03.08Kids vs. Parents
I was in the store, doing my job, waiting for people to rent things.
I saw this kid starting to climb the shelves, and I didn’t want him to fall back and hurt himself, or anything along those lines.
Kid! Get down please! You’re going to hurt yourself!
The mom comes from around the bend, her fat rolls moving like they’ve never moved before…
“How dare you yell at my son!”
He’s across the store, and I have 12 speakers blazing “Batman Returns” right now.
“Oh no you didn’t!”
Your son needs to stop climbing the shelves.
“Well maybe you should do your job.”
I am. Do you want me to physically remove your kid from the shelf?
“Don’t you ever touch my child.”
Then I did my job.
“No. You need to not have shelves.”
You’re kidding right?
“Well my child wouldn’t climb them if you didn’t have them.”
Just tell your kid not to climb the shelves please.
The woman then slaps her son on the top of the head. Then looks at me as if I’m suppose to jump the counter and return the favor, so that she could feel the pain as well, or maybe she just wanted to show off the power that I don’t have as a clerk. Maybe she is just an abusive parent.
“See what you made me do?”
Because your kid climbed the shelves?
“That’s right. I want to speak to the manager.”
I am the manager.
“Well I’m not shopping here!”
You mean renting?
“Whatever!”
The kid is crying from the hit, but he subsides and runs out the door.
The woman still trying to yell at me, misses this. Then starts calling for her son.
“What did you do to him?”
He’s not behind my counter.
“You did this!”
Check outside!
The lady then moves outside, and finds her son standing there in front of the recently placed Casino Royale poster.
She doesn’t return to yell at me.
On another sidenote:
Does anybody read? On the Casino Royale box it states: Daniel Craig in Ian Flemings 007 Casino Royale, and the O’s in the title are used to spell 007. Also the spine of the dvd says it’s a 007 movie, and states James Bond as the main character.
However! Nearly 90% of the customers asked me if Casino Royale was a 007 movie. The top questions are as follows:
Is this a 007 movie?
Is this James Bond?
Wasn’t this guy in Crank?
Is Jackie Chan in this one?
Who’s Ian Fleming?
Is this a spy movie?
Is this movie like 007?
Is this in Spanish?
Is this in English?
What does WS Mean?
Why don’t you have vhs?
Will this play in my vcr?
Do you have one behind the counter?
This isn’t out yet huh?
Does this mean you have it?
In another sidenote:
I have no idea what I’m going to do post Video Store job. Although, I will have a degree in Interactive Media Design, so my options are more than retail. But I’ll have plenty of stories to tell in regards to video stores.
Oh and just wait until I get more into my Casket store gig.
Further Reading- Psychology of Numbers
- Holidays
- Returns
- Construction
- Lars and The Real Girl Review
- Shoot Em Up Review
- Results May Vary
You seriously have alot of customers with issues. What’s wrong with people!?
March 8th, 2007 at 8:38 am
So IS Jackie Chan in it.
Just kidding. You’ll miss your job once your gone, and so will we, since you won’t have anymore new stories.
March 8th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
No new stories, but I have so much material, that you’ll never miss a beat when it comes to this site.
March 9th, 2007 at 10:08 am
I sympathize with those constant inane questions. I used to work at a Blockbuster in Massachusetts. A week after Terminator 3 came out in theatres, multiple people showed up asking to rent it.
March 12th, 2007 at 1:39 am