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meestermj
10/01/17 12:37:28 AM
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Things I won't answer:
- Personal information such as name, address, etc
- What store it is
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AlternativeFAQS
10/01/17 12:39:27 AM
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what stores do you not work at?
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TheMarthKoopa
10/01/17 12:40:20 AM
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What's your favourite anime?
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Doom_Art
10/01/17 12:40:23 AM
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i mean if you mean video games there's like only one vg chain anyway
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Capital_Tenant
10/01/17 12:41:27 AM
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Let's start off simple.

What's it like working there?
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Kaname_Madoka
10/01/17 12:42:16 AM
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what province? im from bc
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TheDarkCircle
10/01/17 12:44:46 AM
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How often do you touch the used games and stuff for sale without having washed your hands after using the bathroom?
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Monolith1676
10/01/17 12:47:02 AM
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Why are modern games so terrible?
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meestermj
10/01/17 12:54:52 AM
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TheMarthKoopa posted...
What's your favourite anime?

Of all time? Trigun.
Right now? Hajime no Ippo

Capital_Tenant posted...
Let's start off simple.

What's it like working there?

Pretty fun actually. We get one, maybe two angry/crap customers a week. It's a lot of work, but I have a decent team. Most of it is receiving boxes, sorting stock, and shit like that.

Kaname_Madoka posted...
what province? im from bc

Alberta! Love it here.
TheDarkCircle posted...
How often do you touch the used games and stuff for sale without having washed your hands after using the bathroom?

Never. I always wash.
Monolith1676 posted...
Why are modern games so terrible?

Mostly? A combination of high production costs, awful business practices, and a lack of diverse competition.
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Kaname_Madoka
10/01/17 12:57:43 AM
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Ah alberta. Nice
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Zodd3224
10/01/17 1:15:04 AM
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TheDarkCircle posted...
How often do you touch the used games and stuff for sale without having washed your hands after using the bathroom?


Good question, GREAT question DarkCircle
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The_Juice_
10/01/17 9:50:57 AM
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Are you in charge of it?

Can you not name it because it's not a game stop type chain store?
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GiftedACIII
10/01/17 10:34:11 AM
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Are you allowed to sell games like Senran Kagura and Neptunia?
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meestermj
10/01/17 3:29:08 PM
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leverageblargh posted...
Are there any stereotypes about Canadians that are mostly true in your experience?

Mostly the niceness. Sure there are assholes, but I've bumped into someone and spilled their drink, and they said sorry.

The_Juice_ posted...
Are you in charge of it?

Can you not name it because it's not a game stop type chain store?

There are several game stores in my area. I mostly don't want to name my store to avoid any issue like people contacting my store etc.
I'm an Assistant Manager.

GiftedACIII posted...
Are you allowed to sell games like Senran Kagura and Neptunia?

Absolutely. No issues there.
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EyeWontBeFooled
10/01/17 3:38:06 PM
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What is your opinion on Saskatchewan?
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TheDarkCircle
10/01/17 3:40:14 PM
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@Zodd3224 posted...
TheDarkCircle posted...
How often do you touch the used games and stuff for sale without having washed your hands after using the bathroom?


Good question, GREAT question DarkCircle


you're such a good guy, good good GREAT guy!
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discodancer77
10/01/17 3:41:00 PM
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HOw much do you get paid
How old are you
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meestermj
10/01/17 3:47:01 PM
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EyeWontBeFooled posted...
What is your opinion on Saskatchewan?

It's basically Manitoba, but with one ok city. If you stand at the Edmonton-Sask border, you can see the edge of Manitoba. Its that flat and dull.

discodancer77 posted...
HOw much do you get paid
How old are you

Right now? $16/hour. I'm 25 and saving up to finish my degree in Comp Sci.
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Ruvan22
10/01/17 4:11:15 PM
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Is it a good place to meet girls?
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meestermj
10/01/17 4:37:32 PM
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Ruvan22 posted...
Is it a good place to meet girls?

Not at all. Being in customer service it's hard to tell whether a girl is being nice because she likes you, or if she's just being a polite normal person.
And hitting on a girl while on shift, and being wrong, would be a disaster.
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Superlinkbro
10/01/17 4:40:14 PM
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Do you sell modern or assic games (or both)?
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AlternativeFAQS
10/01/17 4:40:59 PM
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meestermj posted...
Mostly the niceness. Sure there are assholes, but I've bumped into someone and spilled their drink, and they said sorry.

lol
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meestermj
10/01/17 4:45:04 PM
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Superlinkbro posted...
Do you sell modern or assic games (or both)?

