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[@ReviewTechUSA]

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[@CEOofBerserk]

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[@cloudgamer178]

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[@militantpacifist4087]

Rich is babysitting chickens.

[@joereginmyre]

I AM THE BEEST YOUUTUBER YOU'RE ALL TRAASH COMPARED TO ME IM THE BEEST 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@AnthonyDoesYouTube]

September 20th was the inaugural International NFT Day, Rich! How did you celebrate the history of this new special technology?

[@The_BHK_Mask]

The thing is that I used to go to gamestop as a kid. Thing is I went there. My parents never plopped me off there. I'd go in, look at the games, and budget what I could. I didn't talk to anyone who worked there unless I had a question or they talked to me. I'd use the demo kiosks only if other people weren't using them. I ended up becoming friends with some of the employees and would even help them sell games to indecisive parents because I was bored.

[@AppalachianWarhammer]

Yep I used to do the same. I remember the time I helped a younger gal who was having trouble selling a part on an Xbox one X Turned around from looking through some used 3DS games and was like "Xbox One X?! Oh yeah this gal sold me one last week, picked up Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Gears 5 and *whistles* damn good looking little console". The mom ended up buying it and the little gal looked quite happy she made a sale.

[@The_BHK_Mask]

@@AppalachianWarhammer I can't tell you how many og Xbox and 360s I helped sell when I was little. Doing that when I was little actually kinda helped me develop the "Gift of the Gab" that I still use today when I'm either trading my games or selling stuff at my job.

[@TheCommanderTaco]

It isn't only gamestop but gamestop is the main retail place it happens. My parents used to drop me off at Movie gallery ( I think that was the name. It was a movie/ game rental place) while they shopped at Walmart ( the rental place was a built in shop at the Walmart). Later down the line it was gamestop they would drop me off at. Unlike some people in this story my parents never expected the retail employees to keep an eye on me and of course would only yell at me ( not shift blame to employees who had no business with me) if I wondered off. Which I occasionally would do once I got bored of looking around ( especially at gamestop when I knew my parents didn't have the money to buy me anything lol) and would go looking for them shopping. Working retail myself in the electronics section of Walmart we would joke we were unofficial babysitters since at the time we had a TV display connected to a DVD player where we usually played a new release cartoon on repeat ( we got tired of "let it go" so quickly lol). Parents would leave their kids to sit on the pallets in our action aisle while they went shopping. Luckily ( at least to my knowledge/ memory) we never had a parent yell at us for their kid wandering off. Though we hardly paid the kids attention anyways since we had so much other stuff we had to work on lol.

[@ItsTheCostanza]

And, Parenting is at an all low

[@The_BHK_Mask]

@@TheCommanderTaco Man my mom worked at a Movie Gallery. They'd drop me off at one too when they where around. The most I'd do is ask if they could put on the old DBZ tapes no one ever rented because DVDs where a thing. Sometimes they'd put on old Godzilla tapes. That shaped me so much.

[@Onoitsbroko]

I used to work at a Lego Store about 13 years ago and parents dropped kids off ALL THE TIME! It was the worst. Kids would literally get dropped off and then start crying for their parents after 5 minutes. Just like Gamestop, after looking at a few displays and playing with whatever we had on the floor, there is nothing left to do. It's a fucking retail store. We aren't going to open up a Lego set and start playing with your kids. 😒

[@joereginmyre]

I AM THE BEEST YOUUTUBER YOU'RE ALL TRAASH COMPARED TO ME IM THE BEEST 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@garystinten9339]

Yeah you will.. of course you will.. Lol.. why wouldn't you???

[@DeathMonkeys]

@@garystinten9339 I mean how could anyone NOT drop everything for my precious child, they're super special and one of a kind after all :)

[@garystinten9339]

@@DeathMonkeys that's RIGHT!! MY PRECIOUS BABY.. Not being attended to hand and foot FOR FREEE!!!!!!!!

[@karaoconnoraliasraidra]

People used to leave their children at the Toys R Us in my hometown. It got to where you’d visit and there were unaccompanied minors running around and bothering actual customers. My late father rightfully griped that the parents were treating the store like a daycare. The store closed in the 2000s, long before the company announced the widespread closures, and I wondered if it were due to people not wanting to shop there because of the children disturbing them. For that matter, I wonder how many other stores lost customers because of the same thing.

