/biz/ - Business & Finance

>finish high school
>parents are uneducated and believe the holy gospel of college means big money
>they themselves have no money to send me
>listen to them and get wagie job to do community college in cash
>walk into gamestop of all places 7 years ago
>immediately hired because I am the only not fat person applying for a job
>they promote me quickly because I can count and diversity
>also know my alphabet which is half the job sorting games
>it's air conditioned in the south and I don't have the muscle to do physical labor
>they start giving me morning shift since I will get my ass up to open
>typical nerd likes sleeping in until 2 pm
>usually quiet in the morning, i just clean and hear the same tv ads a million times alone
>funko pops start being big
>we have pre-orders for chinese plastic shits
>only get like 3 confirmed pieces each because store is small
>GOT metallic dragon comes out
>gamestop exclusive
>have a line outside and get to make people angry they weren't the first three there
>a month later shit is delivered to store
>open them and put them in the huge cabinets behind the counter so they can't get taken by randos
>first two people come in and claim their consumerism badges
>third isn't there
>has 48 hours to come pay for it before pre-order cancels and it's up for dibs
>in walks the fattest, tallest samoan i have ever seen
>a brown snorlax appeared
>asks if we got the dragons
>say yes but they're all gone but one might be available in two days
>he offers me ten bucks to sell it to him now
>funko pops are so insane the company fires people for fucking with them
>tell him no, i make more than that in an hour so it's not worth it
>he does a weird grunt that i can still hear in my head but can't describe
>porky hand comes up to his mouth
>bends down since he has more than a foot on me
>tells me that he will be back tomorrow morning in a weird whisper
>ask why but he leaves without answering