I think this funny. You see, I worked at a Babbages for about 3 years. Even during the whole Grand Theft Auto 3 thing, this is how it went with parents, no lie.
Johnny walks in and wants to buy GTA3. He says, "I would like GTA3 please!", and throws a fifty dollar bill on the counter(which isnt enough by the way).
I proceed to ask Johnny how old he is and to my astonishment, he replies, "Eleven". "Well, Johnny, you arent old enough to purchase this game, come back with mom."
Johnny gets all pissy then leaves and returns with mom after some ice cream at the food court.
Mom says, "Little Johnny would like to purchase GTA3 please." So I would then proceed to inform the woman of how bloody, gory, nasty, violent, and all the drugs and all that stuff in GTA3. Then mom would say, "Thats great, can we have the game now so we can go home, please!!!"
And folks, thats a nice customer. Most people get pissed that you try to tell them what to buy and all that shit. In my opinion if you are 8 years old and have 53(52.99 after tax for most) bucks to spend on a game, then isnt it more important where your funds are coming from? I mean really? I have had kids no older than 8 or 9 pay with 100 DOLLAR BILLS!!! And adding to the issue of money, here in Florida, you can drive and work at age 16. If you can drive and work, you should be able to buy whatever the hell you want, games, pornos, sex toys. I have never really disagreed so strongly about something that the government has done, but this is crap.
Now, I am pissed and I always get pissed when this subject comes up because its so stupid and its all irrelevant with violent games anyway. I am old enough to buy these games, but its the principle that really just ticks me off!!!
/rant
Pete
Johnny walks in and wants to buy GTA3. He says, "I would like GTA3 please!", and throws a fifty dollar bill on the counter(which isnt enough by the way).
I proceed to ask Johnny how old he is and to my astonishment, he replies, "Eleven". "Well, Johnny, you arent old enough to purchase this game, come back with mom."
Johnny gets all pissy then leaves and returns with mom after some ice cream at the food court.
Mom says, "Little Johnny would like to purchase GTA3 please." So I would then proceed to inform the woman of how bloody, gory, nasty, violent, and all the drugs and all that stuff in GTA3. Then mom would say, "Thats great, can we have the game now so we can go home, please!!!"
And folks, thats a nice customer. Most people get pissed that you try to tell them what to buy and all that shit. In my opinion if you are 8 years old and have 53(52.99 after tax for most) bucks to spend on a game, then isnt it more important where your funds are coming from? I mean really? I have had kids no older than 8 or 9 pay with 100 DOLLAR BILLS!!! And adding to the issue of money, here in Florida, you can drive and work at age 16. If you can drive and work, you should be able to buy whatever the hell you want, games, pornos, sex toys. I have never really disagreed so strongly about something that the government has done, but this is crap.
Now, I am pissed and I always get pissed when this subject comes up because its so stupid and its all irrelevant with violent games anyway. I am old enough to buy these games, but its the principle that really just ticks me off!!!
/rant
Pete
