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2009/03/31 20:41:20
Subject: What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Ork-Hunting Inquisitorial Xenokiller
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Hi guys,
I've been wanting to do this for a bloody long time now, but I have to ask.... what is the most annoying this a worker from gamesworkshop has ever said to you?
For me personally when I asked a guy in the store, "What's a good ork vehicle to paint?" he replied...
"Well the wartrakk has turbo engines and so it can ZOOM across the board! It also has a crazy ork driver who is sooo cool!"
How the gribblies does this answer my question!
So post away my fellow war gamers, and tell me what the most annoying thing they said was!
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2009/03/31 20:43:23
Subject: Re:What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Nasty Nob on Warbike with Klaw
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I once called their 800 number to ask where I would call to complain about the pages falling out my White Dwarf and I got a few seconds of mumbling followed by a really uncomfortable silence. To which I replied "Well, that about answers my question."
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2009/03/31 20:48:07
Subject: What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Ork-Hunting Inquisitorial Xenokiller
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Brilliant! Classic "um... I really don't know what to say here..." moment.
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2009/03/31 20:55:18
Subject: What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Horrific Howling Banshee
Neenah, Wisconsin
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Gen con 1990-something. A friend of mine is at the GW stand and wants to buy a unit of choas dwarf blunderbussers. He wants to buy a whole unit at once, not have to make three trips to the FLGS to get them.
(This was back in the day when GW only let stored order in multi code sleeves, so you couldn't really get single packs as a retailer. The result was the store would have 2 packs at a time, and he needed 6 packs for a unit of 12)
Anyway, we are at the GW booth. He has three packs in hand, and asks the redshirt if they have any more (there were loads of boxes piled under the tables).
Redshirt looks, and holds up a handful of blisters answering "yes, we have a dozen right here."
My friend: "Good, I need three packs."
Redshirt: "Sorry I can't sell them to you."
Friend: "Why not?"
Redshirt: "We are only allowed to restock the racks with one of each blister per hour. You'll have to come back each hour to pick one up."
My friend proceeds to hand the redshirt the three boxes of Blunderbussers as well as the other $400 worth of stuff he was buying.
We had a good laugh shopping at Napoleon's for the same stuff the next day. 
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2009/03/31 20:59:01
Subject: What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Ork-Hunting Inquisitorial Xenokiller
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Always makes me chuckle when someone says.......
"Why yes, I have it. But it is mine. Not yours. Mine. Muhahahah! Ahem."
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2009/03/31 21:15:58
Subject: Re:What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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[MOD]
Decrepit Dakkanaut
Cozy cockpit of an Archer ARC-5S
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 = me
 - redshirt
I'm looking for a Demolisher, your shelf is empty, do you have any in the back?
Did you know that we've got new orks!
Yes, very dandy but I'm here for a Demolisher
Don't you like orks? You really should play them, they got a new codex after oh-so many years you know? Look at these plastic kits, cool huh?
I know, but I really want a Demolisher
You sure you don't want any orks to go with that?
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2009/03/31 21:19:03
Subject: Re:What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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[DCM]
Et In Arcadia Ego
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Just the total I need to pay.
Oh, hang on.... ages ago, when there was a different manager they used to have these incredibly inane "discussions" about "stuff", as you do I guess when you all work together a lot.
I caught the tail end of the "Would you rather have sex with another man or a female wolf" debate, made my excuses and left. Wow,..just wow.
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2009/03/31 21:19:07
Subject: What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Sslimey Sslyth
Busy somewhere, airin' out the skin jobs.
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I have never failed to seize on 4+ in my life!
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2009/03/31 21:31:20
Subject: What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Horrific Hive Tyrant
London (work) / Pompey (live, from time to time)
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i think shane wins this one 
most of the people at GW portsmouth know me, so its never a problem until they hire a new person, when some fething kiddo asks me for ID so he can sell me glue it really does take the piss
ok, im 19, i just spent over £300 here, and im now going to buy a tub of £5 glue to sniff......... dill weed
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2009/03/31 21:40:51
Subject: What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Growlin' Guntrukk Driver with Killacannon
No. VA USA
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I called ahead to the local Gw store and asked if they had something in stock.. I drove an hour to get there and when I asked where it was I was told they don't stock that item.
