Prank Phone Calls and the absolute toolbags who make them

[Acolyte]

Hell, my store still has some PSOne games kicking around. Anybody want a still-sealed copy of Final Fantasy 8?

[marty]

I went into an EB Games and asked the guy at the counter whether or not they sold games for the original Playstation. In my defense, I've never been into one of those stores before, and I genuinely wanted to know, since that's the only game console I have He kicked me out of the store! (I'm not a kid either... I'm a 32-year-old mother of two, and had both my kids with me!)

Whoa-oa. I'd report his ass. If it was a part-timer, to the store manager, if it was the store manager, to the district manager. Any idiot should be able to tell the difference between a prank and a legitimate request, and there's plenty of people that still ask if we carry original playstation games. We don't, but it's obviously not a prank. Geez.

[Becks]

Idiot: Uhh, yeah. Hi. Do you guys carry cockrings? *snicker*
Me: Yes.
Idiot:.... uhhh..... uhhhh..... *click*

Just so you know, we didn't carry those.

Oddly enough, the grocery store I work at does.

[tollbaby]

I went into an EB Games and asked the guy at the counter whether or not they sold games for the original Playstation. In my defense, I've never been into one of those stores before, and I genuinely wanted to know, since that's the only game console I have He kicked me out of the store! (I'm not a kid either... I'm a 32-year-old mother of two, and had both my kids with me!)

[kiokushitaka]

I think I'm one of the few people that is amused by prank calls. But only because I prank the bastards right back with something that leaves them going "wtf..?" That, or I give the phone to Jason...

OHHHHHHH I am going to be killed for breaking rules 1 and 2!!! But this is the work of the anonymous. *sigh* Any anons here can kill me now....

*shifty eyes* But then I'd be breaking rules 1 and 2... D'OH!!!

Yeah, if it's 4chan /b/tards, a Rickroll would be eminiently appropriate.

/b/tard: Yeah, do you have Battletoads?
Me: Actually, we have a solid release date. It's--
Rick Astley: Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down!

Ahh, /b/. Hoisted by your own petard.

I'm actually thinking about downloading an mp3 of that song and having it on my iPod (I've perfected the art of using headphones to force music on people via telephone) around just for such an occasion... SHH!

I am so sick of the Battletoads and porno movies phone calls at work along with every other one we get and now that school is out, its going to get worse. Plus they always seem to call during the busiest times when I don't have time for crap like that.

It wouldn't be so bad if half the prank calls we got weren't from other GameStop employees/managers... and I know you know who I'm talking about. I swear. One of these days, I'm going to rickroll you-know-who... or just download the song from that milkman flash animation those two idiots won't shut up about...

[Princess J]

Call me mean and a huge fan of inflicting torture, but I have a hilarious (to me) response to the Battle Toads question. Tell them to hold while you check. Here is where you Rickroll with a twist. Instead of playing a Rick Astley recording, YOU sing. It is totally something I would do, and I am pretty sure they would stop calling after that.

[Groezig]

I am so sick of the Battletoads and porno movies phone calls at work along with every other one we get and now that school is out, its going to get worse. Plus they always seem to call during the busiest times when I don't have time for crap like that.

[Samaliel]

But it's fun because there is no challenge ! If there was challenge, they would be at risk of getting pwned ! And getting pwned is no fun ! And since they don't get pwned, that must mean they pwn everyone else ! Which is fun §

Don't mind me, I just graduated in Different Logic.

[aniwahya]

I have never understood the appeal of prank calls. Especially of businesses where you have an employee who reads a scripted spiel, and is generally constrained by a set of rules imposed by their boss that do not allow them to truly respond to the pranker. It is like clubbing a blind baby seal who is tied to a post by a 2 foot chain while being stuck in a tar-super glue hybrid.There is no challenge to it. How can it be fun if there is no challenge? Bah!

[SugarBeef]

Speaking of Prank calls, I just got one. (A POX ON THE WORLD TO YOU!)

Me: Good Evening, thank you for calling [hotel] this is EQ how can I help you?
Caller: Yeah, can I talk to your shift leader? *gaggle of girls giggling and talking*
Me: I'm sorry, can you repeat your request?
Caller: *more giggling and talking*
Me: Hello?
Caller: Yeah, can you lick my ?
Me: .....No. But you can lick my [other word for rooster].
<click>

Keep in mind that I'm a girl with a very girlie voice. Yeah. Funny shit little girls.

I wonder if it's the same drunk 15 year olds that called my house a couple years ago telling me my porno dvds were past due at blockbuster?

(for those of you that don't know, blockbuster is "family friendly" in that they don't carry anything above an R rating, so no pornos)

[Evil Queen]

Speaking of Prank calls, I just got one. (A POX ON THE WORLD TO YOU!)

Me: Good Evening, thank you for calling [hotel] this is EQ how can I help you?
Caller: Yeah, can I talk to your shift leader? *gaggle of girls giggling and talking*
Me: I'm sorry, can you repeat your request?
Caller: *more giggling and talking*
Me: Hello?
Caller: Yeah, can you lick my ?
Me: .....No. But you can lick my [other word for rooster].
<click>

Keep in mind that I'm a girl with a very girlie voice. Yeah. Funny shit little girls.

[Seraph]

Desu posts are just "desu desu desu" over and over (usually so many times that one post is a whole page). It came from the anime Rozen Maiden where one of the dolls ended every sentence with desu, the one that looks like a maid with one red and one green eye. No idea who decided it was funny. Probably the same brain trust that thinks battletoads is still funny.

Honestly, about all I can stand about that place anymore is the wallpapers when I want a new one, the video game and comic/cartoon boards, and if they have a "you laugh you lose" thread with something funny in it. Beyond that it's about the same 12 posts over and over again since the people that actually came up with anything new moved to another site.

Same here...the gif boards are full of pron, the board non speak of is the same...except for the occasional epic Caturday or YLYL thread. I only check out the wallpaper and comic boards myself besides occasionally peeking into the other two in the vain hopes that someone's posted original content. For vid games...I stick with Kotaku now.

[Evil Queen]

Oy, I have the Rozen Maiden series of Manga. It's really good.

[SugarBeef]

Desu posts are just "desu desu desu" over and over (usually so many times that one post is a whole page). It came from the anime Rozen Maiden where one of the dolls ended every sentence with desu, the one that looks like a maid with one red and one green eye. No idea who decided it was funny. Probably the same brain trust that thinks battletoads is still funny.

Honestly, about all I can stand about that place anymore is the wallpapers when I want a new one, the video game and comic/cartoon boards, and if they have a "you laugh you lose" thread with something funny in it. Beyond that it's about the same 12 posts over and over again since the people that actually came up with anything new moved to another site.

[Evil Queen]

I'm not sure I want to know, but what is a "desu post" ?

If my Japanese is correct (which it more then likely is not, but I watch a lot of anime)... Desu is what you say at the end of a sentence (formally speaking) to let someone know you're done speaking. I generally say something like "Nan-desu?" to ask "What?"

I think Desu Posts mike be like posting "." or "bump" to get a topic back onto the first page again.



Honestly, I only went to 4chan once and was immediately bored with it.