How is it asinine? And forgive me, but I've been trying to respond to a lot of people, and might have missed your post. Not trying to be an ass, I'm trying to figure out why people feel differently.

But would you not agree that suggesting something based on what I have in my hand would be better than a carte blanche, throw everything at the wall and see what sticks because my boss said I have to ask about x,y,z?

Thank you so much. This is precisely why I wrote the rant.

But consider the cumulative effect of all this. There wasn't any pause for breath, after each rejection he plowed right ahead to the next.

If you think I posted this with big waving flags saying "PLEASE POST ME ON THE FRONT PAGE WHERE PEOPLE WILL BITCH IN DROVES FOR A ONE-SIDED RANT", you are gravely mistaken.

Because I hadn't been in one for well over a year. It was shocking to be greeted with a drone rather than a living person. And if you'd like to just dismiss it because the GS employee isn't here to defend himself, that's fine. If I could find him and get him here to have a debate or conversation, I'd love that…

If he cared at all about his job, I would have been a godsend (I use that jokingly, but you see my point). I'm obviously passionate about games, and if he'd taken a moment to try to strike up a conversation I'd have been more than happy to chat about upcoming games or whatever. There was never a moment I felt like he…

Last time I'll repeat this—I fault him mostly for failing to pay attention and try to upsell me on relevant items. The deeper problem lies with GameStop's practices. Perhaps I didn't make this clear enough in my initial rant. But then again, not many people expect their rants to be brought to the main page, and so…

Perhaps you missed the 4+ times I told him outright I wasn't interested in anything he was selling?

I don't mind the badgering as much as I do the irrelevant harassment. There were plenty of 'ins' he could have used to make it a more pleasant experience. He could have made small talk about Mass Effect's endings, or asked if I was excited about Dark Souls on the PC. Instead, he went for the easy regurgitation of…

Yes, and that's what I've been clarifying in TAY. The employee is to blame somewhat for a complete and utter lack of initiative, but I blame corporate the most for promoting this horrifically bad business practice.

I don't care if he does his job. All I ask is that he does it well. Isn't that what all employees should strive to do?

When I worked at GameStop, that was one of my biggest guilty points. Nowadays I'd be fired for this, but if someone seemed truly upset by the unwrapping, I'd call around to find a nearby store that had it in shrink wrap. I understand the logic somewhat—we weren't given shelf copies to leave out there, so we had to use…

Hardly. Kingdom Hearts has been the place Squeenix characters go to milk the last few pennies out of a given fanbase.

You're welcome to expect a sequel, but don't get hissy when it doesn't happen, especially with a game that hasn't seen any activity, not even the hint of a rumor, for years since its release.

I prefer steel cut oats with about 5-6 big honkin' strawberries cut into halves; it is so delicious and sweet that I don't miss sugary cereals, and I'm full right up until I realize "Dang, I should probably have lunch."

It still sounds like weapons-grade BS. Perhaps it's that 93-95% of their TITLES are pirated, meaning if it's pirated once it counts, but still weapons-grade BS.

Awesome! Even awesomer, it's on PSN, so I don't have to worry about the game vanishing from stores if I miss the initial shipment.

I shall post again tonight. This kind of adorableness is not to be missed.

Are you kidding? IT'S ADORABLE.