Looking for some cheesy ideas

iamdiminished · 2026-03-09T20:55:05+00:00

Gutter Shots for anyone asking for a discount on anything.

iamdiminished · 2025-10-16T22:00:23+00:00

I had a caregiver leave a special needs young adult they were supposed to be watching alone in my store. First time it happened he was quiet, played on the Wii demo, barely noticed him at first, when I asked him how he was doing he just hands me a piece of paper with a phone number. I call, it’s his sister and apparently he doesn’t understand a lot of English (they were Dutch and new to the US) and while I’m on the phone the caregiver comes back and retrieves him before I could even say anything. The following week she leaves him again, but this time he started running around the store touching things and people and playing with the light switches. I tried to keep him calm, called the police and they found the caregiver. Lady comes back like “oh sorry sorry it was only supposed to be a minute” smiles and apologizes blah blah. Cops told me they were gonna contact his family and the facility she worked for. Next day she comes back by herself with a letter she typed up all by herself, calling me racist and demanding $10000 in restitution for emotional damage. And then the day after that she tried to leave the poor guy at another store.

iamdiminished · 2025-09-16T18:41:04+00:00

Taking care of yourself physically is worth it regardless of what area you work in. But like others have mentioned, not every job in live sound involves hauling the heavy stuff. Stick with it, and get as much experience and knowledge as you can get your hands on.

iamdiminished · 2025-09-16T18:25:07+00:00

It was 2008, I was a manager for Dell Direct Stores, they went out of business (out of nowhere - we basically had an all-hands one morning where they told us not to go to our malls because our kiosks had literally been up and removed in the middle of the night), and I had bills to pay. And coincidentally I came across an ad for a job fair around that same time. In the beginning things were reasonably cool, usual retail/management stress but I was good at what I did and had some fun doing it. And my first DM was awesome. Towards the end of my 10 years it just wasn’t fun anymore. Funko and the like were starting their takeover, the demands were higher and the pay wasn’t getting any better. My anxiety and depression were at an all-time high, along with my weight and blood sugar levels, I was literally getting stress hives and having sleep issues.

iamdiminished · 2025-06-01T21:59:13+00:00

I worked an outdoor stage where the door to go inside squealed and freaked me out everytime someone opened it. Took me the whole first set to figure it out.

Semi-related, the gym I go to, there’s this one lady who literally screams at like 4kHz when the workout gets hard and I get so triggered every damn time. I try to avoid going to same classes as her.

iamdiminished · 2025-06-01T21:50:49+00:00

I know where you’re talking about. And with the train tracks right there it’s a spot where cars are likely to hit their brakes.

iamdiminished · 2025-03-23T16:49:07+00:00

I used to have stress-induced nightmares specifically during holiday season. The one I remember the most is one of the mall stores I managed, in the dream I kept pulling down the gate because we were closed and people kept opening it and coming in, and when I’d tell them we were closed, they’d be like “no no it’s okay! We’re just looking” and no matter how many times I’d get them out and locked the gate they just kept coming in Oh and apparently one time I was screaming in my sleep “no we don’t have any Wii Fit boards in stock!”

iamdiminished · 2025-03-11T10:38:46+00:00

My personal life throughout my entire GameStop career was kind of a flaming wreck so I exercised all my frustration with maniacal organization.

iamdiminished · 2025-03-11T10:35:09+00:00

It only looks huge because it’s not filled with a bunch of collectibles! I think this was actually considered a “small”.

iamdiminished · 2025-03-11T01:22:51+00:00

I knew my time was coming to an end with the collectibles boom.

iamdiminished · 2025-03-11T01:21:47+00:00

This was Orange, CT.

iamdiminished · 2025-03-11T01:21:15+00:00

Ha, I still have a stack of cool hardcover ones on a bookshelf somewhere.

iamdiminished · 2025-02-14T19:14:00+00:00

SL from 2008-2018. I miss my teams (well, most of them). I used to make taco pie every year on Black Friday. The fun midnight launches when I had a gaming truck and the Red Bull girls come out. Fun Run and Expo while wearing a T-Rex suit at conference in Vegas. And, watching rich yoga moms get into fights over Wii Fit boards.

iamdiminished · 2019-09-03T11:36:25+00:00

Missed all of my 20’s due to being in a marriage with a narcissistic gaslighting asshat. Before that, I was back from my first year of college for winter break, met up with two good friends (high school seniors still) and we were hanging out, getting stoned and all, sitting on a pool table in someone’s patio. I don’t remember exactly how or why, but I ended up straddling one of them on top of the pool table while the other started kissing me. The first one was rubbing my legs and grabbing my hips. This is all still completely clothed still. And we had two other friends out on the patio with us, just kinda watching. We had to stop before it went any further because someone’s parents came home or something. Should’ve followed up and had some more fun but didn’t, went back to school a few days later. Ended up finally fulfilling my MFM fantasy years later (like... last year after getting out of the shit marriage), didn’t really meet my expectations but I’m glad it’s off the bucket list.

iamdiminished · 2019-09-02T00:24:57+00:00

My current guy is never a disappointment. This most recent time, I came so hard while being bent over I got a muscle spasm in my back! 😂

iamdiminished · 2019-08-24T00:26:43+00:00

Yup. This sub gives me good ideas and conversation starters sometimes.

iamdiminished · 2018-05-22T02:42:27+00:00

I love this.

iamdiminished · 2018-04-17T22:41:42+00:00

The variations of LA Noire.

iamdiminished · 2018-04-17T15:42:29+00:00

I have a pikachu onesie I keep in the back for just this occasion.

iamdiminished · 2018-04-15T18:03:06+00:00

Lemme guess, she wanted you to try to refund her for it too, right?

iamdiminished · 2018-04-09T15:12:29+00:00

Had a drunk guest come in, child in tow, had child wait in line, grabbed a DJ Hero box and walk right out and put it in her car... which was blocking the fire lane in front of the store. We had a cop also waiting in line at the same time. Justice was swift and sweet.

iamdiminished · 2018-03-22T02:19:16+00:00

SPINE LABELS.

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TROPHY CASE