and just bought whatever I wanted and didn't tell them if I thought they'd not like it. >_>

Was it on SNES games?

After Mortal Kombat was released, the government threatened the industry more or less to "Regulate itself or we'll regulate it for you."

That's when the ESRB happened. ESRB compliance is strictly voluntary as it's not and never was made into a law anywhere in any place in the USA.
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