Former Wizard

I'm not here to make friends; I'm here to post stuff that I like, and I like a lot of things. If you're friendly with me though, I'll be friendly back. @korracrat is my SO

[kitty]

This is the money cat, reblog in the next 24 hours and money will come your way!

[former-wizard]

Well hello there, part 2.

[former-wizard]

I may or may not have an unhealthy obsession with the color green, part 2.

[former-wizard]

When your colorful Toys R Us credit card gets replaced with a grey card... :/

[former-wizard]

Watching SoUE on Netflix on roommate's game console.

Me, turning off the console: "How do I get out of this"

SO: "Press B."

Me: "This is a Playstation controller."

SO: "You know what I mean."

[libertarirynn-deactivated202006]

So I went to Toys “R” Us today to see if they had any good clearance sales. Figured maybe I could pick up some early Christmas presents for my goddaughter. Having been there now all I can say is that the only mystery about them going out of business is that it didn’t happen 15 years ago.

Even at so-called “clearance prices“ I could’ve bought half that shit for a third of the price at Walmart or on Amazon. They were trying to sell fucking two-year-old holiday Barbies for nearly $30. I literally saw one of those same dolls on the clearance junk rack at Walmart for about $10. Is it any wonder that people weren’t interested in paying an arm and a leg for basic stuff they could get much cheaper elsewhere? Now I know why my parents haven’t taken me to that store since I was like 10. Good riddance.

[former-wizard]

While it is okay to be mad at corporate for running themselves into the ground, please be aware that posts like this alienate the people who work at store level, including myself. I do agree that prices are a little ridiculous in some respects, but in others they are not (we had a $100 gaming headset marked down to $35). Your example with the Barbie is merely an outlier considering that Barbie things are so popular and corporate would want to get the most out of popular things as possible. I saw the prices for the popular toy this Christmas season, the Fingerlings, jump up to $17.99 before Christmas, then drop back down to $14.99 after. However, that's not to say they should've stayed like that during the season, for any smart shopper would know that Toys R Us price matches with their direct competitors like Amazon, Wal-Mart, Target, and any other store that sells at least 90% of what we sell (so probably not Gamestop, Best Buy, and definitely not Home Depot (smh)). 

But I will tell you that the people I work with are like family to me, and I guarantee you that they are probably some of the happiest people who work retail. That being said, I believe that the customers we get are some the rudest and most disrespectful people I have ever seen as a whole. Granted, I do see individuals who come in every once in a while that I like, but as a whole we have some awful clientele. Wal-Mart and Target have nothing on the crap Toys R Us employees have to deal with. Only in Toys R Us will you see customers pull bikes out of the bike racks and leave them on the floor if it's not the one they want. Only at Toys R Us will you see customers pick up something they think they want on impulse, then put it in the most convenient place for them when they decide they don't, which is often times not where it belongs. I've witnessed two robberies, and heard about one of they guys I saw stealing being a repeat offender, and do you know what we can do while we're on the clock? Nothing. We can't touch the thieves so long as we are in uniform. 

But at the end of the day, the team is happy with each other mostly, and we're all pretty much in agreement that the customers we get are some of the worst people. It goes both ways, but in reality, you shouldn't demonize Toys R Us at store level, because these are some of the most honest people you will meet. Demonize Toys R Us at corporate level, for their business model has been whack, and those of us at store level who see sense have been shaking our heads at some of their decisions. And yes, the liquidation deals right now are probably not the best in the eyes of any smart shopper (I could do wonders with the employee discount, credit card discount, rewards dollars, and price matches), but at this point, Toys R Us is no longer in control of anything, the liquidation company is. Just remember that there are people who believed that Toys R Us could've been better than what it was who are now going to be out of a job.

[zenosashtray]

[former-wizard]

Clearly not the comment author.

[longpinkmuscleygiraffe]

[former-wizard]

The longer you watch it, the funnier it gets.

[angelrinisadork]

Nintendo @ all of us naive fools right before we saw the the Smash Logo:

[miyku]

mood

[7tny]

[giflounge]

Escape velocities for every planet in the solar system

[somebitchwhoplaysyugioh]

Jupiter: YEET

[former-wizard]

You are never leaving Jupiter.

[former-wizard]

Would it be vain of me to use a picture of myself as a desktop background?

[former-wizard]

I decided to go with a different Spyro the Dragon level background for my desktop background.

[former-wizard]

Would it be vain of me to use a picture of myself as a desktop background?

[starssight]

[disneyfab]

this literally gave me chills.

[melonmemes]

[former-wizard]

[thatsthat24]

The Burden of 100% Completion 🎮 (Was almost done with this one when I realized @prozd did something similar, so this is my love letter to him cause he’s one of my favorite creators and inspirations. PLEASE check his stuff out, he’s amazing and hilarious!!)

[shigarakitomura]

[Captions]

Main Story: Excuse me…um, it’s been like uh, ten hours, are you ever gonna get back to me?

Thomas: Yep, almost done over here.

Side Quest: Keep making those pies!!

Main Story: Yeah, but, I mean like, the world is in danger, your friends still need saving, and this dude’s asking you to like, what, open a shop?

Side Quest: But this is Important!!

Main Story: Yeah, sure it is.

Thomas: Almost done.

Main Story: Great.

Thomas: Almost…

Main Story: Ok

Thomas: Aaaaaaaaaand…done!

Side Quest: Thank ya!

Side Quest 2: Hello there!

Side Quest 3: ..help

Side Quest 4: There’s a large tree blocking my way…

Side Quest 5: [British accent] Can you help find my dog?

Side Quest 6: [Southern accent] Now there are some imps attackin my knee

Thomas: [to Main Story] just a few more minutes, ok? Sorry, you understand.

Main Story: What the *random video game noises instead of bleeping*