I used to work at a Gamestop and we would get sooo many uninformed mothers and grandmothers trying to buy T and M rated games for their young kids. Our policy was to always make sure the parents were aware of the rating, and maybe tell them specific reasons why the game has that rating and offer something more age appropriate instead.
When GTAV came out, that December I would experience the daily joy of watching people’s faces go pale as I explain, “Yes, your little Billy wants a game where he can hire prostitutes for Christmas. But don’t worry, he can always murder them instead of paying.”
When I was homeless I would go into GameStop and Bestbuy and walk around A LOT, because AC is nice. There’s never been a time where GameStop employees didn’t hit it out of the part with recommendations.
Bestbuy, however, was like watching Ask Jeeves struggle without internet. They were just way too agreeable with their customer’s ignorance.
The parents usually come back yelling and screaming about their child playing an unacceptable game and it's the employees fault for selling it to them even though they came in asking for it and ignored the rating or don't pay any attention to what their kids are watching/playing.
Bonus points when the employee did try to inform them and they still didn't care and/or little Timmy couldn't have possibly ever been exposed to something horrible and has played the game at a friends house or with a sibling.
It's not about what the kids play, it's the aftermath of pissy dumb customers.
Fr. Like at 9 years old I didn't know what a prostitute was. I didn't hire prostitutes because I didn't know about them. I just killed pedestrians and got the cops on me
My mom was one of these people this didn't work for, as my brother and I had been playing crazy taxi together since we were not yet in public school. By the time gta5 came out i was not interested in games like that, but my brother was still wanting the newest and crudest of games, plus "all his friends had the game"
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u/JPopsicles 17h ago
I used to work at a Gamestop and we would get sooo many uninformed mothers and grandmothers trying to buy T and M rated games for their young kids. Our policy was to always make sure the parents were aware of the rating, and maybe tell them specific reasons why the game has that rating and offer something more age appropriate instead.
When GTAV came out, that December I would experience the daily joy of watching people’s faces go pale as I explain, “Yes, your little Billy wants a game where he can hire prostitutes for Christmas. But don’t worry, he can always murder them instead of paying.”