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I had forgotten about this one from last month:
Players:
MB: Missing Buddy
F1-F3: Fellas 1, 2, and 3
CM: Cool Manager
When at my mobile phone store to buy my new phone, there were a group of three fellas arguing with the CM. Apparently F1 had come in the day before with a buddy that wasn't currently with them. Missing Buddy (MB) had gotten approved for a new phone but decided not to buy one. F1 was now back to buy his friend MB a phone... using MB's credit. This seemed to make perfect sense to F1 since the phone was -- supposedly -- for MB, who couldn't make it into the store because of work.
Yeah, and I've got a bridge for sale.
CM was flat out refusing to put a phone on someone's credit without that person being physically present. Rightly so.
F1 was quite upset by this, raising his voice and getting rather beligerent, so F2 steps up and tries professing to be MB's brother. I think the CM was calling his bluff because she asked for his ID to see if his name matched. Wouldn't ya know it, F2 forgot his wallet at home. Won't she take his word for it?
No, she won't.
F3 jumps in. He's got an ID, so if he shows it to her, will she let them get the phone? Sure, on F3's credit. Cue F3 with cat butt face and blustering about the CM not being fair.
Any bets that F3's ID was fake?
The fellas rehash the same tired arguments for a good thirty minutes (including changing the story from "MB sent me to get this for him" to "It's a surprise for him for Christmas") before finally giving up and leaving. The funny part was that the CM would drop little comments in (like offering to call MB on the number he left on the credit check to get him to authorize it), giving them more rope to hang themselves with and generally screwing with them since it was clear she wasn't going to budge unless MB walked through the door. I asked the manager about it after they left, and she says that they get scammers in all the time trying to get phones on other people's credit and then selling the device before the scam is discovered and the phone deactivated. It was entertaining to watch her toy with the scammers until they got frustrated enough to leave.
Players:
MB: Missing Buddy
F1-F3: Fellas 1, 2, and 3
CM: Cool Manager
When at my mobile phone store to buy my new phone, there were a group of three fellas arguing with the CM. Apparently F1 had come in the day before with a buddy that wasn't currently with them. Missing Buddy (MB) had gotten approved for a new phone but decided not to buy one. F1 was now back to buy his friend MB a phone... using MB's credit. This seemed to make perfect sense to F1 since the phone was -- supposedly -- for MB, who couldn't make it into the store because of work.
Yeah, and I've got a bridge for sale.
CM was flat out refusing to put a phone on someone's credit without that person being physically present. Rightly so.
F1 was quite upset by this, raising his voice and getting rather beligerent, so F2 steps up and tries professing to be MB's brother. I think the CM was calling his bluff because she asked for his ID to see if his name matched. Wouldn't ya know it, F2 forgot his wallet at home. Won't she take his word for it?
No, she won't.
F3 jumps in. He's got an ID, so if he shows it to her, will she let them get the phone? Sure, on F3's credit. Cue F3 with cat butt face and blustering about the CM not being fair.
Any bets that F3's ID was fake?
The fellas rehash the same tired arguments for a good thirty minutes (including changing the story from "MB sent me to get this for him" to "It's a surprise for him for Christmas") before finally giving up and leaving. The funny part was that the CM would drop little comments in (like offering to call MB on the number he left on the credit check to get him to authorize it), giving them more rope to hang themselves with and generally screwing with them since it was clear she wasn't going to budge unless MB walked through the door. I asked the manager about it after they left, and she says that they get scammers in all the time trying to get phones on other people's credit and then selling the device before the scam is discovered and the phone deactivated. It was entertaining to watch her toy with the scammers until they got frustrated enough to leave.
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