Toys R Us

I just had a very pleasant interaction with Toys R Us. I called to see if the tickle me Elmo was in stock 20 minutes ago and spoke to Jonathan on the phone. He said they had a limited number in stock but he would put it on reserve for me.
When I called back just now to check my reservation a woman answered the phone and she told me they were sold out. Needless to say, I was pretty irritated. I asked to speak to Jonathan and she told me she had just fired him for incompetence. I was amazed that within the past 20 minutes so much has changed and wanted to know if I was speaking to the manager. She told me she wasn’t the manager but the president of the company! What remarkable customer service that the president of the company makes time to speak to customers when they call.
I asked if she had time to go for a walk in the park and she told me that after she brushed her teeth she would send the town car to pick me up. I promised that while I waited for the town car that I would give a positive review on Unilocal.Here I am, promise complete. I’d recommend Toys R Us to anyone, but not if you’re looking for a tickle me Elmo. Go to Walmart for that instead.

Being the rabid action figure toy monster that I am, I have frequented this location on numerous occasions in search of many MOMC elusive short-​packed chase figures. If you don’t know what I’m talking about… welcome to the world of action figure collecting. The best response is to probably just say «that’s nice» and run quickly back to the real world like my date usually does.
Anyway, this TRU generally has a good selection of the latest action figures and they aren’t all picked-​over and lying on the floor like some lesser establishments. So, stars for selection and cleanliness.
My biggest gripe with this TRU involves one of my other mistresses… video gaming. Even if you can’t tell your Tekken from Bubble Bobble you probably know that the Wii (and please don’t call it the W-​i-​i) was a hot item for Christmas 2006. It’s in my genetic makeup to want one. However, my conversation with the employees in the video game dept. was less than fruitful.
Me: «Hi, I know you guys are out of Wiis, but how often do you get shipments?»
Employee: «We get them when we get them».
Me: «So, uh, once a week, twice a week, every day???» (trying of course, to gauge how often it makes sense to check back)
Employee: «Pretty much just whenever they come in.»
Me: «Hm, ok, well, so they sell out instantly.»
Employee: «Yeah, pretty much.»
So even if you didn’t figure out the end to Titantic before the end of the movie you see how this conversation went. I ate a mushroom, grew to double size, then stomped on her head to flatten her and gain a swift 100 pts. in the process.
I know this is probably annoying for them and they get a billion questions about this popular item but c’mon, you are working in the video game dept. of a major toy chain so why are you there unless you want to do your part to get freaks like me hooked up with their games?
For the insiders: it’s tough to take a left turn out of the lot (you are going to Land of Cran next, aren’t you??) so if you need to do so snake around the lot past the other store in the plaza b/​c there is another exit that not many people know about which is much easier to use for a left turn.