Old people don't understand video games

[Duke87 1,070]

I found this on another forum. Who knows if this ever actually happened or not, but it's still funny:

    (I overheard two cashiers talking about World of Warcraft

    while an older female customer and her husband approached them.)

    Cashier #1: "My guild went on a big raid last night but didn't complete it."

    Cashier #2: "You weren't able to kill the boss?"

    Cashier #1: "No, the boss was really tough to kill; we're going to try again tomorrow."

    Customer: *to husband* "We should call a manager–I can't believe these kids are talking about killing their boss!"

    Cashier #2: "Oh no, ma'am, it's a video game called World of Warcraft. You go on adventures to kill monsters, and the big ones are called 'bosses'."

    Customer: "I don't care about your 'World War' game. No wonder there is so much violence in this world - video games teaching kids to kill their bosses!"

    Cashier #1: "It's not 'World War,' ma'am, it's World of Warcraft, and it's not teaching us violence…"

    Customer: "I don't care what it's called. My husband fought in a real world war and he can tell you, violence is not a game! Right, Richard?

    Customer's husband: *distracted* "Huh?"

    Customer: "Forget it. C'mon, we're never coming back to this place. One of these kids is bound to shoot the place up."quote>

[JanYpe 17]

Yeah I saw that, I like the husband´s complete indifference.

[Meg 368]

A couple of weeks ago, I had dinner with some former co-workers.  

One of them (57 years old) said she was into making YouTube videos.

 

One of them (62 years old) said she was playing World of Warcraft but needed to switch guilds.

I told them what I was doing.

The fourth looked at us like we were crazy.   

 

 

[Haljackey 17,405]

lol duke!   

Seriously, that was great!

[pagenotfound 53]

Originally posted by: haljackey lol duke!   

Seriously, that was great!quote>

I second that!

[DocRorlach 25]

Someone once said "Ever generalization is dangerous, including this one.."..

Am a hair's breath away from retirement; been playing video games since before most members in this here forum where born (back in the days of InfoGames, early 80ties), and in particular SC4 attracts all ages.

Games like WoW tend to discourage oldies (and old newbies), simply because of the jargon involved, and he - at times - daunting learning curve some video games can have.

So, easy on "us" oldies - we still may come up wih a trick or two..

[Rymac91 15]

Originally posted by: Duke87 I found this on another forum. Who knows if this ever actually happened or not, but it's still funny:

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I believe that originated from notalwaysright.com, which focuses on humorous stories employees tell about dumb and rude customers.

http://notalwaysright.com/trust-me-they-never-did-numa-numa-during-wwii/1526

[Livin in Sim 83]

Originally posted by: Duke87

    Cashier #2: "Oh no, ma'am, it's a video game called World of Warcraft. You go on adventures to kill monsters, and the big ones are called 'bosses'."

    Customer: "I don't care about your 'World War' game. No wonder there is so much violence in this world - video games teaching kids to kill their bosses!"

    Cashier #1: "It's not 'World War,' ma'am, it's World of Warcraft, and it's not teaching us violence…"

    Customer: "I don't care what it's called. My husband fought in a real world war and he can tell you, violence is not a game! Right, Richard?

    quote>

  Hmmm...sounds like those cashiers were pulling some major aggro there...