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Skwirl posted:I love your stories about the comic shop because they always make me feel better about the lovely customers at my restaurant. His stories always remind me of when I worked for Radioshack. Same customers but with lovely electronics.
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Literally The Worst posted:The single worst customer I've ever had is the guy who sincerely told me that I should talk to the boss about accepting bitcoins, and got mad when I told him that stores like making money and not losing it. "This summer we're taking you up, up... UP."
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Apr 16, 2014 19:04
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The worst customer I ever had was the guy who started jerking off in the porno room But I'd rather deal with that than bit coin nerds.
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Apr 16, 2014 19:05
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FishBulb posted:The worst customer I ever had was the guy who started jerking off in the porno room You win.
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Apr 16, 2014 19:06
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FishBulb posted:The worst customer I ever had was the guy who started jerking off in the porno room So you worked at Family Video, huh?
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Apr 16, 2014 19:09
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When I worked at a gas station I didn't get very many bad customers, but a really sad thing happened once. Read only if you want to be sad: A customer's small child got out of the car while their parent was inside paying for the gas. The parent got back into the car and backed up to leave, running over the kid. So I guess thats my most depressing customer.
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Apr 16, 2014 19:12
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Timby posted:So you worked at Family Video, huh? No it was a local place (video town, I actually worked there and at Blockbuster at the same time for like 9 months). It wasn't that big of a deal really once I walked back there he ran. I imagine it was a lot worse for the lady employees. Kramjacks posted:So I guess thats my most depressing customer. Christ
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Kramjacks posted:When I worked at a gas station I didn't get very many bad customers, but a really sad thing happened once. Read only if you want to be sad: A customer's small child got out of the car while their parent was inside paying for the gas. The parent got back into the car and backed up to leave, running over the kid. How did they not notice the kid wasn't in the car. Like, isn't that the first thing you check for when you're driving a kid around?
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Baron von Eevl posted:How did they not notice the kid wasn't in the car. Like, isn't that the first thing you check for when you're driving a kid around? Well they were only away from the car for like, 1 minute, so it was probably just an assumption that things were they way they left them. A couple years ago I read a pretty depressing report on kids being left in cars because the parents forgot them in there, and the conclusion was that if you can forget something like your backpack in your car, you can forget your kid. Kramjacks fucked around with this message at 19:19 on Apr 16, 2014 |
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My other worst customers are bronies. You'd think this goes without saying, but sometimes they piss me off more than others. For example, there's this little girl who comes in with her mom every month and gets the pony comic. Kid's maybe six years old, tops, has a big plush pony, loves the comic, it's adorable and heartwarming and makes me not hate my job. And then some loving forty year old fuckwad breaks in and is a big loving weirdo about ti and I have to fight back the urge to rip his heart from his chest and hold it, still-beating, in front of his face as I watch the life leave him. edit Also the girl who got mad at me for recommending a comic that started in a week was baffling. Same girl who didn't understand why we didn't just keep Lost Girls around as a Thing. BENGHAZI 2 fucked around with this message at 19:19 on Apr 16, 2014 |
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Apr 16, 2014 19:17
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I once got bitterly chewed out by a customer because our store didn't carry Spanish-language calendars. I'm sympathetic to people with English as a second language, but if you can't figure out how to use a calendar then you've got bigger issues than a language gap.
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Apr 16, 2014 19:18
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FishBulb posted:No it was a local place (video town, I actually worked there and at Blockbuster at the same time for like 9 months). It wasn't that big of a deal really once I walked back there he ran. I imagine it was a lot worse for the lady employees. Was that where Ali Davis (who wrote this: http://www.amazon.com/True-Porn-Clerk-Stories-Davis/dp/1448685249 which was originally a series of blog posts) used to work?
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Sprecherscrow posted:Was that where Ali Davis (who wrote this: http://www.amazon.com/True-Porn-Clerk-Stories-Davis/dp/1448685249 which was originally a series of blog posts) used to work? Nah it says their porn section was downstairs ours was just off to the side. It was in the San Diego area and there were multiple locations, also it's not like there aren't a bunch of stores with similar names.
