Why do I get that feeling as though my XBox is on the brink of dying? Well, besides that the machine is getting ever so slightly louder and it makes this sound like it just makes a sudden stop. Scares the shit out of me when it happens in the middle of the night and I'm dozing off while playing. It also developed this thing about how games suddenly become unreadable. I did have that one brush with those damn red rings of death.
Just this morning, while playing Oblivion, my XBox just popped that screen up "The disk is unreadable. Clean it with a cloth and restart your machine."
Yeah, sure... I'll just pretend to believe that a BRAND NEW GAME is dirty! Yes, I just paid up for a dirty disk!
I'm still holding out and praying that it isn't anything to be concerned over. But with each passing day I just get that creeping feeling that it's going to either die out or nuke my apartment. So if you happen to see that on any news station in Hawaii, yep, that could likely be me.
Back to Oblivion for a moment and a short little rant of sorts. If you've no interest in such things, skip ahead and proceed onto your normal internet viewing. Otherwise, let's vent...
So I went to the local GameStop the other day to pick up a copy of the game Elder Scrolls Oblivion and everything is going along just fine. I get to the counter and blah, blah, blah. General routine, nothing out of the ordinary.
The sales guy then asks...
Sales Guy: "Do you want a new or used copy?"
Me: "I'd like to get a new one."
Sales Guy: "Are you sure? A used one is only $54..."
Come on!? I mean why even bother to ask me if I want a new or used copy, then turn around and try and offer me something else. YOU ASK, I SAID NEW!! NOT USED, BRAND FUCKING NEW!!! If I wanted a second hand, I'd have grabbed the goddamn case off the shelf and brought it on up, don't cha think?
I swear my next job is going to be either and Wal-Mart Electronics Department or GameStop. I'm going to have a field day being either a) A fucking snobby douche bag or b) A fucking idiot or c) ALL OF THE ABOVE. Hell, I think I can pull that off I mean I am capable of being multi-talented when needed.
That felt good.
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Gamestop employees are idiots. Actually, it's not so much that the employees are idiots. It's actually that their corporate office has forced them to ask customers to buy things that they don't want because the shareholders make more money off them. This is one of MANY MANY MANY reasons why I quit working there. When I shop there, if they pull that crap on me, I make a mini-scene. That way they remember me next time. ;-)
I'm thinking the next time they ask if I want to reserve anything, I'll say "Hey sure! I'd like to reserve that remake of Final Fantasy VII..."
Them: "There isn't a Final Fantasy VII remake..."
Me: "Oh... Well, can I reserve the remake of Final Fantasy VIII?"
Them: "There isn't..."
Me: "Ok then, how about Final Fantasy XXVI? I'd like to get a jump on it now."
I think they'd throw me out before long. Or who knows, maybe I can actually place one of those reservations.
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