Funniest thing you\'ve heard in a GW store.
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Roger Bunting
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My name is Tarquin Piffle-Smythe and I collect Fimir, when you can be arsed to get around in making an army of them!
I don\'t have a GW anywhere close, but my local shop pretty much GW in atitude. First I would say that I have never brought one of my minis down there - they have never seen how I paint.
I asked them if they had any plan hosting a painting comp any time soon, the manager :duh: said year maybe they would - was I planning on entering if they were. \" yes sir\" I said in my boyish voise. He looked at me and said: You just have to remember that good painters also enters such competitions - and the STAFF can also enter..........................
I got so scared I\'m not sure if I ever dare enter a comp at their shop:bouncy:
I asked them if they had any plan hosting a painting comp any time soon, the manager :duh: said year maybe they would - was I planning on entering if they were. \" yes sir\" I said in my boyish voise. He looked at me and said: You just have to remember that good painters also enters such competitions - and the STAFF can also enter..........................
I got so scared I\'m not sure if I ever dare enter a comp at their shop:bouncy:
So you guys wont mind if I borrow my reenactment groups cannon for use with my Empire army when I move up there when I move up there to Uni? lol
I dont really go into the Stoke store much, what with it being on the other side of the city but theres this time Simon, the full timer completely convinced a kid that theres a squig kept in the cellar which guards the store at night and follows new staff members home and eats all thier paints and tools so they have to keep stealing them from the store
And unforgettably, walking into the LGS to find a pair of the other customers reenacting the Luke/Vader fight from Empire Strikes Back in the middle of the shop. Suffice to say, I never went in on Star Wars Miniatures night again
Funniest is what happens inside my own head though. Its like Scrubs. \"Can I have a Foundation Mechrite Red please?\" \"Sure, here you go. What are you painting at the moment then?\" \"Warmachine! No wrong company! Mobile Infantry! Eep! Romans! Arggg! Wrong again! Think man! Think!\" \"Errr. just some Space Marines\" And off I scurry, into the night.
Yeah, I just read a great book, by stephen clarke called \"talking to snails\" where he describes how to survive in France, one chapter is on beeing served, I laughted my way through the whole thing. It\'s so true that the french conception of service is a bit different then in the US
hubbabubba
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@evilDavelol
I love the way the staff wear their blinkers, the new products are always the best so far. try telling them that you prefered the previous encarnation.
In general have to say that the people in GW VAlencia seem fairly straight up. it\'s the prepubesant kids that get on my nerves, but I guess we\'ve all been there.
I love the way the staff wear their blinkers, the new products are always the best so far. try telling them that you prefered the previous encarnation.
In general have to say that the people in GW VAlencia seem fairly straight up. it\'s the prepubesant kids that get on my nerves, but I guess we\'ve all been there.
freakinacage
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actually, like ritual, my local store is ok. one of the staff members openly admits to gaming with war machine stuff rather than gw as he prefers it. although one gets REALLY nervous if you mention another company (as if he thinks someone is watching!!)
having said that, my housemate went to pick up a book from there once (she\'s so brave) and immediately had every member of staff rush up to ask her if she needed help, bless.
as has been said, it\'s normally the customers who are the problem, not the staff
having said that, my housemate went to pick up a book from there once (she\'s so brave) and immediately had every member of staff rush up to ask her if she needed help, bless.
as has been said, it\'s normally the customers who are the problem, not the staff
Bengoodall
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Ban them all!!!
Never let them in the shop!!
Oh no, they do that too, hmm, carry on.
Never let them in the shop!!
Oh no, they do that too, hmm, carry on.
generulpoleaxe
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@swordwind, you will get on with brian (bolton store manager) as he used to do reanactment (before kids etc took away his spare time/money)
Bengoodall
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I thought it was all reenactment until you ended up with some of those things.
Ewwww children:drool:
Ewwww children:drool:
PegaZus
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Its not that funny, but my son (4yrs old) blew away one of the clerks (but don\'t know if he was just blowing smoke). He was shocked when he asked my son if he knew what a box on the wall had. Derrick correctly identified the Tyranid Genestealers.
It wasn\'t really that impressive. He keeps beating the snot out of me when we play. But this guy was floored that someone that young could identify something. Obviously, he doesn\'t have a child and has never been corrected when you misidentify something the kids seen on TV.
It wasn\'t really that impressive. He keeps beating the snot out of me when we play. But this guy was floored that someone that young could identify something. Obviously, he doesn\'t have a child and has never been corrected when you misidentify something the kids seen on TV.
Bengoodall
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Maybe it was cause the staffer didnt know what was in the box.
Or just couldnt read.lol
Or just couldnt read.lol
PegaZus
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Now that\'s funny!
He did pass along a tip for anybody with the blessing/curse of young children who want to paint as well. He said that the manager of the store assembled some figure for his 2 year old and then gave her washable paints to paint it with. That way, when she was finished, just dunk it under the tap for a few, and just like that its ready to painted again.
Torn blue sky
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Iv\'e fallen into the \"painter\" category at my store so a couple of the guys shit shoot the breeze time and again.
There IS, however, the token eejit. You know they guy, head up his arse, mind in the clouds....Asumes the identities of all the minis and converses with them....
Usual suspect
There IS, however, the token eejit. You know they guy, head up his arse, mind in the clouds....Asumes the identities of all the minis and converses with them....
Usual suspect
Bengoodall
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Or wants to be Optimus Prime. lol
And Liz, the what what what what?
And Liz, the what what what what?
