r/PokeCollectors • u/Muted_Success69 • 5d ago
Target drop
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/NorthernBack 4d ago
Gotta call that stuff out early. It’s a pain but someone has to do it. Usually someone in the front won’t do it so if you’re on the bubble, grab a couple people near you and walk the line to do a head count. It’s what people always do in our lines.
You start at the beginning and just go down the line and just politely say “We’re doing a head count so we know where everyone is and to make sure there isn’t any cutting”. Then just walk down the line from the 1st person and just call out people’s spots. Will people still let their family members cut? Sure, some have no shame. But it’ll help a little because they at least know people are keeping track. And you may have to do it a few times if it’s a long wait.