You Were So Wrong, You Dipshit!

To An Unamed Store Associate at a Familiar Blue and Gold Electronics Giant:

When I call your store to ask you if you have a Guiter Hero II XBox 360 controller, I want a simple answer: yes or no.  If I proceed to ask you another question, such as if you'll be getting a shipment in or what day your truck comes, please provide me with that answer.  A yes or no or Tuesday will be just fine, thank you.

Do not try to argue with me about whether they sell them seperately.  Do not say "I don't think they come with anything but the bundle".  I am not an idiot.  Maybe you'll get away with this the first time.  But when I counter you and say, "I was in another Best Buy last month when the bundles came out and there were stacks of JUST the controllers and I remember this because they had CONTROLLERS and no bundles" do not continue to try and argue with me that they were never sold seperately.  I must have been blind or stupid or something because there is a clear difference between XBox 360 and PS merchandise when it comes to this game.  And I wasn't staring at a stack of bundles thinking "Hmmm, they just have the controller, I can't get my game".

I have wandered all over this area in search of first the bundle and now the controller.  I have walked into no less than five stores and asked associates if they had them.  You are the first one who has flat out said "They don't sell them seperately".  Why did all of the other associates at the other stores tell me that they didn't have them and they weren't expecting any in and that they were really hard to get a hold of?  Why didn't they argue with me and try to make me feel like an idiot?

Because I was right.  And you ARE WRONG!

And if you are going to work in the Movies, Music and Games section of that yellow and gold electronics giant, it might be a good idea to brush up on your movies, movies and games.  I certainly don't expect the level of commitment or knowledge that I get from the geeks at EBGames or GameSpot but could you at least try and act like you know what you're talking about?  And even if you don't, try and not argue with the customer?

This is why your store is my last resort!  Not only are is it kind of overpriced but it employes drones who look at you with glazed over eyes when you ask them any questions beyond "How much is this?" or "Where is this?"

Sincerely,

An Unhappy Gamer

Note: This is why I love going to EBGames and Gamestop, particularly the ones around here.  Most people who work in those stores actually like video games.  It's not like McDonald's or Wal-Mart or Target or something where every teenager figures they can work there.  If you are asking for an application from EBGames or Gamestop, you are probably interested in video games.  And this makes me happy because I can walk into that store and ask them almost any question ranging from technical aspects of a system to their own personal opinion of a game and they will give it to me and it will be good.  And I appreciate that kind of service!