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Sprecherscrow posted:Was that where Ali Davis (who wrote this: http://www.amazon.com/True-Porn-Clerk-Stories-Davis/dp/1448685249 which was originally a series of blog posts) used to work? This takes me back. I must've read these blog posts like thirty times each.
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Apr 16, 2014 19:36
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:This takes me back. I must've read these blog posts like thirty times each. I stopped reading well before she stopped updating and turned it into a book. I'm grabbing the book now, I loved that poo poo.
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Apr 16, 2014 19:37
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Sprecherscrow posted:Was that where Ali Davis (who wrote this: http://www.amazon.com/True-Porn-Clerk-Stories-Davis/dp/1448685249 which was originally a series of blog posts) used to work? I'm glad she got a book deal, I remember reading that blog so many times.
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FishBulb posted:Nah it says their porn section was downstairs ours was just off to the side. It was in the San Diego area and there were multiple locations, also it's not like there aren't a bunch of stores with similar names. Ah, Davis' store was in Chicago. Literally The Worst posted:I stopped reading well before she stopped updating and turned it into a book. I'm grabbing the book now, I loved that poo poo. There were years between the last update and her realizing people enjoyed rereading so she could publish it. Which fair enough since she's an aspiring actress types who could use some steady income I'm sure. HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:This takes me back. I must've read these blog posts like thirty times each. For real though, poo poo was fascinating. She got to read some of the choice sections on This American Life back in the day: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/216/give-the-people-what-they-want?act=4 ...I can't believe I just said "back in the day".
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poo poo, I'm gonna buy that for my Kindle. Good for her.
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I just got done rewatching Crash (2004, not the Cronenberg one) for a class. It's not as bad as I remembered, but it's still mostly terrible. It's like that "Everybody's A Little Bit Racist Sometimes" song from Avenue Q, but less subtle. At the end, when Brendan Frasier gets out of his car and sees it's snowing, I half expected frogs to just start falling from the sky. TrixRabbi fucked around with this message at 20:20 on Apr 16, 2014 |
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Apr 16, 2014 20:18
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Sold a piece of cardboard for 201 American dollars. God bless us, everyone.
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Literally The Worst posted:Sold a piece of cardboard for 201 American dollars. God bless us, everyone. If you spend it on more cardboard, so help me god....
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TheBigBudgetSequel posted:If you spend it on more cardboard, so help me god.... Some of it is bills and some of it buys me a few Netrunner expansions.
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Apr 16, 2014 20:39
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TrixRabbi posted:At the end, when Brendan Frasier gets out of his car and sees it's snowing, I half expected frogs to just start falling from the sky. Hey, Magnolia was awesome. Don't sully Magnolia by comparing it to Crash. Literally The Worst posted:Some of it is bills and some of it buys me a few Netrunner expansions. I've been meaning to try Netrunner. Is it kind of like Shadowrun with all the Tolkien poo poo cut out?
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Sprecherscrow posted:I've been meaning to try Netrunner. Is it kind of like Shadowrun with all the Tolkien poo poo cut out? Flavor wise yes. It's hackers vs megacorps.
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Literally The Worst posted:Sold a piece of cardboard for 201 American dollars. God bless us, everyone. God bless you, Dickeye! I agreed with you about market value, BTW. That's a sweet score. It did make me think of this though: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_fool_theory
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Literally The Worst posted:Flavor wise yes. It's hackers vs megacorps. Yes, that's what I was asking. Mechanics are totally different though?
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Sprecherscrow posted:Yes, that's what I was asking. Mechanics are totally different though? It's not an RPG, it's a card game, so yeah, totally different mechanics. edit This comes off way snarkier than I meant it to. As an apology, have the rulebook for free, courtesy of Fantasy Flight games http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_content/android-netrunner/support/ADN01_Rules_ENG_Lo-Res.pdf BENGHAZI 2 fucked around with this message at 21:04 on Apr 16, 2014 |
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Sprecherscrow posted:Hey, Magnolia was awesome. Don't sully Magnolia by comparing it to Crash. I only do it because Crash is trying real, real hard to be Magnolia.