A mixture really.
AlternativeFAQS posted...
meestermj posted...
Mostly the niceness. Sure there are assholes, but I've bumped into someone and spilled their drink, and they said sorry.

lol

Yah. It was ridiculous and I felt like an ass. It's rubbed off on me though. There are times where I'll hold the door open for someone from about 10 feet off and not feel weird about it.
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REMercsChamp
10/01/17 4:45:09 PM
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Do you meet your circle of life quotas?
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meestermj
10/01/17 4:47:00 PM
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REMercsChamp posted...
Do you meet your circle of life quotas?

I don't have anything like that.
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Hexagon
10/01/17 4:48:00 PM
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Do your store sell old console games (i.e gamecube, ps2 etc.)? If not what did you guys do with the old game that never sold. Please don't say throw them in the trash.
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TheDarkCircle
10/01/17 4:51:49 PM
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Superlinkbro posted...
Do you sell modern or assic games (or both)?


assic games lol
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TheDarkCircle
10/01/17 4:52:39 PM
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Ok be honest now:

Did you only make this topic so you can be asked if you were able to get yourself a SNES classic from work (which u did)?
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meestermj
10/01/17 4:56:55 PM
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Hexagon posted...
Do your store sell old console games (i.e gamecube, ps2 etc.)? If not what did you guys do with the old game that never sold. Please don't say throw them in the trash.

That was before my time with the company so I honestly couldn't say. We still have some older stuff, but not as much.

TheDarkCircle posted...
Ok be honest now:

Did you only make this topic so you can be asked if you were able to get yourself a SNES classic from work (which u did)?

Yes I got one, but I made the topic so people could get an inside look at video game stores. It's not all neckbeards and B.O.
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Ruvan22
10/01/17 5:03:35 PM
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meestermj posted...
Ruvan22 posted...
Is it a good place to meet girls?

Not at all. Being in customer service it's hard to tell whether a girl is being nice because she likes you, or if she's just being a polite normal person.
And hitting on a girl while on shift, and being wrong, would be a disaster.


What about as a customer?
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meestermj
10/01/17 5:11:43 PM
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Ruvan22 posted...
meestermj posted...
Ruvan22 posted...
Is it a good place to meet girls?

Not at all. Being in customer service it's hard to tell whether a girl is being nice because she likes you, or if she's just being a polite normal person.
And hitting on a girl while on shift, and being wrong, would be a disaster.


What about as a customer?

It feels the same imo. I never hit on girls in a service industry job because how am I supposed to know if she's just being polite and doing her job, or if she's actually interested?
It's a win/lose and I don't like losing.
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Ruvan22
10/01/17 10:29:38 PM
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meestermj posted...
Ruvan22 posted...
meestermj posted...
Ruvan22 posted...
Is it a good place to meet girls?

Not at all. Being in customer service it's hard to tell whether a girl is being nice because she likes you, or if she's just being a polite normal person.
And hitting on a girl while on shift, and being wrong, would be a disaster.


What about as a customer?

It feels the same imo. I never hit on girls in a service industry job because how am I supposed to know if she's just being polite and doing her job, or if she's actually interested?
It's a win/lose and I don't like losing.


Oh I meant as a customer, is it a good place to meet girls (other customers) :P
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Wolfenstein2000
10/01/17 10:30:58 PM
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Did you sell me a new 2ds?
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Shadow20201
10/01/17 10:32:50 PM
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Which city is better, Edmonton or Calgary?
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samurai bandit
10/01/17 10:34:23 PM
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Do you get any benefits as an employee?
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Kelystic
10/01/17 10:38:50 PM
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What would you do if this happens when you're working?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1BldQmiV0M

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DirkDiggles
10/01/17 10:47:08 PM
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meestermj
10/01/17 11:14:15 PM
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Ruvan22 posted...
meestermj posted...
Ruvan22 posted...
meestermj posted...
Ruvan22 posted...
Is it a good place to meet girls?

Not at all. Being in customer service it's hard to tell whether a girl is being nice because she likes you, or if she's just being a polite normal person.
And hitting on a girl while on shift, and being wrong, would be a disaster.


What about as a customer?

It feels the same imo. I never hit on girls in a service industry job because how am I supposed to know if she's just being polite and doing her job, or if she's actually interested?
It's a win/lose and I don't like losing.


Oh I meant as a customer, is it a good place to meet girls (other customers) :P

Oh lol. I've definitely seen people hit it off in there. We get a variety of customers so anything is possible.

Shadow20201 posted...
Which city is better, Edmonton or Calgary?

Edmonton by and large. Traffic, parking, and one way streets in Calgary make it a lot more congested and hard to handle.
samurai bandit posted...
Do you get any benefits as an employee?

15% discount as well as certain perks. I also have health and dental.
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meestermj
10/01/17 11:17:25 PM
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DirkDiggles posted...
Do you guys have Battletoads?

Yep, it's included in Rare Replay.
Kelystic posted...
What would you do if this happens when you're working?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1BldQmiV0M

Tell the asshole guys to leave my store. And if they refuse, tell them they either leave or I call security.
I don't put up with any shit in my store.
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