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Speaking as one of the larger gentlemen (but not the biggest) that frequents my LGS, it's rough to hear the generalizations and stereotypes. While harder, it certainly is possible for a large man to not stink. We do have to watch our hygiene more than most, but I do not go out to the store unless I'm freshly showered, shaved, with a non-offensive amount of cologne applied.
Then again, it'd be nice if everyone did that.
Yes, larger folks need to be more self aware not to break and crack furniture. I know I test things for give and bend to insure I don't do something both embarrassing and damaging. And in one instance, as a housewarming present, the big guys in my DnD group got together and bought our DM a new couch.
I am losing weight (40+ lbs down so far!) and the worst part is that it makes the clothes even more ill fitting. Big man's clothing is extremely expensive. Think of what it'd be like if GW set pricing at your clothing retailer. Every size I go down I can't just buy a new pair. I have to ratchet the belt that much tighter.
Ugavine wrote: More of an issue with 40K 5th rather than 6th.
You're at the end of turn 7 having had a great game and you just know the game is going to be decided by 1/8th of an inch... are you close enough to the objective?
You have tape measures at the ready... then some moron walks up and scoops the figure off the table to 'have a look.' Cheers mate, you just screwed up our three hour game!
That's a [s]whuppin[/] [b] padlin'!
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I've been around plenty of "larger individuals" that weren't a problem at all to be around because they watched their hygiene and dressed appropriately. Anyone who actually cares about another individual's weight is just being an ass (unless they are a relative or friend worried about possible health problems).
"So, do please come along when we're promoting something new and need photos for the facebook page or to send to our regional manager, do please engage in our gaming when we're pushing something specific hard and need to get the little kiddies drifting past to want to come in an see what all the fuss is about. But otherwise, stay the feth out, you smelly, antisocial bastards, because we're scared you are going to say something that goes against our mantra of absolute devotion to the corporate motherland and we actually perceive any of you who've been gaming more than a year to be a hostile entity as you've been exposed to the internet and 'dangerous ideas'. " - MeanGreenStompa
"Then someone mentions Infinity and everyone ignores it because no one really plays it." - nkelsch
In our store we have the moron that picks stuff up without asking. He's bigger than most of the guys in the shop, but that doesn't stop me shouting him down and telling him he's a donkey cave.
I'm currently working on pirate orks, and regularly paint in the store because it's more relaxing, and better lit than home. Three days running he came in and picked stuff up without asking. The first time he picked the model a by a freshly painted bit and smeared the paint all over, resulting in me having to strip the model and start over. One time he picked up my battlewagon, made from two MK I Rhinos and a baneblade, by the steering wheel (it has a ship style steering wheel at the top platform) and snapped it clean off. Luckily it hadn't gone far off the table so nothing else broke. The third time he picked my Warboss up, dropped it straight on the floor and immediately diminished it to it's component pieces. He's never talked to me since me shouting at him for a good 20 minutes. This is not a bad thing.
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CIsaac wrote: Speaking as one of the larger gentlemen (but not the biggest) that frequents my LGS, it's rough to hear the generalizations and stereotypes. While harder, it certainly is possible for a large man to not stink. We do have to watch our hygiene more than most, but I do not go out to the store unless I'm freshly showered, shaved, with a non-offensive amount of cologne applied.
Then again, it'd be nice if everyone did that.
Yes, larger folks need to be more self aware not to break and crack furniture. I know I test things for give and bend to insure I don't do something both embarrassing and damaging. And in one instance, as a housewarming present, the big guys in my DnD group got together and bought our DM a new couch.
I am losing weight (40+ lbs down so far!) and the worst part is that it makes the clothes even more ill fitting. Big man's clothing is extremely expensive. Think of what it'd be like if GW set pricing at your clothing retailer. Every size I go down I can't just buy a new pair. I have to ratchet the belt that much tighter.
Grats man! I gotta get stuff from the big and tall shop too or else it doesn't fit correctly, and they KNOW nothing else will fit as nicely so they charge you out the butt for it. Keep it up, being healthy is totally worth the effort!!
Change this shiz up, if you sad buggers ever actually want to stand a chance of applying your devil to a lady, start showering every single day, use a deodorant, change into fresh clothes each day and please clean yourself up and use handsoap if you sneak off to the toilet to pull one off during the course of your day.
Maybe they're just French? j/k
To anyone looking to visit the United States, we're not big fans of cologne. What seems a normal spritz in other countries counts as a copious douse here and it can be very overwhelming when you enter a room. Just a daily shower with soap and shampoo and clean clothes is all we ask. Some breathmints too (I'm bad about having Diet Coke breath while I play and sometimes forget the gum).
I am quite happy to say that my FLGS has a notable lack of all this bad hygeine and fattys. We do have 1 or 2 of the larger gentlemen but these keep their hygeine in tip top condition. And as one of these lads just coming out of puberty i can say that those greasy filthy sweatmen are the exception to the rule. I myself pride myself on my fitness and hygeine. Infact i am managing to keep yself clean despite the fact that our emertion heater has stopped working and we have to boil water in a kettle until it can be fixed.
Back on topic:
The one real pet peave that i have is that i am apparently the target for anyone carrying a Nerf gun. That said so is Dobby and pretty much anyone else whom is foolish enough to be unarmed so i cant complain.
The only other thing is that the store is right next door to a pub so we occasionaly (once in a blue moon) get drunken louts yelling obscenities or making gestures outside. None come inside and they yend to wander off after a minute. As of yet none of them have been foolish enough to come in the store or attack anyone.
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Mine is people picking away at the foam hills I made for a board. I haven't even finished the board and people just keep picking away and I have to spray paint it every other day now.
beowulfhunter wrote: I just kinda want to rant. Our store just dropped a chunk of change on some new chairs for the store. The reason being is we have had a bunch of our gamers who like to lean back on the legs or lean sideways. I am sorry, but what kind of slack jawed moron cannot sit in a chair properly. Rant off.
Are there any other destructive behaviors you see at your LGS that people just pass off on.
I see a deal of disrespecting terrain. It is principally why I have not donated more terrain to the shop. The terrain does not get handled with very much care and respect. That said, it has a lot to do with the way the terrain is organized and stored, which is not laid out very carefully and not well labeled.
The first part of getting others to treat your things with respect is to treat them with respect yourself. In my experience it is much easier to get people to put all of the hills back into the hills box carefully, for example, if there is a clearly labeled "Hills" box that has a proper place on a shelf.
Kirasu: Have we fallen so far that we are excited that GW is giving us the opportunity to spend 58$ for JUST the rules? Surprised it's not "Dataslate: Assault Phase"
AlexHolker: "The power loader is a forklift. The public doesn't complain about a forklift not having frontal armour protecting the crew compartment because the only enemy it is designed to face is the OHSA violation."
AlexHolker: "Allow me to put it this way: Paramount is Skynet, reboots are termination attempts, and your childhood is John Connor."
There are also the issues with the way people treat communal property versus property which they pay for of course. If the store was to create a method by which customers have a percieved ownership of it. They will tend to take better care of their own toys.
Though, in the end that is why a lot of people avoid public venues for gaming...myself included.
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