Saturday, October 09, 2010
Saturday Musings
So I'm sitting here at the radio station on a Saturday with some time to kill before my show-thing, so I figured I'd write some stuff I've been thinking of recently:
WHY: Do people who suck up and suck at their job get ahead of others who don't suck up and don't suck at their jobs?
I know a kiss-ass when I see one, and worse, someone who enjoys having their ass kissed. And if I had a leach permanently attached to my ass, I'd burn it off with a lighter. My ego doesn't constantly need to be stroked. People who need theirs stroked constantly have issues.
WHY: Is Panera Bread named St. Louis Bread Company in St. Louis, and Paradise Bakery in the West?
It's stationed in St. Louis, why not keep the name SLBC? Or Panera? Why change it across the country? Morons.
WHO: Is Atlas?
WHY: Does Gamestop insist on bugging the piss out of you when you go look at games?
I like to browse sometimes and see stuff I may buy. I don't need a clerk who 75% of the time knows what he/she knows about games from a script telling me about this "new and awesome" game coming out that I have no interest in. No, I'm not gonna buy the new Kane and Lynch game, no matter how awesome you tell me it is. Leave me be.
The girl's look is the exact one I have when I'm asked to subscribe to Game Informer, a magazine owned by Gamestop which is completely trustworthy and has no ulterior motives whatsoever.
WHY: Do game companies include useless crap in Special Editions and tack on an extra $30? A better question is why do people buy them?
I have bought 1 special edition game in my entire life: Fallout 3. Because I got an awesome bobble head out of it and it was an extra $5. Not 30 for some other superfluous stuff. I don't give a turd about extra costumes and gameplay stuff.
Sometimes I think that game companies keep stuff from the final product in order to nickel and dime people with downloadable goodies, but that's another post for another day.
WHY: Do people who suck up and suck at their job get ahead of others who don't suck up and don't suck at their jobs?
I know a kiss-ass when I see one, and worse, someone who enjoys having their ass kissed. And if I had a leach permanently attached to my ass, I'd burn it off with a lighter. My ego doesn't constantly need to be stroked. People who need theirs stroked constantly have issues.
WHY: Is Panera Bread named St. Louis Bread Company in St. Louis, and Paradise Bakery in the West?
It's stationed in St. Louis, why not keep the name SLBC? Or Panera? Why change it across the country? Morons.
WHO: Is Atlas?
WHY: Does Gamestop insist on bugging the piss out of you when you go look at games?I like to browse sometimes and see stuff I may buy. I don't need a clerk who 75% of the time knows what he/she knows about games from a script telling me about this "new and awesome" game coming out that I have no interest in. No, I'm not gonna buy the new Kane and Lynch game, no matter how awesome you tell me it is. Leave me be.
The girl's look is the exact one I have when I'm asked to subscribe to Game Informer, a magazine owned by Gamestop which is completely trustworthy and has no ulterior motives whatsoever.
I have bought 1 special edition game in my entire life: Fallout 3. Because I got an awesome bobble head out of it and it was an extra $5. Not 30 for some other superfluous stuff. I don't give a turd about extra costumes and gameplay stuff.
Sometimes I think that game companies keep stuff from the final product in order to nickel and dime people with downloadable goodies, but that's another post for another day.
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In light of Gamestop and specialized retail in general, that's one reason I'm glad to have moved on from Borders. I liked the relaxed atmosphere there, but part of my job was approaching customers and recommending newly released books I knew nothing about. Sure some people are just looking for a good read and may be likely to buy, but I observed most people to be in there for a specific item or category of items, uninterested in what I had to say. That was my job at least until CEO Ron Marshall stepped down.
I hate pretending to know stuff when I don't. It's a human thing. That's why I'm glad I'm out of retail.
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