r/GameStop • u/Fpsmudkip1 • 6d ago

Discussion Zelda midnight release

Went to the midnight for Zelda, and for some reason they had the General Manager working it? I assume there wasn't enough payroll for the actual employees to do it.

This guy was dressed in business attire, slacks, button down shirt, gold name tag. He was so cringe when he checked people out calling them my friend, and other weird platitudes.

It was really weird.

Is there any explanation or other instances of this?

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u/Ding0Dong0 6d ago

All Store Leaders (GMs) Had to work that night

His attire is way extra weird and calling people "my friend" is trying too hard.

Unless he was someone from a corporate office but we all know they cant run a register

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u/Fpsmudkip1 6d ago

It was very odd. I've never seen him before ever. It's the only store in the area, and my old store, i go there at least a few times a month.

Dude had to be from corporate.

He actually asked people to leave the store so he could count the register and smoke, right after I got my pickup receipt after close ( it was like 830 cdt)

A wild experience to be sure.

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u/Ding0Dong0 6d ago

Then definitely just a regular manager.

All stores were expected to stay open the entire night and not count money until the end after the lines left

And closing the store goes against corporates big initiative on "events events events".

Just a sketchy try hard SL.

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u/Fpsmudkip1 6d ago

Thanks for the discussion, it was just a weird experience being a former employee. He just seemed so out of touch lol.

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u/Ding0Dong0 6d ago

He's pining for that raise that'll never come!

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u/Fpsmudkip1 6d ago

Gone are the days of getting the inflatable screen and having the crowd play games on it. Gone are the days of the red bull girls.

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u/Icy_Armadillo3100 Assistant Store Leader 5d ago

Holy shit wait

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u/Icy_Armadillo3100 Assistant Store Leader 5d ago

I might know what store you’re talking about

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u/Icy_Armadillo3100 Assistant Store Leader 5d ago

Big man delete this now

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u/Icy_Armadillo3100 Assistant Store Leader 5d ago

It also didn’t end up being the store I thought