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I just don't see how anybody would think a movie like that would be anything near appropriate for kids to see! Apparently for her the concept movie ratings let alone rentals is foreign to her. Idiot.
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We had the same issue at the GameStore. The thing is, while MOST parents will say "NO GAME FOR YOU" when we explain to them that a "Rated M For Money" game isn't appropriate for widdle Jimmy, we also get the ones who came in -- in drives -- for GTA 3 at its release "because it keeps them quiet". My favorite rationale: "It's OK, I just keep the volume turned off so they don't hear any bad words"....I'm beginning to think Kyle's Mom was right in the South Park movie >_>
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It does scare the heck out of me that ANYONE would think that a game with words like Grand Theft, Mortal, Killer, or something similar in the name would, in any way, be considered "safe" for kids to play. We had the rating signs posted all over the store, and we were always VERY happy to lose a sale rather than send a 5-year old home with an M-Rated game...Remember: horrific, terrible violence is O-K, as long as there are no naughty words!Leave a comment:
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She didn't really clarify whether it was inappropriate for herself or the kids, only that she turned it off after the first 10 minutes. If the kids indeed picked it up for her to buy, she should've been looking at what it was, especially since it's right around the 40 dollar mark for pricing.
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I was wondering that too, but shadow1186 didn't say that the woman said it was 'inappropriate for her kids', just that they were 'inappropriate'.Quoth Crescent Cat View Post
I'm wondering if she just watched it herself and didn't like it.
Maybe, if it was the kids, the kids themselves picked it out for her to buy and she did without knowing what it was (or even looking at it). I've worked in a video store before... that happened all the time. "My 9-year old son and his friends want to rent 'Wild Things', 'Natural Born Killers' and all of these 'Friday the 13th' movies... are they appropriate for someone their age?"
What's worse was I had a co-irker that didn't know how to help pick movies appropriate for people. A 70-year old grandmother came in and tore a strip off him because he recommended "Scary Movie" for her and her grandchildren, all less than 10 years old.Leave a comment:
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I'm curious. Based on the cover what could she have possibly thought the show would be about that it would be appropriate for her kids?Leave a comment:
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ROFL...wouldn't you do research, if you'd never heard of the show before? True Blood is probably the last thing in the world I would let my kid watch. I certainly wouldn't pick up a DVD with that cover and assume it was kid friendly, and at the very least I would check the back of the freaking box to see what it was rated. That lady was a moron.Leave a comment:
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Do you have that in writing???
So this lovely lady I got to deal with myself. I got called over to Guest Service because some lady had demanded to see a manager, oh joy, the good ones always start out this way....
So I get over there and this lady, mid-thirties with 2 kids in tow, is demanding a refund on an open dvd because she thought the contents were "innappropriate". Knowing I couldn't do it according to copyright laws, I asked to see the DVD, well it was "True Blood" and the cover looks like this....
Any sane person could see that this wouldn't be an "appropriate" show by most definitions. I'll admit I nearly laughed, but I told her we couldn't take the return due to federal laws, and of course she pulls the "Can I see this in writing" and I told her to flip her receipt over where it was clearly stated. She didn't like this one bit, and demanded to then see my manager, whom I called over and they told her the same exact thing to which she grabbed the DVD and left in quite a huff.
Oh well, I wonder if she's ever heard of the concept of "renting" and item to see if you like it before actually buying....probably not.
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