50 kunder som spelbutikanställda hatar

En lista sammanställd utifrån intervjuer med att ett antal spelbutiksanställda i USA. (Hämtat från Gamesradar.com)

1. Moms who get upset that we won't sell them Halo for the PS2 or Mario for XBOX. We never have this problem with Dads, even non-gamer Dads...

2. People who can't read Roman numerals (not young kids, mind you, these are 20-somethings). "Final Fantasy 7 on the DS? What? Did you mean 12 or 3?"

3. Kids who shoplift Yu-Gi-Oh cards. Really? At least try to steal something good...

4. Any 15-year old who complains that it’s BS that we won't sell them an "M" game without checking ID. Yeah, 'cause the possibility of losing our jobs and the store getting fined is totally worth it so that you can go play Vampire Rain.

5. Anyone who still mispronounces "Wii."

6. People who are oblivious enough to think that they can just walk in and pick up a Sega Genesis, Chrono Trigger, and Super Mario Bros. 3 in original packaging.

7. "Moms" who think that it’s okay to leave a 7-year-old alone in a video game store while she gets her hair and nails done or goes grocery shopping.

8. Guys who buy WOW Trading Cards for the possibility of getting a new mount.

9. People who play WOW. That’s reason enough.

10. Anyone who purchased Kane & Lynch despite our adamant verbal stance that they would get more satisfaction from flushing 60 ones down the toilet.

11. That same person trying to return it hours later for a refund.

12. Our Microsoft Field Rep. who told us that the Zune was “the ipod killer.” Uh-huh.

13. Anyone so close-minded that the only “good” games are the ones that are exclusive to the console that they own. And they always only own one console.

14. Jason. You probably don’t know him, but trust us on this one.

15. Anyone who plays FPS games and doesn’t know what we’re talking about when we mention N64 GoldenEye. It makes us hate and cry a little, too.

16. Anyone who purchases an Action Replay for DS. It’s always for Pokemon.

17. Grandma who lets the kid con her into buying Manhunt 2 even though we tell her explicitly what it is and try to talk her out of it or call the parents.

18. Mom returning said Manhunt 2 the next morning and being upset with us about it.

19. Halo fanboys.

20. Halo 3 fanboys. (You know the difference.)

21. Guys who think that since you work in a video game store you must be a condescending jerk who looks down on everyone who doesn’t own a C64.

22. People who don’t comprehend that someone other than them is looking for a Wii console and that might be why they’re still sold out everywhere.

23. Customers who assume that working at a game store means that all you do is play games all day.

24. The guy who always comes in looking for the game we just sold out of.

25. The guy who tries to talk you down on the $4.99 price of a game. It’s five bucks, man...
26. People who trade in DS systems for PSP systems.

27. People who trade in PSP systems for DS systems.

28. Kids trading in really good, now-hard-to-find games (Killer 7, Zelda Collector’s on Cube, et all) for Avatar, Naruto, DragonballZ, or other "Shonen Junk."

29. Kids who buy a single game and insist that’s all they’re getting. Then, two minutes later, they bring up another game to buy. Then, two minutes later...

30. People who break open the plastic wrap on strategy guides so that they can thumb through them in the store. Hey! We already opened one for ourselves!

31. People who spend nearly an hour in the store, looking at every display, un-alphabetizing every game, handling every game controller, and then leave.

32. Teenagers trying to return 360 games that were obviously scratched by the event of moving the system while it was running. Perfectly circular scratches.

33. People who think Gamerscore means something.

34. People who don’t understand that Gamerscore means everything.

35. Parents getting upset that the trade-in value of a 3 year-old sports game is now merely a shadow of the $60 they bought it for brand new.

36. Anyone who bought the crappy plastic 3rd party “Sports Pack” for the Wii.

37. Kids who pay in change and only change.

38. Fun haters. They usually call themselves "hardcore gamers." They've forgotten that games are supposed to be fun, not torture.

39. People who interrupt you helping a customer to ask really stupid questions like "So when does Metal Gear Solid 4 come out on 360? What about for Wii?"

40. People who believe that every release date they read on the interweb is set in stone. See Haze, Too Human...

41. "Friends" who pressure friends into buying games so that they don't have to. Usually because they're broke.

42. Kids who send Mom in to get a Dragon Ball Z game and don't specify which one they want. There are like 20 DBZ games. Seriously.

43. Genre-specific gamers. Just because you like to shoot stuff doesn't mean you can't try something else. There's a lot more out there.

44. Anyone who doesn't understand the concept of sales tax. It not a new thing. Bring enough money, kids, c'mon...

45. Guitar Heroes who hate on Rock Band and vice versa.

46. People who disregard the fact that LEGO Star Wars is amazing because they think "it's a kid's game."

47. Kids who don't believe us when we tell them that there are no new games coming out on Xbox or Cube.

48. The guy you don't know who tries to chat with you when you're obviously the only one working and have a huge line of customers.

49. People who ask directly for the manager because they think no one else would be able to help them. Yeah, you're right, none of the staff knows if GBA games play on the DS. Glad to get a phone call at home about that one...

50. Kids that don’t visit GamesRadar.com [Ed. Note: Booyah!]