Friday, March 6, 2009

Why I'm Glad I Started Exercising

I was just in Blockbuster, trying to rent RockBand (the first one) for XBox 360.

It's very important that "360" is added on and included in that first sentence, because not doing so will earn you a condescending lecture from acne-scarred young woman behind the counter.

I know this because when I asked her if they carry RockBand 1 for XBox, she said, "We don't carry XBox games any more."

"Um," I said. "Yeah, they're right over there."

"Oh," she said. "You meant XBox 360. You have to specify."

Well, how stupid of me. I guess I'm just the asshole of the week.

The thing is, if I hadn't been fresh off a 35-minute jog and therefor in the middle of a very pleasant runner's high, I might have treated this budding little employee of the month to a lecture of my own on the decline of quality customer service in this country.

As it is, I'm content to just never go into a Blockbuster again, just like I no longer go into FedEx Kinko's.

In fact, I may just go back in there and suggest she send her resume across the parking lot, where she'd be an immediate management candidate.

2 comments:

Garrett Riley said...

360 bro, thats common knowledge, don't hold it against the young scholar who was helping you get it right.

John Sousa said...

Whatever. She treated me like I had asked where they kept the Laser Disks.