[@vincenthernandez2242]

This is why arcades need to make a comeback. Parents should be dropping their kids off there, not in a retail store

[@OmegaXXII]

Yeah, this would make much more sense! Give the kids $5 then they can play all they want and not actually have to babysit then because you know.... it's a nice spacious arcade to keep them distracted

[@JustYourRegularIdiot]

Definately! One of my buddies works at a gamestop in a mall, thankfully there is a small arcade called Kokojoe. Every time a kid gets dumped there, he says the parents get pissed off when they return later and their kid isn’t there. And then he has to tell them they went to the arcade because of course, and it’s not his job to keep on eye on them all day

[@bipbop3121]

Absolutely not. There isn't staff there to babysit kids, either. More activities doesn't make the parents any less negligent. This is why arcades all close early in Vegas, so parents can't leave their kids there overnight.

[@garystinten9339]

Lol.. home consoles ate that market up.. and you wonder why arcades closed back in the day???!!! Because no one was going to them. And to pay for a game!!?!!!!!!??? Are you broken lol?!!?!! We have smartphones.. the very thing that made games portable before switch and steamdeck.. Btw this whole comment is sarcasm..

[@Iknowimadummy]

Lol an arcade is not daycare.

[@mattsarne3795]

I remember when I was younger, my mom hated going into GameStop because she didn't like the vibe of the store. She would drop me off to pick out something from getting good grades or something like that. Then i pick out what I want and pay. I feel looking back it was kinda disrespectful of the employees to dump kids off the store just because the parents don't like video games. The things I see at retail really makes me want to treat employees with respect and they deserve to make a living wage.

[@TheCommanderTaco]

I don't necessarily see dropping kids off at a store as disrespectful ( working retail myself). It's more when as expressed in this article where parents expect you to do something not in your job description or they don't intend to buy anything and leave the kids there for more then 10- 20 minutes alone. Especially when the kids aren't well behaved and just make a mess taking up time you could be using to get other tasks done ( assuming it isn't a slow day). To me it is more the latter. I hate having just zoned a spot to see kids wonder in unattended then proceed to make a mess and walk off ( usually either strip lights or funco pops they mess up).

[@joereginmyre]

I AM THE BEEST YOUUTUBER YOU'RE ALL TRAASH COMPARED TO ME IM THE BEEST 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@IGOBYTHENAMELOVE]

I don’t need my parent rushing me to choose the game

[@reizak8966]

My mom would go in with me and look at any game i wanted to choose. She didn't want me to play anything with mature content, but she also liked watching me and my sister play games. She saw them as interactive stories and always got really into them. Looking back at it, I see how lucky I was that my mom not only encouraged me to play video games, but would have engaging conversations with me about them.

[@SilverJoystix]

Sometimes quitting your job is the best thing you can do for yourself.

[@jigglynorris2559]

Was at my job for 8 years and quit a few months ago. Best fucking decision ever

[@Janopooh]

Sometimes forcing your boss to fire you because you think they are a POS is the best thing to do

[@tylertheguy3160]

Especially if it's a dying company anyway.

[@joereginmyre]

I AM THE BEEST YOUUTUBER YOU'RE ALL TRAASH COMPARED TO ME IM THE BEEST 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@Aesthetic626]

And becoming homeless is the best thing you can do for yourself.

[@zombie_master2014]

I remember years ago when i tried to buy a psp and the employees lied about how the system needs a wifi connection in order for the system to be updated otherwise it won’t play newer games.

[@vincenthernandez2242]

I once heard of a mom getting charged with child abuse/abandonment just for letting her kid look around the Lego store while she was in another store. Karens definitely shouldn't be allowed to just leave their kid in a store like a daycare though

[@Azhrei2000]

Just for? You don't think there's anything wrong with putting your kid in one store and then leaving to go to another? Kid could have gotten grabbed and she never would have known, that's literally abandonment...

[@vincenthernandez2242]

@@Azhrei2000 letting your kid look around a store is completely different than literally leaving your child in a store to be taken care of by strangers while you go do other things

[@LightSilver7]

@@vincenthernandez2242 what's the difference lol? the parents are still not with them.

[@vincenthernandez2242]

@@LightSilver7 has the world changed so much since I was a kid that tweens/teens aren't allowed to just walk in a store in a mall and look around without an adult? Have they completely lost all autonomy? These are serious questions. Like are people under 18 expected to be supervised by parents at all times in all situations now? Last I checked it was pretty normal for kids as young as 11 or 12 to just hang out at malls

[@FreemanFreak87]

Okay, I get the point. But I'm kind of shocked since LEGO stores are usually designed AROUND kids. I mean, yeah, don't dump your kid off at one and run. But it wouldn't be the *worst* place for your kid to end up.