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Wow, The Wind Rises is great, but kind of sad, personal and depressing. Left me feeling a bit sorry for Miyazaki.
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Literally The Worst posted:Sold a piece of cardboard for 201 American dollars. God bless us, everyone. I sold cardboard a couple years ago and bought a bed. It was a good investment.
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Fat Lou posted:I sold cardboard a couple years ago and bought a bed. It was a good investment. Was it soaked in panda blood and pope tears or something?
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CPL593H posted:Was it soaked in panda blood and pope tears or something? No, but my roommate's cat peed on it a couple months after I bought it. Does that count?
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CPL593H posted:Was it soaked in panda blood and pope tears or something? Most are, the trick is finding the ones that aren't. Rich people hate playing with gross, bloody, teary cards.
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Literally The Worst posted:It's not an RPG, it's a card game, so yeah, totally different mechanics. Oh, poo poo. I actually had been completely unaware of the existence of Netrunner until a lengthy conversation about cyberpunk I had with a friend on Facebook yesterday, and she only brought it up in the context of the licensed novels. Still, could be fun. And it came off fine, no worries.  TrixRabbi posted:I only do it because Crash is trying real, real hard to be Magnolia. I don't remember race coming up at all in Magnolia. Large ensemble cast, set in LA, I think that's it for similarities. The cinematography is vaguely similar but not really. Sprecherscrow fucked around with this message at 21:32 on Apr 16, 2014 |
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Apr 16, 2014 21:28
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Sprecherscrow posted:I don't remember race coming up at all in Magnolia. Large ensemble cast, set in LA, I think that's it for similarities. The cinematography is vaguely similar but not really. It's that whole "hyperlink cinema" (I think that's the term because no one has come up with a better one) where it's about a series of stories with a large cast that all intersect, primarily at climactic moments. The similarities are pretty obvious, when did you last see them?
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Sprecherscrow posted:Oh, poo poo. I actually had been completely unaware of the existence of Netrunner until a lengthy conversation about cyberpunk I had with a friend on Facebook yesterday, and she only brought it up in the context of the licensed novels. Still, could be fun. And it came off fine, no worries. Netrunner is a super neat card game with asymmetrical deck building and win conditions that I recommend people play because it's hecka fun.
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Is anyone here familiar with Walerian Borowczyk? This trailer for his restored works makes him look part Gilliam, part Greenaway, and part Godard but I can't tell how much of that is editing for a modern sensibility.
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DetoxP posted:It's that whole "hyperlink cinema" (I think that's the term because no one has come up with a better one) where it's about a series of stories with a large cast that all intersect, primarily at climactic moments. The similarities are pretty obvious, when did you last see them? Crash in '05, Magnolia in '08. I guess that is a more significant similarity, but it still seems wrong to say Crash is trying to be Magnolia. The subject matters they approach with the "hyperlink cinema" thing are very different. It'd be like saying that rom-com New Years Eve was trying to be Magnolia. Literally The Worst posted:Netrunner is a super neat card game with asymmetrical deck building and win conditions that I recommend people play because it's hecka fun. Asymmetrical win conditions sounds pretty dope. So one player has a hacker deck and the other has a corporation deck?
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Sprecherscrow posted:Asymmetrical win conditions sounds pretty dope. So one player has a hacker deck and the other has a corporation deck? Ideally both players have one of each and they take turns playing as each role, but yeah. The corp is tryin to win by scoring seven agenda points, and the runner is trying to win by stealing seven points from the corp. It's a really fun game if you're good at bluffing your opponent, because most of the corp's cards are played facedown, so the runner has to play the odds a lot.
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Hyperlink Cinema is maybe my least favorite subgenre of anything ever. Dickeye, I know you think your customers are crazy - and, don't get me wrong, they are - but man, working at a very large library in a fairly large city is a loving trip. Unfortunately I'm sworn to confidentiality on pretty much all of it, but this last week alone I've gotten some major doozies.
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