>Be me working at gamestop
>parent asks for a game called "cod"
>tell her there is no game called "cod" but her son probably meant "Rapala pro bass fishing" 
there are lots of fish in that game and the closest we have
>have ton of copies in the back
>we have a deal on, if you buy 2 copies you get 1 free
>she buys three brand new copies of this game
>she comes back after christmas
>all three copies have been opened
>no refund because you opened them 
>a kid out there received 3 copies of a fucking fishing game for Christmas
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    If you ask someone for something and use an abbreviation instead of spelling it out, you deserve what you get

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      Of couse not, if I was the parent I’d be furious for having my child Christmast ruined by this asshole.

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          Yes because it’s totally necessary to spell it “Call of Duty” to a Gamestop employee.

          You know, C.O.D., that little unknown indie game that totally nobody ever heard of.

          This is clearly fake but if it wasn’t that would legitimatelly warrant a warning to the employee for misconduct.

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            Buddy, I can guarantee you there are GameStop employees who don’t know that “cod” means “Call of Duty”. Sucks for the parent, but a good lesson for the kid.

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                    Nah, I’m way too tall for that - grew out of it.

                    But on a serious note, learning that clear communication is necessary is an important lesson, and it’s way better to learn that from something recreational than something important.

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      My mother probably would have done something similar if I had asked for “cod” for christmas. You really do have to be specific with people that wouldn’t know better.

      Gamestop employee could have done better, but honestly with how shit that company is, I would have done the same.

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      Kids make this mistake once. From now on, every list is going to be annotated with footnotes and shit lol