Location Test

I hate calls that are a waste of time. Having a long, intelligent conversation about video games is a favorite pasttime of mine, however the exact opposite happens when dealing with the phone. Currently most of the tele-annoyances inquire if we have any Wii in stock (Nintendo owes me personally for drumming up such a fervor about their stupid console). Second to that is "what time do you close." These calls scare me, because if I tell them we close at 9pm, chances are they are going to show up at 8:56, becuase clerks want nothing more than to extend their shift when it's time to go home.

The third most common call is "where are you located?", i.e. people wanting direcctions to the store. Being a bit of a wise-ass myself, I always wanted to answer "standing behind the counter!" (see comic), but dealing with the public requires a polite front, so I hold off and just give them directions. Don't most people just use Mapquest by now anyway? Seriously, when you call a place that has a busy employee trying to handle 5 things at once, they aren't going to give you the best directions on how to get there.

My other favorite call is the Dreamcast kid (who will show up in the comic shortly.) He's a young guy who probably sits at home unsupervised, and calls us up for the craziest stuff. Once he called asking how to get past a certain part in Zelda Ocarina of Time (which I forgot since it has been so long since I've played it). Recently he called and spouted off in a rapid fire voice: "My controllers don't work and I tried to push left and it won't go left but the Super NES isn't working either the trigger buttons won't play and I can't play my game and the controllers still don't work and.....and......and......" He's always a good time.......

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- Postman