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Posted by: Sanjeev
You know.. Funny you should mention about crazy store clerks and Modern Warfare 2. I was at my local games retailer (I live in Singapore so its Asia too) today to put pre-orders down for the LEs of Halo 3: ODST, Dragon Age: Origins and Modern Warfare 2.
Dude at the counter took down my name and contact number and got me to write what I was there to pre-order. I did that and well, yea. He takes the slip of paper and looks at me, repeating to me what I had written to make sure he got it right. All of a sudden, he stops, looks at me and says "I think you've made a mistake sir". And I'm all like "I beg your pardon?"
And, with the most serious face, he looks at me and says,
"It says here you pre-ordering both the Halo ODST and Modern Warfare 2?"
"Yea I am. Huge fan of shooters and those 2 series in particular"
"Why would you do that?"
"Like I said, I like Halo and COD4 was great"
"I would highly recommend that you cancel your order for Halo ODST, sir"
At this point, I'm getting slightly irritated as I was hungry and wanted to go eat lunch. But I waited and tried to find out more.
"Why?"
"Because you probably won't be spending much time with this Halo game when Modern Warfare 2 comes out. I would also recommend cancelling your order for Dragon Age"
"How do you know that?"
" Have you seen their trailers!?" Dude then proceeds to take a remote and play both the Halo 3: ODST trailer and the Modern Warfare 2 trailer and looks at me.
I'm pissed at this point of time as he had easily just wasted 4 minutes of my time. Dude continues talking.
"So, can I cancel that order now, sir?"
I get pissed off and tell him "Look, its my money. I spend it how I want. Just give me a call when you get the games." And with whatever patience I had left, I muttered "Thanks"
As I walk out the store, he says in chinese "Idiot is just wasting his money."
I'm Indian but know my fair bit of chinese. I turned, shot him a stare and walked off.
Oh my God... that WOULD have driven me mad. If I met that guy, I'd grab his head and proceed to smash it against the wall screaming "IT'S A GAME!!!!!!!". Why are these guys so f**king... geeky? Why can't they just take your money, give you the items and keep their noses out, like the employees of every other shop in the world? I seriously don't know how I'd react to idiocy of this magnitude. It is utterly ridiculous. These people should get it in their heads that they should shut up and DO THEIR JOB, which is to sell you the product that you ask for.
And if they're trying to rip you off by selling you more than one game, that's even more of a reason to complain.
[Edited on 07.19.2009 3:15 AM PDT]