Comments on: The Game Politic http://www.steveswink.com/news/the-game-politic/ Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:52:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Alex http://www.steveswink.com/news/the-game-politic/comment-page-1/#comment-28422 Alex Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:34:32 +0000 http://www.steveswink.com/news/the-game-politic/#comment-28422 The post I'm commenting on is apparently pretty old but for anyone reading this, the girl was just doing her job and probably wasn't even sure why she was carding him, or WAS misinformed (many of them are) and was possibly just as embarassed as the guy trying to buy the game so she made something up. I got in an argument with an old lady on carding her for MucineX when she was clearly at least 40-something, but there's no way employees can bypass the system when it asks for you to scan a card (there used to be, or so I'm told) and the team leaders can and will get on your case about it. The post I’m commenting on is apparently pretty old but for anyone reading this, the girl was just doing her job and probably wasn’t even sure why she was carding him, or WAS misinformed (many of them are) and was possibly just as embarassed as the guy trying to buy the game so she made something up. I got in an argument with an old lady on carding her for MucineX when she was clearly at least 40-something, but there’s no way employees can bypass the system when it asks for you to scan a card (there used to be, or so I’m told) and the team leaders can and will get on your case about it.

]]> By: lavkian http://www.steveswink.com/news/the-game-politic/comment-page-1/#comment-64 lavkian Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:57:54 +0000 http://www.steveswink.com/news/the-game-politic/#comment-64 i'm pretty radical about non-regulation of pretty much everything i can think of. even though i can get my hands on everything but alcohol at this point, it still annoys me that people think 1. things such as video games should be controlled because kids shouldn't have them 2. the control put in place will actually keep kids from having them anyway i think we should all just be pot smoking, god of warring, alcoholic five year olds. if we get bored of it by then, we could just turn out to be better adults. you never know. i’m pretty radical about non-regulation of pretty much everything i can think of. even though i can get my hands on everything but alcohol at this point, it still annoys me that people think

1. things such as video games should be controlled because kids shouldn’t have them

2. the control put in place will actually keep kids from having them anyway

i think we should all just be pot smoking, god of warring, alcoholic five year olds. if we get bored of it by then, we could just turn out to be better adults. you never know.

]]> By: d-rock. http://www.steveswink.com/news/the-game-politic/comment-page-1/#comment-62 d-rock. Tue, 13 Jun 2006 07:53:28 +0000 http://www.steveswink.com/news/the-game-politic/#comment-62 I don't think it's target's policy. Honestly, any employee that gets locked out for something like that uses "state law" as a defense. She was just blathering bullshit to get you off her back. It's stupid, but honestly she wouldn't have been able to tell you anything, as a front line grunt with no influence on target policy, that you would want to hear or that would appease you. it's easier for her to just ask the guy for his ID and scan it than it is to hassle a manager who hates life to come over and override it because he doesn't have an ID. She just wanted to go home. It's like me telling people that cell phone towers magically know when you're actually saying something and when you're not to conserve the battery of your phone. People will usually just say "oh, i didn't know that" and be on their merry way. If someone tells you it's state law and you don't know any better, 9 times outta 10 you'll just say "oh, it's law" and walk away. you, obviously, knew better and are more educated but for her, the 1 in 10 chance is worth taking... I don’t think it’s target’s policy. Honestly, any employee that gets locked out for something like that uses “state law” as a defense. She was just blathering bullshit to get you off her back. It’s stupid, but honestly she wouldn’t have been able to tell you anything, as a front line grunt with no influence on target policy, that you would want to hear or that would appease you. it’s easier for her to just ask the guy for his ID and scan it than it is to hassle a manager who hates life to come over and override it because he doesn’t have an ID. She just wanted to go home. It’s like me telling people that cell phone towers magically know when you’re actually saying something and when you’re not to conserve the battery of your phone. People will usually just say “oh, i didn’t know that” and be on their merry way. If someone tells you it’s state law and you don’t know any better, 9 times outta 10 you’ll just say “oh, it’s law” and walk away. you, obviously, knew better and are more educated but for her, the 1 in 10 chance is worth taking…

]]> By: Games! Games! Games! http://www.steveswink.com/news/the-game-politic/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Games! Games! Games! Fri, 26 May 2006 03:35:49 +0000 http://www.steveswink.com/news/the-game-politic/#comment-50 <strong>Political Games</strong> The politics of games.... Political Games

The politics of games….

