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>Be me working at gamestop
>parent asks for a game called "cod"
>tell her there is no game called "cod" but her son probably meant "Rapala pro bass fishing" 
there are lots of fish in that game and the closest we have
>have ton of copies in the back
>we have a deal on, if you buy 2 copies you get 1 free
>she buys three brand new copies of this game
>she comes back after christmas
>all three copies have been opened
>no refund because you opened them 
>a kid out there received 3 copies of a fucking fishing game for Christmas
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[–] Metype@pawb.social 31 points 21 hours ago

I still have a copy of Minecraft: XBox One Edition I got for Christmas one year. I have never in my life owned an XBox One and I felt bad for my grandmother who did her best.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

Lol this comment thread gets pretty intense.

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 119 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Anon contributes to the downfall of GameStop, therefore sinking the memestock he really banked on for his retirement.

[–] burgersc12@mander.xyz 30 points 23 hours ago

He sold 3 unreturnable copies, sounds like he did the store a favor lol

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] dwindling7373@feddit.it 91 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The kid desperatly hoping it was a joke.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

The GameStop employee

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh my god, bear was dog, how can that be?

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

Blows my mind how many people remember that shitty clerks cartoon

[–] Samdell@lemmy.eco.br 42 points 1 day ago (2 children)

We've been there. I asked for Shadow Warrior as a kid and got Shadow Man. Couldn't even run the game so all I got was actually a neat box and manual.

I shouldn't have gotten either game, TBF, but parents didn't care.

[–] MummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I don't like old video games, but my partner does, and that's why I know that Altered Beast is about an undead that turns into a werewolf. That's love. Putting up with your family's weird obsessions because you love to hear them care about something.

I think parents who won't listen to their kids about their interests, even when it's a financial decision, don't love their kids enough.

[–] Jhestyr@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Awise fwum yo gwave!

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Samdell@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 23 hours ago

I learned that years later. Though I never bothered to play Shadow Warrior, only the remake/reboot.

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 16 points 1 day ago

It took me a minute and reading to the end for me to realise cod is call of duty