While working for Gw I was told by my manager to 'take care of that guy' (meaning the manager was too 'busy' to run a demo game.) I ended up with a huge sale and my manager said "Looks like you've been watching me run those demos, I've taught you well." (in my mind I was thinking, I've never seen this guy do a demo ever.. lol)
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2009/03/31 21:43:34
Subject: What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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My (then girlfriend now wife), a friend of hers, and a buddy of mine came to pick me up from the Chicago battle bunker. They sat behind the table I was playing at, patiently waiting and they pulled out a deck of cards... No harm done right, Honor Guard walks over and says, "Sorry, but we don't allow non- GW games to be played here." *Smacks hand into forehead.*
To top it all off, I felt like a goober with three of my non-initiated close friends standing by while I did epic battle with Bretonians, asking me what ever little piece on the table was for. 
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The pen is mightier then the sword, but you must keep a sword handy for when the pen runs out of ink.
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2009/03/31 22:19:40
Subject: What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Owns Whole Set of Skullz Techpriests
Versteckt in den Schatten deines Geistes.
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From a number of years back:
"I don't use Black Templar vows because they're cheesy."
Wanted to put my fist through his skull.
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2009/03/31 22:32:57
Subject: What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Ork-Hunting Inquisitorial Xenokiller
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Brilliant, these are funny as hell guys.
And btw JD, that happened to me!
GW guy- " do you need any glue?"
me- "yes please"
GW guy- "well you're gonna have to get your dad to buy it for you because its not solvent free."
Me(thinking)- "You absolute gribblie. I just bought like everything you have on your ork shelf, and you have the balls to tell me that I can't buy glue by myself. Screw you."
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2009/03/31 22:57:49
Subject: What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Joined the Military for Authentic Experience
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My least favourite is when I have all my stuff at the paypoint and they go "and one blah, yeah?" blah being an item I don't have at the paypoint. Usually a white dwarf, but I've had everything from space marine battleforces when buying LOTR to a Stompa.
Another highly annoying one was when I popped in for a quick look around, checking the price on some terminators, place was nearly empty. I wasn't planning on buying anything as I was unemployed, but had been passing and decided to stop in. When a staff member asked me what I was in for, and I replied to that effect, he pretty much walked me out of the store. Politely, I mean, but he covered me from going further in and walked me out while saying goodbye. I thought that was pretty bad form.
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2009/03/31 23:02:52
Subject: What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Hi i was wondering if you have some Eldar battle forces?
GW: yes we do !
* gets on a 40 min long trip to GW shop.
GW: sorry we dont have any eldar battle force... i thought we did....
oh yay............
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2009/03/31 23:07:24
Subject: What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Manhunter
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GW in Reading, PA, when i was really young.
i was going down to philly for the day, and decided to play at the GW in Reading. i had my orks with me, this was around 1996.
so me and my friend are playing, and a redshirt walks over to our table and asks "what are those" pointing to my obviously scratchbuilt battlewagons. i replied saying they are battlewagons. he then tells me i can't play with them because they arn't GW battlewagons. a lil confused, i asked him if GW makes battlewagons, he told me "thats not the point"
that was my intorduction to how GW stores were run.
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2009/03/31 23:14:05
Subject: What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Lurking Gaunt
Los Angeles, CA
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This is pretty much how it goes for me now.
Me- "Hey, do you guys have any Genestealers in sto--"
GW - "BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS? BUY ORKS?"
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2009/03/31 23:15:37
Subject: What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Joined the Military for Authentic Experience
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Funny, I play orks and they're always trying to sell me space marines...
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2009/03/31 23:20:39
Subject: What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Lurking Gaunt
Los Angeles, CA
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They do need some sort of investment in their poster boys, I guess...
But even the independent hobby shops around here are loaded with Ork stuff.
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2009/03/31 23:23:01
Subject: What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Horrific Hive Tyrant
London (work) / Pompey (live, from time to time)
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simple
take in an ork model, burn it infront of them (a lighter should do the trick, please remember that it will get hot and may cause an injury, so wear safety gloves), then explain you do not want any orks.
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2009/03/31 23:24:56
Subject: What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Joined the Military for Authentic Experience
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Probably cos of the second wave ork stuff. They did try hard to sell me a stompa, but I figure I'm fair game as an ork player with more than one of everything.
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2009/03/31 23:26:18
Subject: What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Horrific Hive Tyrant
London (work) / Pompey (live, from time to time)
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boss, that last part in some respects is somewhat worrying 0_0
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2009/03/31 23:26:46
Subject: What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Da Head Honcho Boss Grot
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JD21290 wrote:simple
take in an ork model, burn it infront of them (a lighter should do the trick, please remember that it will get hot and may cause an injury, so wear safety gloves), then explain you do not want any orks.