[@metalhead5707]

I feel bad for the employees; their company is so abusive; it’s the same company that called itself a necessity during the covid lockdowns

[@evandaymon8303]

Don’t forget they made their employees dance for some bonuses and record it for their social

[@ArtieArchives]

The lockdowns were unnecessary and caused mass communism

[@owenoutragous666]

@@evandaymon8303 what really.....?

[@christopherscott934]

True story. Also, a company who had employees pushing cheap bottles of hand sanitizer as well...

[@joereginmyre]

I AM THE BEEST YOUUTUBER YOU'RE ALL TRAASH COMPARED TO ME IM THE BEEST 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@cruelwraith2games926]

They're leaving the kids while they go shopping is not just the GameStop thing that used to happen to me all the time doing security at the mall or just working at a regular retail store

[@joereginmyre]

I AM THE BEEST YOUUTUBER YOU'RE ALL TRAASH COMPARED TO ME IM THE BEEST 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@happyliving1922]

@@joereginmyre that's not what your mom said

[@redstratus97]

I still go into GameStop. I’ve found stuff there that is not in other stores. Plus I very much prefer physical if the option is there.

[@asianprince8718]

Do you shop online? Amazon is most popular online store for games.

[@redstratus97]

@@asianprince8718 in some cases Amazon is more expensive. And many times they are out of stock or stock is limited which jacks up the price. I’ve bought a few there but with GameStops 10 mins away from me I can do either if the price doesn’t matter.

[@asianprince8718]

@@redstratus97 Amazon also has discount on some of their popular items, like video game guides. Not sure if GameStop sell game guides.

[@redstratus97]

@@asianprince8718 I never buy guides anymore. Used to years ago but no interest now.

[@d3athwillcom390]

@@redstratus97 that’s true. Advanced Warfare Atlas edition with the steel book new is $71 on Amazon but some 3rd party seller was selling it for $31

[@jamescook9401]

Once working at Wally I saw two kids throwing and all and playing soccer in the isle. I was told by the child mother for me to tell her son and his friend to not throw the ball and play around. I looked at the mother and said they are your responsibility not my kids and left.

[@jereme48]

Me and brother used to go straight to GameStop whenever our mom and fam would go to the mall. Miss those days 😂

[@gtpanda318]

I hate when some stores are giving a bad rep to other stores. None of this stuff happens in my district or at my store either.

[@zombie_master2014]

I hate when they try to get me to add the protection plan, they keep trying to get me to do it when i say no the first time. Its like ripping a band-aid off when talking to them.

[@DaveGX]

They still do it when it ain’t the cheapest item.

[@garystinten9339]

Just say to them Listen you ask me if I want protection.. I WALK!! You won't hear another word the next time you go in.

[@DaveGX]

@@garystinten9339 You could also just simply tell them no thanks, because it ain’t like it he protection is mandatory.

[@garystinten9339]

@@DaveGX true.. but it's bullshit.. especially when the people know your face and they know you don't want any fluff

[@sentientcardboarddumpster7900]

I honestly hate everything about the experience for some reason lol. That feeling before I open that door...dread.

[@nhilist5774]

I went to the GameStop by my parents house for a controller, and they had a used PS5 for $750. It's pretty wild

[@jamescook9401]

I still have an extra one unopened here. I paid 50

[@Chaoskae]

That shouldn’t be possible

[@jalmodov7817]

I love going to Gamestop. I often find some old used goodies. I hope they start treating their employees better.

[@42Mrgreenman]

Yeah, the disrespect of some people seems to know no bounds. I had the displeasure of working at Wal-Mart several years ago and at least once a week a customer would get genuinely angry at me or one of my co-workers because an item was out of stock, "But on the website it says you have them in stock!"...Well, we don't, WTF do you want me to do about it? Run down to the distribution center and grab a few?...then they stand there complaining like we owe them some kind of compensation...or they think we're lying to them when we check our iPhone inventory scanner and want us to physically go into the stock room to look...SMH...

[@pyrelord8763]

this. i HATE that it tells them if its in stock online. customers dont understand that the stock #’s are frequently wrong. they shouldnt be, but hey. some customers have sticky fingers and often the DC will short you odds and ends that you dont notice until you check the #’s. and sometimes that stock came in destroyed and is waiting to be written off. in-stock online is far from a garuntee.

[@RoseKindred]

If a parent does this CALL THE COPS. I worked at 2 malls, 1 kinda slow and 1 a tourist stop. They go missing in moments. It is not an exaggeration.

