Customer service games are great

[HotelMinion]

Sometimes I'll download a game from the Internet and in it, I have to serve customer in a restaurant, or a flower shop, etc. these games are made for kiddies, btw. In them, the have all different types of customers. They all get mad if you don't serve them quick enough. Some even curse at you--well, not actually cursing, just a speech bubble with "#$@!!" In it and slam the counter with fists.
After playing, I find myself wishing that I'd had these games when I was a kid, then maybe I wouldnt assume all adults were polite ladies and gentlemen... Have you played these games, and if you have, did you wish you could've played them as a kid? Or did you think they were inaccurate. Personally, I think there ought to be a customer that gets grabby...and maybe one that morphs into a wolf that sinks its teeth into your neck...ah well.

[notalwaysright]

I don't remember any games from when I was really young involving customers... When I was in high school, my marketing class had a store simulation game. Like, you managed a 7-11 style convenience store. You had to choose what products to stock, how often to reorder, and how to price the products. There wasn't any customer service, and I don't think there was anything about employees.*

The funny part was sometimes a "customer" would come in the store, wander around, and leave without buying anything, but your inventory counter would go down by a few items... And you'd realize the last person stole from you!


*Now that I think about it, this is really accurate of how corporate thinks... Wow, it really, really is.

[RealUnimportant]

Closest I can think of is Burger Time and its clones.

[Geek King]

The first thing that came to mind was "Lemonade Stand" on the Apple IIe.

The second was, Jesus, I'm getting old.

[Tuxian]

The first thing that came to mind was "Lemonade Stand" on the Apple IIe.

Today's forecast is cloudy.

The thermometer reading is 80.
The wet bulb is 78.

How many bags of sugar do you want to buy?
How many lemons do you want to buy?
How much will you charge per cup?

[EricKei]

I had that on either the C64 or TRS-80 Color Computer o_O

[Deserted]

How about Tapper? Customers finish their drinks and then just throw the empty glasses down the bar, not caring if you catch them or not. And if they reach your end of the bar without a drink, they grab you and throw you out!

[computeraide]

I think most of the games I played as a kid were ones where you were the one destroying the shops and wrecking the merchandise... Like Legend of Zelda or Rampage. Smash those pots!

I loved Tapper and Burger Time, though.

[HotelMinion]

Oh, Tapper! And Lemonade Stand! I remember THOSE!! *gushes with nostalgia*
I don't remember ever getting thrown out of the bar tho. I guess I was pretty good at it.
But Lemonade Stand, ugh I always lost. The weather would always change suddenly or something. I forget
I also played Diner Dash. I used to be a server, so I really liked it. I beat the first one but the sequals were too hard.
Too bad they don't put a re vamped 3D version out of these games on some newer console, instead of making the zillionth first person shooter. I'd buy it!

[Deserted]

Well, in Tapper, you would also lose a life if a glass hit the ground, whether it was an empty reaching your end without you catching it, or a full one that didn't have a customer to catch it.

[EricKei]

I played Tapper, and its apparently more well-known censor-friendly update, Root Beer Tapper, but only in arcades. Both the exact same game, it's just the color of the drinks was different, and the latter didn't have beer ads on the neon signs

[Slave to the Phone]

I can't play those games anymore. They tick me off too much. I find myself screaming at the comp "SHUT UP AND WAIT YOUR TURN!!!"

Playing games on the comp is supposed to be relaxing. Usually I just play Diablo, killing demons and smashing things works much better for me.

[Deserted]

Oh man, Diablo. I have a half-finished mod of Baldur's Gate II here where you could take Gorion's ward and crew to Tristram. Work sort of fizzled out after a few months, but I still take it out to hack away at it once in a great while. (Yes, I'm a cab driver with a computer degree. Wanna fight about it? )