But then you'll have lost an ork model.
Which means you'll have to buy another model to replace it... or buy a battleforce... and the new stompa kit! 
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Anuvver fing - when they do sumfing, they try to make it look like somfink else to confuse everybody. When one of them wants to lord it over the uvvers, 'e says "I'm very speshul so'z you gotta worship me", or "I know summink wot you lot don't know, so yer better lissen good". Da funny fing is, arf of 'em believe it and da over arf don't, so 'e 'as to hit 'em all anyway or run fer it.
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2009/03/31 23:27:53
Subject: Re:What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Flashy Flashgitz
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I used to travel to London a lot. I'm American. I would occasionally visit the GW store on Oxford St. They'd always have loud horrible music, and often loud kids. That' s OK. And the staff was nice enough, and helpful (I think). Problem was, between the noise and accents, I couldn't understand half of what was said. They could have been calling me every name in the book, I'd have never known. I had the same experience at the GW store on Victoria St. in Sydney.
I wish more countries spoke English.
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2009/03/31 23:29:54
Subject: What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Da Head Honcho Boss Grot
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I know, British is a terrible language.
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Anuvver fing - when they do sumfing, they try to make it look like somfink else to confuse everybody. When one of them wants to lord it over the uvvers, 'e says "I'm very speshul so'z you gotta worship me", or "I know summink wot you lot don't know, so yer better lissen good". Da funny fing is, arf of 'em believe it and da over arf don't, so 'e 'as to hit 'em all anyway or run fer it.
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2009/03/31 23:30:03
Subject: What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Horrific Hive Tyrant
London (work) / Pompey (live, from time to time)
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But then you'll have lost an ork model.
Which means you'll have to buy another model to replace it... or buy a battleforce... and the new stompa kit!
you dont work for GW by any chance do you?
if not then that line is too close to what they would say
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2009/03/31 23:30:39
Subject: What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Horrific Hive Tyrant
London (work) / Pompey (live, from time to time)
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I know, British is a terrible language.
you mean english? 
if thats your opinion, then start learning french boyo
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2009/03/31 23:33:32
Subject: What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Hardened Veteran Guardsman
Canada
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My friend and I just bought 2 Epic starter sets. My younger brother was sitting at the painting corner busy with an undead model so we joined him. A few minutes later a red shirt came over and told us we were loitering.
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2009/03/31 23:33:49
Subject: Re:What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Owns Whole Set of Skullz Techpriests
Versteckt in den Schatten deines Geistes.
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Gobbla wrote:I used to travel to London a lot. I'm American. I would occasionally visit the GW store on Oxford St. They'd always have loud horrible music, and often loud kids. That' s OK. And the staff was nice enough, and helpful (I think). Problem was, between the noise and accents, I couldn't understand half of what was said. They could have been calling me every name in the book, I'd have never known. I had the same experience at the GW store on Victoria St. in Sydney.
I wish more countries spoke English.
G... what? Was this post meant to be intentionally ironic?
I couldn't understand anyone in England therefore I wish more people spoke English.
Wh... huh? 
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2009/03/31 23:34:27
Subject: What's the most annoying thing a GW worker has ever said to you?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Mine is situation specific, and the GW employee (a nice guy I might add, in every other situation I've dealt with him in) was speaking to an entire room, which is part of what made it annoying.
At a Games Day Baltimore, after it shrunk to a single day. 10-5, so 7 hours. Ticket was $40, so this was two years ago, I believe.
Finishing up a seminar by the GW talent (WH/40K seminar). So the nice GW designer starts taking questions, and a decent number of folks get up to go downstairs to the main hall (and presumably other attractions). The GW manager in charge of the room very loudly berates the folks for being rude to the guest speaker. It took a moment to register with me (I was still in my seat), but it dawned on me a moment later what happened.
An employee blasted customers for how they chose to use their time after paying a $40 entrance fee. It hasn't happened since, but if it does, I will lose my ****. You are charging me $40/7 hours --> $5.75 an hour to visit your convention. It's MY time, not yours.
If the talk had been free, the guy would have a small point. At $40 a head, it was totally out of line. I think he was forgetting the business-customer relationship. It's not show friends...it is show business.
Aside from that, my experiences have been reasonable and normal.
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