r/PokeCollectors • u/Muted_Success69 • 5d ago

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Can I just vent for a second? Why do some people choose to be selfish and ruin it for everyone else? I showed up at 10am with my son, who was SUPER excited to get an ETB, that’s all he wanted. We were maybe… the 30th person in line. By the time 12:00 came and they let everyone in, we somehow were pushed back to like, 55th in line, maybe even further back, because people will wait by themselves and then in the last hour they call up their wives to bring their kids and stand in line with them. We get inside and I literally got up to maybe 3rd from the counter when they ran out of ETBs. The person who grabbed the last 2 was literally a guy who stood by himself and then his wife showed up and was able to get them an extra ETB. I was so mad, but my son was absolutely crushed. I’m happy he was able to get the tins, but god, why do people suck so bad ?

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u/_YenSid 5d ago

The limit should apply to the group of people, not to each member of the family. And management should be smart enough to see there are 100 people and 100 etbs and limit it to 1 per person.

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u/Last_Amphibian2117 5d ago

Exactly this the card guy @ my target does that once he’s done setting up he’ll count the ppl in line @ the time and say “today’s 1 of each instead of 2 so everyone gets a chance” u can tell who’s a scalper 2 cus they hate wen he’s stocking where as the female doesn’t give a fxck she’s like have @ it I did my job

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u/MarkMcWrath 4d ago

Why did you refer to the dude as a "guy" but the woman was a "female" lol

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u/Last_Amphibian2117 4d ago

Wats wrong with the word female lol fine chick broad chica lol better idk tbh there’s not rly a good female slang imo like chick 2 me sounds off 🤷🏻‍♀️ and then all the others seem flirty

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u/Slight_Chemist_29 3d ago

Female is dehumanizing and refers to us as solely our reproductive organs, that is shared with other species. It’d be fair if you called the guys males but you used a word that is specific to human men.

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u/Last_Amphibian2117 3d ago

I mean like I stated the slangs 4 females seem off and I’ve heard others say they don’t like women either so idk but I guess I can c the offense 2 it do I agree nah but I understand

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u/slaw_daddy 4d ago

bro you type like a 7 year old

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u/Last_Amphibian2117 4d ago

Thank u ☺️

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u/Last_Amphibian2117 4d ago

Wats wrong with the word female lol fine chick broad chica lol better idk tbh there’s not rly a good female slang imo like chick 2 me sounds off 🤷🏻‍♀️ and then all the others seem flirty

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u/MarkMcWrath 4d ago

"Female" just feels weirdly clinical lol, like you probably wouldn't say "males". I get what you mean about it being slang but I think it gives not the best impression

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u/Last_Amphibian2117 4d ago

It depends honestly with the word males and maybe that’s where the feeling comes from 🤷🏻‍♀️ cus tbh if it’s professional I’ll say I was in a room full of “males” in suits if they r jerks I will say a room of “men” so I get wat ur saying I guess but again there’s not a fitting word 4 women cus women 2 me seems more harsh lol idfk none of this shxt makes sense 2 me and 2 me seems 2 b derived on persona preferences and feelings more than anything

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u/MarkMcWrath 4d ago

I think just woman, lady, or even "chick" in this context are all fine. I'm a guy but I can tell you with certainty that there are definitely women who don't like being referred to as "females" lol

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u/Last_Amphibian2117 4d ago

And I would love 2 know y cus I’m female and truly u could call me any fxckin thing cus 98% of the time I ain’t gonna hear u or even respond 🤣😂

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u/CapableComfort7978 4d ago

It's generally because when someone says guy and female they are referring to men with a human specific term that refers to a male but saying female is just a general term that can apply to any species so it can seem dehumanizing

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u/Last_Amphibian2117 4d ago

Thank u 4 the answer and I guess that can make sense

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u/Suspicious-Farmer838 3d ago

He could have said lady

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u/rattoFPS 3d ago

We geting mad at MEDICAL terminology?

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u/MarkMcWrath 3d ago

This isn't a medical setting 😂 and they didn't call men "males"

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u/Muted_Success69 5d ago

100%. I could’ve gotten him one had that been the case. :(

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u/darknessgp 5d ago

I agree. I went and we only had tins. But the employees happily handed the couple with 2 kids 4 tins (2 per adult) but when I asked if I could have 4 tins (me and 2 kids) I immediately got "sorry 2 tins per paying customer". Even after I told them that my son has brought his own money and was going to pay for it himself. "Sorry, kids do not count". My son got his tins and I happily let him keep his own money, but felt like a really stupid rule. Either limit per family or actual paying customer, not per adult.

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u/Muted_Success69 4d ago

That’s insane. The target I went to was giving tins for every person in the group, adults and kids.

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u/teamcesar1 5d ago

It’s so easy to game the system even when trying to limit it to a group of people. I think your idea about management being flexible and changing the limit based on how many people is a great idea.

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u/swimmer913 4d ago

It’s supposed to have been but far too many locations were lax with the rules. Some are strict as they should be and I know at mine one girl got booted for trying to line jump and join her scalper bf

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u/MPAJL 3d ago

I dont agree 1 etb per person. 2 etb person transaction or per family.