[@Walt_Xander94]

WTF? I never even heard of this. Certainly doesnt happen at the local mall I went to for YEARS. I mean really, parents are just leaving their kids at a GameStop in a mall? These parents are just asking for terrible things to happen, like the start of freakin' Heavy Rain.

[@VenomSnake00]

I’ve been scammed by their employees countless times and been pressured to the point of desperation for me to sign up for the power up rewards. They nearly wouldn’t let me check out if I didn’t want to sign up. One time I paid for a preorder, they took my money, than said my card was invalid and canceled my order. I never got the $45 dollars back. When I bought my PS4, they literally opened the box in the store and stole the charger cord and basically said it wasn’t included in the “trade-in bundle” I purchased. Another time they wouldn’t let me buy an action figure because they said it was “recalled” which was not true, only to later see the employee buying it himself. They have lost my packages, canceled orders, double charged me, you name it. It is one of the worst companies I have ever shopped at and I wish so badly that they would close down for good. The only reason I am forced to shop there is because they have exclusive collectibles. It’s horrible

[@jat4651]

Ya know, first screw up... ok. Second screw up? Irritating. BUT YOU WENT BACK HOW MANY TIMES?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?

[@VenomSnake00]

@@jat4651 I admit, it’s partly irresponsible to continue to go there for sure. The biggest issue for me is that I want the exclusive collectibles and when you buy them off the website there’s no guarantee you are not going to get robbed and never sent the item. So I am stuck having to go into the stores. But I only ever buy action figures from them. I never preorder anything (because they lose track of your order by never correctly logging it in the database therefore you will NOT get the game on midnight like you were hoping) Whenever they ask for a power ups reward I say no because it’s the biggest scam ever. Pay this ghetto ass company $15 dollars a month to get $5 dollars off a year and that’s it, no other perks whatsoever. I try to make it 5 mins or less, just in and out. But holy shit they are like the most annoying sales people ever. Immediately when you walk in they practically are breathing down your neck “CAN I HELP YOU FIND ANYTHING?” No, just looking. “OKAY WELL DO YOU NEED TO PREORDER ANYTHING?” Nope “OKAY WELL HOW ELSE CAN I HELP YOU?” It is the worst shopping experience of all time

[@bipbop3121]

I haven't been to a game stop in a long time, but I don't think the various ones I went to had this problem.

[@Aesthetic626]

Welcome to gamestop idiot. You could simply go to your plastic box dashboard menu and buy the game there

[@flamebreaker7318]

Why are you buying action figures at the video game store

[@seedofwonder]

"grown man's sippy cup" - Well, that's enough social media for today.

[@yeetghostrat]

my parents used to do things like this to me. my mom forgot me a couple times and went home. I'd be terrified and bored out of my mind. sometimes just go silently cry in a corner or under a display that was out of sight, because I felt like such a burden to the workers. Also because I was scared of getting kidnapped. And then my parents would rarely even buy me anything, so there was no point in even looking at merchandise. Literally as far back as I can remember. still wearing pull ups. To anyone who does this; it's not just the employees you're inconveniencing when you do this, you are traumatizing your children and leaving them wide open for predators.

[@yeetghostrat]

@Mortal Coils haha, yeah. Happened more than a few times, usually in Wal-Marts. She would drop me off in the toy isles while she shopped. I've inherited her bad short term memory, so I know it wasn't malicious. Just irresponsible.

[@louvella-sama]

This

[@AndersonTenecela]

The pandemic really put the hammer on displaying consoles to try out in the store

[@joereginmyre]

I AM THE BEEST YOUUTUBER YOU'RE ALL TRAASH COMPARED TO ME IM THE BEEST 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@garystinten9339]

They don't do that in Australia because "encourages riff Raff" or some bullshit.

[@Aesthetic626]

They don't do that anymore that ended years ago

[@nintendoconvert4045]

They are back, at least in the northeast of the US. GameStop, Target, BestBuy, etc- they all have them.

[@NikkoNikko98]

I’m sick of Rich not showing his holes

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

He shows his birds what more do you want?

[@TheSpeedfoever]

I'm sick of rich with bird jokes

[@Maxrepfitgm]

@@TheSpeedfoever are you sick of rich birds? Are you a communist bird hater?

[@KingShibe]

Rich tomorrow: here are my holes

[@Whrizler68]

What kind of person ARE you?

[@rpelletier2771]

My nipple hair stands up when i hear those chickens cluck! Goosebumps!!