]]> By: :Steve Swink.com » Video game violence is good for children http://www.steveswink.com/news/the-game-politic/comment-page-1/#comment-48 :Steve Swink.com » Video game violence is good for children Thu, 25 May 2006 17:27:40 +0000 http://www.steveswink.com/news/the-game-politic/#comment-48 [...] Yes, checking ID for an M rated game is a good thing; it’s self-regulatory and as such keeps the government at bay. Scanning the driver’s license was what angered me. I’ve never had to scan my driver’s license to purchase liquor or an R rated movie. That, and the way the woman treated poor God of War Guy, as though he were buying horse porn, was unacceptable. And the whole ’state law in Arizona’ thing. The sum total of the situation was enough to rile me up. [...] [...] Yes, checking ID for an M rated game is a good thing; it’s self-regulatory and as such keeps the government at bay. Scanning the driver’s license was what angered me. I’ve never had to scan my driver’s license to purchase liquor or an R rated movie. That, and the way the woman treated poor God of War Guy, as though he were buying horse porn, was unacceptable. And the whole ’state law in Arizona’ thing. The sum total of the situation was enough to rile me up. [...]

]]> By: sswink http://www.steveswink.com/news/the-game-politic/comment-page-1/#comment-37 sswink Thu, 25 May 2006 00:25:22 +0000 http://www.steveswink.com/news/the-game-politic/#comment-37 I'm poking around right now trying to find a resource for verifying company policies such as this one. What I observed, though, was that the system had locked her out of completing the transaction until she had scanned or entered a driver's license number. I’m poking around right now trying to find a resource for verifying company policies such as this one. What I observed, though, was that the system had locked her out of completing the transaction until she had scanned or entered a driver’s license number.

]]> By: Corry http://www.steveswink.com/news/the-game-politic/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Corry Thu, 25 May 2006 00:10:45 +0000 http://www.steveswink.com/news/the-game-politic/#comment-36 Are you sure that's really a Target policy? Maybe its just some dumbass GM at that particular location that misinformed his/her employees. I guess the letter you wrote will answer that though. When I was a Sales Manager at Best Buy, I had to weed out the retarded emails I would get about censoring certain movies and games. People get chewed out by a bad parent because we failed to inform her of whatever part of the game she bought offends her. The end result is a rant and a "new policy you should think about" getting emailed to everyone in a management position. Either way, that manager should be fired, placed in the town square, and stoned. Are you sure that’s really a Target policy? Maybe its just some dumbass GM at that particular location that misinformed his/her employees. I guess the letter you wrote will answer that though.

When I was a Sales Manager at Best Buy, I had to weed out the retarded emails I would get about censoring certain movies and games. People get chewed out by a bad parent because we failed to inform her of whatever part of the game she bought offends her. The end result is a rant and a “new policy you should think about” getting emailed to everyone in a management position.

Either way, that manager should be fired, placed in the town square, and stoned.

]]> By: Pratt-a-tat-tat http://www.steveswink.com/news/the-game-politic/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Pratt-a-tat-tat Wed, 24 May 2006 23:19:23 +0000 http://www.steveswink.com/news/the-game-politic/#comment-35 Wow, had to read that one twice! I can't believe that, thx for the VGVN link, i will definately be joining! Wow, had to read that one twice! I can’t believe that, thx for the VGVN link, i will definately be joining!

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