Wow what a difference

My roommate Manny went home to California for the week, so I decided to steal his XBox 360. Because he's an idiot, he bought an 360 a couple months ago and Oblivion, and he doesn't even play it. That's $500 dollars sitting in a box on a shelf in his room. I asked him once or twice why he would buy a 360 to get one game that he doesn't even play. He justified the purchase by saying that it's not like he's never going to play it and he bought it so he would have it when other games like Halo 3 do come out. Apparently, he never heard of the marketing strategy of dropping the price when the competition comes out, because that's exactly what's gonna happen when PlayStation 3 and the Wii get released.

I went to Blockbuster Video yesterday by my apartment to rent RockStar's Table Tennis and Fight Night Round 3, but the games weren't there. So today, I went to a BBV by work to check if they had any copies. I'm bad and lazy at finding stuff in stores, and also I didn't want to spend all day looking for the games, so I asked one of the blue shirts at the register to point me in the right direction.

Me: Hey, do you guys have Table Tennis or Fight Night for the 360?
Blue Shirt Girl: The what?
Me: XBox 360.
BSG: Oh, ok. Do you have a credit card on your account?
Me: No, why?
BSG: Because you need a credit card on your account to rent XBox 360 games.
Me: Do you take debit cards?
BSG: It's gotta be a credit card.
Me: Really? You can't just pretend?
BSG: Sorry, I don't make the rules.
Me: Ok, I'll check and see if my roommate has a credit card on his card then come by tomorrow, I guess.
BSG: Sure, what games did you want again?
Me: Table Tennis and Fight Night.
BSG: Oh, I think those games are sold out.

She did a quick check and it turns out they were sold out. She should have just told me that they didn't have any copies in the first place. And she obviously took her job too seriously, because I never get asked if I have a credit card on my account. I don't get that. She works for Blockbuster, not the CIA.

I was annoyed by her actions. If she died, I would not go to her funeral. Not because I hate her or anything, but because I don't know her. I would show up and her family would be like "Who are you?" and I wouldn't know what to say. That would be awkward.