[@chiefhawk5975]

I know that most people buy games digitally, but I still prefer physical over digital and always will. I'm weird, I enjoy cover art and actually being able to have the games in your hands. My towns Gamestop has been closed down now for close to 2 years and it kills me everytime I go past it. Going to the Halo and COD launch parties back in the day was so much fun, and like man others I was friends with the people who worked there. It was a little sad the last few years it was open, seeing how it went from when I was a kid/teenager when the slogan was "Power to the Players" to how it has been the last5 years or so.

[@RichardCallaby]

I thought it was bad enough when parents used to come into a luggage store I used to work at and just allow their kids to tear up the place. No scolding, no saying "Timmy, put that down", nothing. This was before social media so I just asked the entire family to leave, I am sure now I would just have to let those kids tear up the store as the parents would try and create fake outrage on the Internet.

[@dapperfan44]

Man, I hope your boss had your back on that.

[@TheRetroRenegade]

This is not exactly the same circumstance, but as someone who works in a big-box retail store, I understand the frustration of having to deal with kids and young teenagers who are left to run amuck in the store. It doesn't help that we're right by an indoor trampoline park that closes before we do, and after they shut their doors all these unattended kids just storm the place like it's their playground. We aren't expected to "babysit" per-say, but kids and teenagers can make trying to do your job and help other customers (especially in specialty sales like clothes or tech) far more difficult. All the time I have to disable our demo sound bars and bluetooth speakers because kids will play explicit music or fart sounds over them, or yell at them to stop riding bikes from sporting goods around the store. The other night I had some kids trying to prank call me three times in the span of about 20 minutes.

[@zavi1919]

Retail workers are treated horribly by the public and their higher-ups it goes without saying. Glad I’m done with that type of work, it’s soul crushing.

[@greggvictorious968]

I never believe it when parents say they love their kids.

[@GMAceM]

Parents dropping their kids off at GameStop to have employees take care of their kids sounds like the most irresponsible thing ever. How are these people parents?

[@godofwarspartan1243]

I work at a tmobile so I don't have too many kids coming in to look at phones or anything like that but I do have people who walk in for super simple problems their kids could fix and never buy anything. It hurts the store everytime that happens and we get penalized for not being able to sell anything to those customers. I just started getting real creative to where I try to get them to buy something and just keep telling them about the same things over and over until they either cave and buy or never want to come inside our store again. It's a harsh reality but I can't waste my time helping someone when it hurts my paycheck everytime a customer like that comes into the store.

[@SonicmanTheBest]

I used to be a cashier where I work before getting promoted. Still not perfect but it is a lot better now. I can’t stand standing in one spot for a long period of time, even though it’s easy. I had customers ask me to load stuff for them when I was the only person standing by the exit. Usually, they are understanding when I tell them “I am the only associate here. There needs to be at least one person up here at all times while the store is open.” Usually, they are understanding. But every once in a while, they don’t understand or they just refuse to accept that I can’t leave.

[@IceSick88]

I used to ask my parents to let me hang out at the Gamestop/Tilt when I was at the mall with them? Used to hang out an hour or two talking games and playing MvC2 and DDR. They don't let you do that any more? That's so weird.

[@markdiaz512]

When I was younger my grandma would always drop me off at GameStop while she shop at Walmart which was across the street. I was very well behaved and often just spend my time reading back of game cases or arrange the cases in order to pass the time. I was so knowledgeable about most games there that I would often help other customers pick games or help parents choose games their kids might like. I actually helped the employees make sales and they knew that which is probably why they often bought me sodas and a pizza from the Little Caesars next to the store.

[@bluemanwelder]

don't respond it's a scam

[@Seracen]

This would happen all the time at the malls in the area. One ended rather poorly for the child, unfortunately, and Child Services took the kid from the parents' custody.

[@JayDecayAE]

All the GameStops around me have big signs that say “No children allowed while not accompanied by parent or guardians” all over the store. I even seen a sign that added “Babysitting services are offered in the front of the mall” once

[@Azhrei2000]

It's real simple what you do... Tell the parents no this is not a daycare, if they still leave the kid call the police and tell them the child has been abandoned, and if GameStop tries to fire you sue them for wrongful termination because you're completely in the right...

[@leeannvan1422]

A lot of places have at will employment so you can’t sue

[@teamofone1219]

The least the parents should do is ask before just dropping them off without a word because, what if some stranger comes in a claims they are their father or mother? How are the employees supposed to know otherwise?

[@Sacren365]

I feel like GameStop would be more successful if they either: A) Were taken over by/ made a deal with a big box store to be given a portion of the floor, kinda of like how you’ll find Dunkin Donuts, Subways, glasses shops, and banks in a Walmart. B) Went online only with a warehouse(s) to store their stock. Imagine a small version of Amazon for games and pop culture and you’ll understand what I mean by that. C) Do something I can’t think of.

