"I do not care how nice your store is..." Topic

That would make more sense – gamers generally want to browse in private whether or not they are actually looking for something specific. They probably know where said thing is, if not, they'll ask!

Still, just once it would be interesting to have a Bill Murray/Peter Venkman-style leap (and almost trip) over dividing wall, sprint and stop before saying "May I help you?".

The last time I went into a GW store here in Edmonton I felt like I had a 240lb 30 year old piggy-back riding me around the place. I tried the subtle and polite "I'm just looking thanks" but he persisted in his attempts to develop a lifelong friendship or sell me a $50 USD mini

I'll avoid the place at all costs since

It'd like to have seen Martin or another of our British crew on hand to see their reaction. Us mild mannered Irish are far too tolerant methinks

Ha, Cerdic got in before me with the Disney Store experience! :)

I encountered my first in Bath about 20 years ago (dragged in by a girlfriend…) and the serried reactions by the Great British Public to the unnaturally cheerful, fixed-grinning American door gimp were hilarious to watch.

"How do you people handle ordering at a fast food place or a drive thru?"

You tell them what you want. They cook it and hand it over in exchange for cash. How do you do it?

Do you actually like being asked if "you want fries with that?" or "would you prefer a large meal?" as if you're some sort of brain-damaged moron who has already forgotten what it was that you wanted to eat?

Jemima
If you mean the shop in Bath that I am thinking of, then the proprietor lost a good sale when he studiously ignored me when I wandered in with my kids a few years ago. Yes, we were tourists, but some tourists do actually buy things. Even when I was trying to get books out from an unwieldy stack, which should perhaps have flagged to the proprietor that I had some interest in buying them, we were still ignored.
Regards