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Test of SCness
a large window poster (5ft 3inches by 3ft) is on the floor. It is brightly colored
do you
A. Step on it
B. Step on it, after watching your kids go around it
B. Step on it, after watching your kids go around it, stare, dumbfounded, then keep walking on the poster
C. Watch Someone else wander on it then say, I didn't see that at all, then proceed to step on it and kick the frame
D. When the panicked store employees come over to try to rescue you from the poster and the poster from you (they're slippery on our floor) try to instruct your kids(ages 8-16) to hang up the sharp heavy poster with pointy things on it because 'they're taller than the employee' (this is a lie. The oldest was the same height as me, the other two were shorter)
E. JUST AVOID THE GORRAM POSTER
Just trying to help
A father comes up to me, with a 'concerned' look on his face.
CF: (Concerned Father): Excuse me... do you have the sims 2 for wii?
Me: I do, but it's not the same as it would be on the PC.
CF: Well, do you have it on the PC then?
Me: Unfortunately... no. We do have the sims 3 for PC
CF: I see... well she was playing sims 2 with her friend... *inspects sims 3 box* Does this have any 'objectionable' content for a ten year old?
Me: Well, there is the concept of sex in the game, referred to as 'woohoo' and 'try for baby'. (Upon seeing instant thunderclouds appear, decided not to mention that this can happen without marriage, or that gay and lesbian relations, as well as m-preg are in the game)
CF: I SEE.... and is there any way to REMOVE this from the game?
Me: "Not... really... without mods anyway. Nothing's really shown but..."
CF: *now glowering at me* "Are there any other games like the sims that are more appropriate?!"
Me: "The my sims series is aimed more at kids..."
CF: *brings daughter over, daughter thinks my sims looks boring, asks for sims 2 or three, causing father to get annoyed angry look again, inexplicably at me* "Anything else? Well, what are you looking for exactly in the game? What aspects of the sims did you like?"
CFD: "I liked controlling the people in the houses"
Me: "There is sims 2 for the ds, but it does run on realtime rather than in game clock"
CFD: "No... I want a full sims game."
CF: "We'll keep looking" *goes back to giving me the stinkeye*
seriously dude? do you want me to lie about it and have you come back angry later? (You know how you can tell some people would come back and complain if you DIDN'T warn them of the things that could CORRUPT their precious babies? Yeah. He was one) He kept giving me the stinkeye every single time I saw him glance over at me. Other employees, normal looks. Person who told him about the sims being a possible problem for a 10 year old? Clearly evil.
Rgh
Came over to talk to two young women who were examine our wii section after our boss had swapped out the display case with a real case she was holding.
NWO (New wii owner): "So I'm looking for some games, I just got a wii. But I don't really like shooters, or sports, or racing, or physical activity, or sword slashy games."
Me: "Well, we do have games like animal crossing, where you're essentially living in a small town, or my sims where you're rebuilding one."
NWO: "What about a game where you live in a small city?"
Me: "The only ga-"
LW (lollypop woman): "THAT SOUNDS STUPID."
Me *thinking* WTF, I haven't even said. Wait, are you criticizing your friend's want?
NWO: "Well what about a more... I donno, gamey game."
Me: *running through all games that have no swordfight/gun/etc* "Well, there's kirby for one" *offers Kirby's epic yarn*
LW: DOES THAT HAVE MAGIC, DEMONS, SORCERY, WITCHES, DEVILS in it?
NWO: *nods in agreement*
Me: "It has little Jester monsters that occasionally shoot sparks from wands*
NWO appears to contemplate this, add it to handful of games, then "OOH, JEOPARDY!"
LW: "THAT GAME SOUNDS STUPID" *without warning, yanks Kirby out of her hand so violently that all the games go flying.* The two of them giggle nervously for a moment, and I pick up the games and leave them to it.
They then come up to the register with Jeopardy and Rock Band Green Day
Me: *as I'm getting their games* "Now you do know that RBGD requires instruments in order to play, yes?"
NWO: "NO! Do you sell em?!"
Me: "Unfortunately... no." *mentally, fooorrtunately no.* "They stopped making them"
NWO: "Then why they still sell the games?"
Me: "They don't new any more, but preowned ones are still sold because people still can find them"
LW: "I still think you games stupid!"
NWO: "OOH! A PINK WIIMOTE! Oh. It's for the wii u"
Me: "Actually it'll work on either system, did you want to pick one up today?"
NWO: *hems and haws for a moment* "Nah, not today" *pays with credit card*
Me: "If I could just see your card and id for a moment?"
NWO: "ah! I left mine at home! Would a passport work?"
Me: "Yes, a passport would work"
NWO: Pulls out a piece of paper that has clearly been cut and glued within an hour or so, with a pic of her wearing exactly what she's wearing now, same hairstyle etc
Me: "it... has to be an actual passport..."