[@Iknowimadummy]

A) wouldn’t work because it would limit how many games they would carry. Their business model is based on being able to sell new games for $60, buy them back for $25 and then selling them used for $55. A smaller store within a big box store wouldn’t have the capacity to follow this model. B) also wouldn’t work because then they would be competing directly with Amazon. One of the appeals of GameStop is that they have brick and motor establishments.

[@superGose35]

You know as a gamestop employee despite how all the things you say are true, its still one of the best jobs ive had. Thats not singing gamestop's praises mind you, its just saying how awful a lot of jobs are.

[@veraxiana9993]

ya know i actually saw a gamestop by me that had a fairly long line. of course the reason wasnt because something in particular was released or that they got a wave of new customers or anything, no the reason there was such a long line was that they literally only had 1 employee in the entire store and it took over 20 minutes to check out 1 person lmfao

[@davecrupel2817]

God, That poor employee

[@trashtalker420]

I remember i had a very part time job at Gamestop like 2 to 6 hrs a week while i was working as a case manager for a domestic violence shelter. The assistant manager ripped into me because i suggested to a customer to buy a new Switch since the used was only $25 less. I was like dude Im not going to lie.....

[@terryglover3215]

In the UK we have GAME (which does trade-ins and new products) and CEX (which only does trade-ins) and they are thriving. We only have a CEX in my town (the GAME closed down years ago) but in a nearby town there is a GAME, CEX and an independent trade-in shop all next to each other, and they are always busy (probably they compete for prices).

[@BeSome1]

I recently bought a used PS5 controller from gamestop. It was a damaged controller, the The adaptive feature on the right trigger did not work correctly causing the right trigger itself to not work correctly. I told them I wanted to bring it back with the receipt, And exchange it for a working controller. They refused Ridiculousness. Because I did not bring it back within 7 days. it Was a secondary controller I did not open it immediately... They sold me a defective controller and would not even let me trade it in for a working controller. My suggestion to anybody attempting to buy a used PS5 controller from gamestop just don't. They do not know how to accurately check for functionality. At least with these daul sense controllers.

[@psyco-wolf4359]

This isn't just at GameStop. I've worked in healthcare for 8 years and I can not tell you how many parents try to just leave their children, young and teens, on us. Or try to drop their minors off for exams and leave.

[@pyrofrost2450]

They do the same thing with *their* parents, believe it or not. Saw it all the time when I worked in the VA. 'Gonna go on a trip down south over Christmas? Let's just leave Grandpa at the VA ER and we can pick him up on the way back. ' Absolutely despicable.

[@bturcz4025]

We had this problem all the time in Barnes and Noble. We had parents literally drop off their autistic kid who was non verbal in the children's section on the second floor and then go down the escalator to the first floor to get a coffee at the cafe and sit with her friends. And didn't see it as a problem because the bookseller was watching them.

[@Markimark151]

The parents shouldn’t leave their kids at GameStop, it’s not a playground! I used to work at a drugstore and I hated how there were rowdy teenagers that used to come in gangs and be obnoxiously loud. I had to kick them out if they didn’t stop, they were scaring the other customers!

[@TurtleSauceGaming]

I remember as a kid while my parents shopped, I was allowed to check out the game stop, so long as I didn't leave there. Not as a baby sitting service. Just because my parents knew where I was and I got to look at games instead of standing around doing nothing and being bored.

[@LylatKnight]

The manager of the only GameStop near me is short-tempered so I already had no reason to go into a GameStop. I only ever go to a distant one if it is my only option for obtaining collector’s editions of games I want. Otherwise, my purchases are all digital now.

[@WraithDesignz]

What's even more shocking is that people STILL try to get a job there knowing damn well what they are about and how they treat people.

[@DartzTheGamer]

Oh man this brought up memories for me. This happened when I worked at GameStop in a mall 10 years ago. We got tired of it and told parents and kids that they had to be 16 or older to roam the store without an adult. All others we called mall security.

[@KitsCloud]

I have been called at 3/4 in the morning because multiple times because the alarm went off for no reason.

[@ParanormalFire]

Every child deserves a parent, but not every parent deserves a child.

[@gameshock2916]

I'm a GameStop employee who is underpaid by half of what I'm supposed to be making. I make 11 dollars an hour instead of the 22 dollars an hour I'm supposed to be getting. Also, I couldn't go to my grandfather's funeral when he died because we had pre-orders for Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury on the same day. My manager. although he's a nice guy, he said I couldn't leave because the higher-ups would get mad at him for breaking the rules and fire both of us. I thankfully don't work at a GameStop that's in a mall then because watching kids wouldn't be a part of my job. Also, I'm thankful that I have two email addresses instead of one so I can be truthful about my working experience at GameStop while staying employed.

