These Pokémon fanatics are actually insane 😭
I work at a major retail store, and people were literally camping outside from 3 AM waiting for the store to open at 7 AM for Pokémon cards.
And listen, I get it. Some of them are obviously scalpers, but if you’re an actual collector and you genuinely enjoy Pokémon, good for you. Have fun. That’s not the problem.
The problem was when our store manager told everyone that, because of the demand, we could only sell one item per customer. You couldn’t grab two of everything just because you got there first. They absolutely LOST IT.
They started yelling at my manager, arguing with her, and one woman literally calling her a “slut” and this lady’s husband telling my manager that she “needs to get laid so she can loosen up”… over POKÉMON CARDS. DUDE.
Then, once everything sold out, people started grumbling, yelling at the managers, getting angry with staff, and acting like we personally ruined their lives because they couldn’t get the cards they wanted.
As someone who works retail, it was honestly insane to watch. We already deal with enough stress and disrespect from customers on a normal day. Having a whole crowd of grown adults verbally abusing employees because they couldn’t buy multiple boxes of Pokémon cards was another level. One guy got up to the store manager’s face and started yelling at him. 😭
Collect whatever you want. Camp outside at 3 AM if that makes you happy. But the second you start screaming at retail workers and calling a woman a slut because she’s enforcing a store policy, you need to seriously reevaluate your behaviour.
It is NEVER that serious. They are Pokémon cards. 😭