NWO: "Aww, I just made this at work too!" *leaves without game*
a large window poster (5ft 3inches by 3ft) is on the floor. It is brightly colored
do you
A. Step on it
B. Step on it, after watching your kids go around it
B. Step on it, after watching your kids go around it, stare, dumbfounded, then keep walking on the poster
C. Watch Someone else wander on it then say, I didn't see that at all, then proceed to step on it and kick the frame
D. When the panicked store employees come over to try to rescue you from the poster and the poster from you (they're slippery on our floor) try to instruct your kids(ages 8-16) to hang up the sharp heavy poster with pointy things on it because 'they're taller than the employee' (this is a lie. The oldest was the same height as me, the other two were shorter)
E. JUST AVOID THE GORRAM POSTER
Just trying to help
A father comes up to me, with a 'concerned' look on his face.
CF: (Concerned Father): Excuse me... do you have the sims 2 for wii?
Me: I do, but it's not the same as it would be on the PC.
CF: Well, do you have it on the PC then?
Me: Unfortunately... no. We do have the sims 3 for PC
CF: I see... well she was playing sims 2 with her friend... *inspects sims 3 box* Does this have any 'objectionable' content for a ten year old?
Me: Well, there is the concept of sex in the game, referred to as 'woohoo' and 'try for baby'. (Upon seeing instant thunderclouds appear, decided not to mention that this can happen without marriage, or that gay and lesbian relations, as well as m-preg are in the game)
CF: I SEE.... and is there any way to REMOVE this from the game?
Me: "Not... really... without mods anyway. Nothing's really shown but..."
CF: *now glowering at me* "Are there any other games like the sims that are more appropriate?!"
Me: "The my sims series is aimed more at kids..."
CF: *brings daughter over, daughter thinks my sims looks boring, asks for sims 2 or three, causing father to get annoyed angry look again, inexplicably at me* "Anything else? Well, what are you looking for exactly in the game? What aspects of the sims did you like?"
CFD: "I liked controlling the people in the houses"
Me: "There is sims 2 for the ds, but it does run on realtime rather than in game clock"
CFD: "No... I want a full sims game."
CF: "We'll keep looking" *goes back to giving me the stinkeye*
seriously dude? do you want me to lie about it and have you come back angry later? (You know how you can tell some people would come back and complain if you DIDN'T warn them of the things that could CORRUPT their precious babies? Yeah. He was one) He kept giving me the stinkeye every single time I saw him glance over at me. Other employees, normal looks. Person who told him about the sims being a possible problem for a 10 year old? Clearly evil.
Rgh
Came over to talk to two young women who were examine our wii section after our boss had swapped out the display case with a real case she was holding.
NWO (New wii owner): "So I'm looking for some games, I just got a wii. But I don't really like shooters, or sports, or racing, or physical activity, or sword slashy games."
Me: "Well, we do have games like animal crossing, where you're essentially living in a small town, or my sims where you're rebuilding one."
NWO: "What about a game where you live in a small city?"
Me: "The only ga-"
LW (lollypop woman): "THAT SOUNDS STUPID."
Me *thinking* WTF, I haven't even said. Wait, are you criticizing your friend's want?
NWO: "Well what about a more... I donno, gamey game."
Me: *running through all games that have no swordfight/gun/etc* "Well, there's kirby for one" *offers Kirby's epic yarn*
LW: DOES THAT HAVE MAGIC, DEMONS, SORCERY, WITCHES, DEVILS in it?
NWO: *nods in agreement*
Me: "It has little Jester monsters that occasionally shoot sparks from wands*
NWO appears to contemplate this, add it to handful of games, then "OOH, JEOPARDY!"
LW: "THAT GAME SOUNDS STUPID" *without warning, yanks Kirby out of her hand so violently that all the games go flying.* The two of them giggle nervously for a moment, and I pick up the games and leave them to it.
They then come up to the register with Jeopardy and Rock Band Green Day
Me: *as I'm getting their games* "Now you do know that RBGD requires instruments in order to play, yes?"
NWO: "NO! Do you sell em?!"
Me: "Unfortunately... no." *mentally, fooorrtunately no.* "They stopped making them"
NWO: "Then why they still sell the games?"
Me: "They don't new any more, but preowned ones are still sold because people still can find them"
LW: "I still think you games stupid!"
NWO: "OOH! A PINK WIIMOTE! Oh. It's for the wii u"
Me: "Actually it'll work on either system, did you want to pick one up today?"
NWO: *hems and haws for a moment* "Nah, not today" *pays with credit card*
Me: "If I could just see your card and id for a moment?"
NWO: "ah! I left mine at home! Would a passport work?"
Me: "Yes, a passport would work"
NWO: Pulls out a piece of paper that has clearly been cut and glued within an hour or so, with a pic of her wearing exactly what she's wearing now, same hairstyle etc
Me: "it... has to be an actual passport..."
NWO: "Aww, I just made this at work too!" *leaves without game*
Welcome to retail, that's what we get for trying to help customers. 
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