[@doctabyte5370]

The way I buy games is I get triple A games physically, and I get third party and indie games digital, and Game Stop went out of business where I live

[@disturbedmushroom_video]

i remember a time where video games stores wanted kids at their store, now they don't even exist

[@TheBlargMarg]

I feel like this could be considered "child abandonment" and the employees could call the cops saying some parents just left their child unsupervised in a store.

[@criticalmorale159]

The correct response to "Did my kids behave?" Is "Oh, you're back? Their uncle came by, said he was picking them up. He just went to bring the van around."

[@SCV_781]

If I were working at a GameStop, and some parent dropped their kids off at the store, expecting me to babysit them, I'd just call CPS at that point

[@mydragonseyes8177]

When I worked there I hooked up a remote power switch to the demos. Whenever those kids came in we hit the button and watch them freak out.

[@duckyworthIV]

gamestop was great when they use to sell gba and gamecube games when major retailers stop selling them.

[@erikhendrickson59]

This sounds like a _MAJOR_ lawsuit waiting to happen.

[@KittStargazer]

"Oh? Ah yeah, your child walked out about an hour ago"

[@Ryuk551]

And I'm tired of GameStop selling me games as "NEW" when the case is unwrapped and is all full of finger prints with the plastic torn.

[@ThatOneDude521]

When I was a child, there was a GameStop right next to my barber. My haircut would be super fast, my dad’s a bit longer since he got a haircut AND a hot shave. Once in a blue moon my dad would give me $20 bucks and say “You’ve been a good kid, go buy yourself a game.” So I would go next door to GameStop and browse games to buy for my PS2 (yeah it was a loooong time ago). One time I went into the empty store (I was 9 years old at the time) and an employee working the desk looked at me and rolled his eyes, didn’t say anything tho. I went to the shelf, picked out a used copy of Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, went to the counter and paid. I think the guy was surprised I wasn’t running like a maniac around the store and being stupid, but my dad said if I acted like a moron in public he’d take my PS2 lmao. Another time, I wanted to buy a copy of Resident Evil 4 (I was 10 and had no idea about the ratings system and how they couldn’t sell me the game since I was young). I went in, picked out the game and brought it to the counter. The guy was polite and explained to me that I couldn’t get it without my dad present, and I could see he was relieved when I didn’t throw a shitfit about not getting the game. I went back a few minutes later with my dad and he got me the game, but only because I was patient and didn’t give the GS employee a hard time LMAO

[@vincetaylor3948]

I’m 30 and I find it extremely embarrassing to even be in the store,I don’t know how any one would actually want to work there

[@theprizmoftheizm]

The entitlement of people never ceases to amaze me.

[@maineman5757]

Everytime I see GameStop it's empty.

[@exPDXbear85]

Bad parenting if you ask me! I can barely handle my children sometimes, how messed up would it be to dump them in a store? Now, if they leave each kid with a $20 and tell em take your time and pick something, now that's different.

[@CameronKiesser]

Retail is weird because some people are at stores for 12 hours and I have no idea why.

[@SUPERFunStick]

I would've called the police immediately for child abuse, endangerment and neglect.

[@shaunsteele4968]

And it does not fail to escape the notice of people who do not share your love of gaming and think you to be too smart for it.

[@Jaysin669]

Back when I managed one, I had a kid that got dropped off often while his dad would go get, what I assumed was drunk... he forgot to pick his kid up a few times. Felt bad man, kid would be crying outside and another employee would take him home on more than one occasion.

[@MUNDAYthe13th]

I refuse to work a job that deals with the general public.

[@Marioheat]

FormerGamestopEmployeeUSA

[@PushStart_YT]

It's either dropping kids off at GameStop or leaving them in the car with doors and windows locked in 100 degrees weather. "parents" these days...

[@blacksawjohnnyhex310]

The game stop by my house closed awhile ago. but the only one by my house is in a mall and I’m shocked malls are still a thing with how many abandoned malls there are to be honest.

[@therealjaystone2344]

Unless the malls were remodeled, let alone to be at the biggest cities in the US, many of them weren’t lucky to be alive

[@TheSpeedfoever]

Malls are super popular dude you didn't know that?! Now you know!

