Toys R Us is closing down
I'm not happy about it cuz I got like a lot of great childhood memories in that place
I like hanging out Toys R Us because all my favourite things were there you could buy
candy, video games, toys, crack. Calm down PC police. I'm just kidding.
I never really bought candy from Toys R Us
It was always hard you could feel it through the wrapper. One day
One day I walk into Toys R Us in the corner of my eye
I see this video game system and a sign that says Dreamcast coming soon
They got Sonic Adventures on it. I start playing I'm like mhh and then I get to the part where
Sonic hits this boost and you see this whale come crashing up in the boardwalk goes flying and
Everything is crazy on the screen. I had never seen anything like this in a video game in my life
I was SHOOKETH I like slowly put down the controller walked over to the register real slow
And I was like brah how much to reserve the Dreamcast
"Ten dollars to reserve the system five dollars to reserve a game," and I was like man here you go!
The guy takes my money, prints up a receipt and gives it to me
I go home. Dreamcast release day comes I only have but $300 to my name
I take 280 dollars of that and head over to Toys R Us
I walk in go straight to the register, and there's this old lady there, and I mean this lady
was OLD. Bless her little heart, but she had no business
Handling money. They probably just felt bad for her and they just like stuck her on the register thinking. What's the worst that could happen?
Huh me, and I wasn't even thinking
Anything you know felonious. Yeah, I'm here to pick up the Dreamcast and she takes the receipt and she's like
Haaeeehhhhhh ahhhhhh I ? Uhhhhhh I ahhhhh haaaeeh Uhhhhhhhh?
"What are you here to pick up young man?"
The dreamcast over there
Recap I've only put down $10 for the system and
$5 for the game, so I owe them $189 dollars more for the system and
$39 more for the game. This lady is LOST
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I start thinking like should I walk her through this or
Should I just not do anything. I go with the second option I decide I'm just gonna let this happen
"Susan could you come take a look at this
Susan come here." Susan comes over and I see Susan I'm like dang it I was so close
There's a split second where both of them were looking at the receipt like
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But then Susan goes "Oh!
This is that new dream thingy. Uh yeah you're supposed
to stamp it and then send them over to the videogame counter." And I'm over here like yes
Listen to Susan and that's exactly what she does that lemme re-enact it. That's what she does so
So I slowly reach forward and grab the receipt
I know I'm supposed to pay full price here before getting it stamped and then walking over to the videogame register, but
I'm just hey
So I walk over to the videogame cashier like
And I don't say anything I kind of just slide him my receipt
"Hmm..Dreamcast okay, I'll be right back"
I'm sitting there with my hands folded like the perfect gentleman that I am my cousin is next to me
Bolivias as to what's going on.
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So now as I'm waiting. I'm thinking myself
Am I about to spend 10 dollars for video game system?
Cuz if that dude comes back around that corner and as soon as I started thinking that he comes back around that corner
Here you go. I take the box out of his hands verry slowly and I'm like I
I.....Pre-ordered a game too, and he looks at the receipt. Oh Sonic okay my B, bro
I'll be right back so he runs around the corner comes back put sonic on top of the Dreamcast and he goes
You want a bag and I'm like
I got outside and it was a rap. I tell you I try to be an honest and genuine person nowadays, but younger me
I'm trying to tell you he was a thug you want to know something else funny.
I had all that money left over that I didn't spend on the system. I went right back to Toys R Us
The next day and bought like a bunch of games
Thug life, so I was that was so dumb of me. I could have gone to a dozen different stores
I'm trying to imagine how many people got free systems?
They probably closed down because of old ladies of the register giving away all the merch jokes aside Toys R Us
really sad to see you guys go I
Bought my first crack pipe there