Just handed in my two weeks' notice.
To quote Dessa: "I love this job, but ah, good god, sometimes I hate this business."
#FriendlyLocalGeekGal, signing off.
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Me, putting together the Halloween section at my store, talking to a coworker: Ooh, we have a Ouija board from 1972, and it's in well-used condition, so you know it's JUICY!
Customer, walking up to the register: [cackles] NICE. ...I'm here to pick up an order?
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Me, to a coworker today: You ever pull a bunch of #MtG cards for someone and think to yourself "man, I never want to play against this person if I can help it?"
Coworker: OH YEAH
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Customer, VERY INTENTLY, while "Giant Woman" plays on our store radio: "There's a lot of VERY IMPORTANT CONTEXT with what's going on with Bismuth--"
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Me, shelving incoming stock: Ooh, a Welcome to Night Vale ttrpg! That should go on the "New Releases" shelf, yeah?
Coworker: Yep! Also how did I *know* you'd like WTNV?
Me: Augh, the Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known!
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Sentences I only get to say at my current job: "okay I'm gonna go in the back and grab a baby Cthulhu."
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Today I got two compliments on the "Women belong in the resistance" Star Wars button I wear on my lanyard, and one on my obscure band T-shirt. Which basically means I'm meeting the Game Store Employee Dress Code.
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As a game store retailer: fuck Codenames and their latest terf-promoting bullshit.
#FriendlyLocalGeekGal still has limits.
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Me: Hi! Anything I can help you find?
Customer: Yeah, do you have anything Star Wars?
Me: Sure! We've got the RPG, the minis game...
Customer: Anything that *isn't* a game.
Me: ... [thinks real hard about how "games" is in our STORE NAME] ... let's find out!
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Two players on break at #AdventurersLeague ( #DnD ), laughing. One says "You rolled exactly what you needed to earn yourself some centipedes! Don't blame me, blame the table!"
I love my job.
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"How queer friendly is your workplace?"
"Well Pink Pony Club just played on the radio and ALL our warehouse workers just sang along in unison."
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Apparently a coworker found my #Pride display mildly defaced today (all items turned backwards on the shelf and the sign obscured by moving it to a lower shelf). FUN.
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Customer: We like backstabbing games, do you have any recommendations?
Me: Well, there's the granddaddy of all "lose your friends" games, Diplomacy.
Customer: WE'LL TAKE IT.
Me: lolk
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Last time this customer came in, I told him the saga of Chessex Borealis dice (very neat history, if you're a nerd like me). This time, I'm telling him how he can recolor the pips on a set of d6s.
#DiceGoblin #FriendlyLocalGeekGal
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Oop, forgot my #FriendlyLocalGeekGal tag
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Never get into a land war in Asia, and don't mansplain to a game store employee of 6+ years that board game card sleeves are the right size for the Yu-Gi-Oh CCG.
#FriendlyLocalGeekGal #SavedYouMoney
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Dungeons & Dragons at least changed their logos for each new version and kept them (mostly) consistent! WoD/CoD is just A Mess. #FriendlyLocalGeekGal
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In #MtG news, #DeagonsOfTarkir has been INCREDIBLE so far. Our prerelease events met or exceeded cap all weekend and all our customers say it's a really fun set!
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I love shepherding a new DM through what supplies they need to start running games. It's not about selling them stuff and making a really big sale, but letting them know they have LOTS of really cool options!
#FriendlyLocalGeekGal #DND
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I have to say, as a retailer, I've never seen an #MtG set go from "why can't we keep this in stock on the shelves" to "everybody and their mother avoids this set like the plague" quite like #ThunderJunction. It was like a switch got flipped almost overnight.
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I cannot fully convey to y'all how *absolutely dire* the Pokemon CCG situation is right now, on the retailer end.
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"By buying that card [Rhystic Study] from us, you indemnify the store from any loss of friendships that may occur."
#MtG #FriendlyLocalGeekGal
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I just sold two people (a customer and a coworker) on The Night Cage in less than 10 minutes lol
In my defense, it's a great game! We just have a hard time keeping it in stock...
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A customer obviously new to #MtG looking at a card list on her phone:
"Do you have a:
- Ponder
- Preordain
- Brainstorm
- Rhystic study
- Ancestral recall? (I know that last one might be a bit expensive)"
Me, internally: "Girl wat."
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Guy wrapping up his demo game in the playspace: here's the extra stock for your shelf!
Me [examining the art]: oh, cool, who'd you get for the art?
Guy: oh, we used AI.
Me: [silence]
Guy: ...but we're looking to hire real artists!
Yeah, I'm not endorsing that to customers.
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And I will be doing everything in my power to make the spaces I do have influence over as safe as possible for the marginalized. #UnionStrong #FriendlyLocalGeekGal
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Overheard at Adventurer's League tonight: a player saying, "Well, I guess we've had stupider plans..." in the most resigned voice possible.
#FriendlyLocalGeekGal #DND
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Customer: do you have [game title] in stock?
Me: Not sure, let me check! [Pulls out phone, opens Firefox, suddenly realize my last open tab was AO3] ...what was the name of the game again?
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I genuinely love when customers come in the game store knowing nothing about what they're buying but really wanting something special for their nerdy giftee and willing to let me walk them through their options.
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Young woman: [shows me photos on her phone of some painted #Warhammer minis] What minis should I buy my bf?
Me: I can tell those are Space Marines, but I can't tell what he needs or wants for his army from those photos... How about some nice brushes?
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