[@blacksawjohnnyhex310]

@@therealjaystone2344 its crazy how many videos on here about abandoned malls it’s amazing there’s still some surviving . To be 100 percent honest I thought the pandemic was going To be the finale for movie theaters.

[@Zed596]

Malls are still always packed with ppl over here

[@Aesthetic626]

Yeah there a mall nearby my location and more than half the stores there are out of business

[@CAMELOT331]

How long will reddit keep Gamestop alive? I feel for the employees

[@alexh2790]

I half expecting Rich to quote you as the original source for this info.

[@CAMELOT331]

@@alexh2790 I made a video about it sometime in 2019 and again in 2020 I think. It was a common thing I experience while working there haha

[@a.grimes4202]

Fighting for people to make “above minimum wage” isn’t going to cut it anymore. We all need to fight to make the minimum wage *AT LEAST $25/HR.* anything less won’t cut it in this economy.

[@rogerscat]

I got the personal contact of every single employee in my local GameStop store. I called them everyday and a couple nights for like a month to know if they had a PS5. At the end of the month they said they did have PS5s and to go to the store and collect. I didnt. I knew what was about to happen to me if i did go. People who work do be angry these days

[@maxcombo3448]

Retail stores are not day care centers they are not there to watch your kids that's your job as the parent if i work there i would have said no

[@BeautifulAngelBlossom]

I will never go back to local game stop do how rude they are

[@aquatortuga3356]

I get my physical games from Target and used games on eBay, I don't see any sense in keeping Game Stops around while there are better options that don't have employees try to convince you to sign up for pointless things.

[@bradj9251]

Just call the cops and say you're not a babysitter. She'll have bigger problems to deal with lol

[@ncrawler1914]

As a kid I used to go to gamestop myself while my parents shopped but I kept to myself and didn't bother anyone. As a former employee as long as the kids weren't bad and getting into stuff it was fine but I did sideeye the parents who would legit come in and leave their kids and go to another store.

[@2BAMaster9]

I loved looking at games while my parents shopped in the mall. I never knew it was a problem for employees. I never bothered or caused problems for the employees

[@otakubullfrog1665]

The GameStop down the block from me is only ever really crowded when there's a console shipment or something like a Black Friday sale going on. I'm surprised that's sustainable for them, but it's been that way for at least a few years now.

[@bturcz4025]

This video residents with me because I used to be a night time hotel receptionist. And, I had a guess get mad at me because I told him I couldn't leave the desk to jump his car battery in the parking lot and the guest was cursing under his breath at me and couldnt understand why I wouldn't give my keys to him. So he can find my car and jump his battery. Like no dude...

[@Solitear666]

Oh my old manager did this when he saw people doing this on camera where they left kid in store and walked out he called Child protective services saying parent left kid alone at their store. If 30mins-1hr pass of parent leaving them alone. He dailed non-emergancy number to report it if I recalled. Then again our gm was savage at retail store back in the day.

[@MattX28025]

Back in 2004 I had this happen, but it was back when GameStop and EB Games were separate. I worked in a richey area EB. One morning a lady brought her 2 kids in and said: be good, I'll be back in about an hour. I'm going to birkdale. That shopping center was miles away from my store. I said don't bother coming back here to get them, just go to the police station, that's where they'll be because what you are doing is child abandonment and police don't take kindly to that. Needless to say, she took the kids and I never saw her again. This was back when we had demo stations for Xbox, PS2, and GameCube in the stores, and God forbid we turned them off....

[@rss11goten]

Lol that happened to me once the lady said if I can watch her child as she goes do something I was like uh no I’m busy lol and she just looked at me as I walked to the back room

[@RhythmGrizz]

Parents in general do this everywhere. People ditch their kids at my job too. It irresponsible, unsafe, and burdensome. Parents are some of the most inconsiderate people there are

[@liltwistedgamer]

I went to a GameStop recently just to see a how it is, and man it feels like a abandon place.There were two customs and one employee.

[@tonywhite3504]

I’m also reminded of all the painful experiences of kids screaming in public, retail or not

[@evillecaston]

Is this even legal? It seems a lot like abandonment. At the very least, it's selfish of the parents to do.

[@robgable2426]

When I was a kid I would ask to stay at the pet shop while my mom was doing boring shopping. But I was quiet and respectful to employees, just checking out all the animals. Sometimes I would look at all toys in a toy section. I'm the same age as Rich though.

[@MrLaneSir]

Beyond Ridiculous. If that’s true, shame on the parents. This tells me that they don’t have their priorities straight.

[@dedcaesar2325]

The GameStop I've been going to since 2003 finally closed its doors last week. The end of an era.