Wii Have A New Toy
Hopefully on the trail end of a cold I decided to trek out to the mall where I first saw Transformers: The Movie with my sister over 2 decades ago to pick up the Transformers DVD on the day it came out. Why the trek? The location was coincidence as Walmart had a special version with a prequel you couldn’t get anywhere else. Yea Walmart’s evil blah blah blah but this is Transformers so you can shut the hell up.
Their layout not being the best I stumbled upon the Wii before asking a clerk for assistance in my quest. The price point was $20 less than anywhere else I’d seen it, not counting questionable online sources, and I’d been checking prices since Conquest was announced.
When the clerk pointed me to the correct DVD, there were at least 4 to choose from, I said “can I get a Wii with that?”
She was understandably confused. “You want to buy a Wii?” she confirmed.
“Sure, why not?” I said, “you talked me into it“. This did little to dispel her confusion but she got the Wii for me despite that as I grabbed the DVD she got the system.
“So, you wanted the console, right?” she asked.
“Yup.” I said, smiling.
“So let me get this straight, you came here for a $30 DVD and decided to get a $300 Wii on a whim?” she asked.
“Pretty much” I said.
“Who does that?” asked the guy behind me.
“I do,” I replied, “bought a laptop once the same way. Went in to Future Shop to get a DVD and saw a laptop I suddenly felt like buying”
Noticing the general mood turning against me, my attempts at humour being mistaken for boasting I tried a different approach with the clerk.
“Tell you what,” I said “tell your boss I came in to get a DVD and you asked if I’d like a Wii with that, you know, like fries at McDonald’s, and I said yes. Your boss will think you’re a great salesperson and won’t pester you about add ons for the next month”
Blank stare. The guy behind me snickers.
“That’ll be on debit” I said.
