Sunday, November 20, 2011

My First Encounter with "This Guy"

Some real quick housekeeping: David "from the north" since you won the contest please email me and let me know which rack pack you'd like, along with the game used card you'd like and also let me know who you collect so I can get your prize out in the mail! I tried to email you but there is no contact info on your profile!

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I went to Target on Friday after work and of course I went to the card aisle.  In doing so I encountered this guy, clearly pack searching.
He was so into it I wouldn't have even had to pretend I was texting instead of taking this picture.  Anyway, I stood there browsing for a few minutes and he was taking pack after pack, not discriminating on brand or sport, and feeling around all the corners probably causing dents for whoever does buy the packs he puts back.   He clearly thought I was unassuming, and no way could I be a collector or have any knowledge of what he was doing, so I decided to call him out on it (evil grin).

Me: "You searching for inserts?"
Him: (not looking up, but with a look of having just got caught with his hand in the cookie jar) "Yeah."

(awkward silence--for him--not for me.)

This was the first time I've encountered a pack searcher.  He looked pretty pathetic, if I'm being honest.  Just wanted to share that story with you guys.


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7 comments:

  1. unclemoeNovember 20, 2011 at 7:40 PM

    Ha! Good pic.

    moe.

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  2. The Lost CollectorNovember 20, 2011 at 8:21 PM

    What a douche.

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  3. Ryan GNovember 20, 2011 at 8:50 PM

    Jerk.

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  4. Stealing HomeNovember 21, 2011 at 12:06 AM

    yes - i agree, clearly a jerk. but i also gotta say..i envy your target card section. nice compared to mine.

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  5. Play at the PlateNovember 21, 2011 at 12:55 AM

    At least he had on a long coat. The last one I saw was showing a good 2-3 inches of "plumber's crack". Disgusting...

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  6. BrianNovember 21, 2011 at 7:45 AM

    Saw just the opposite of a searcher in a Target the other day. This guy in his 20's walks in with a basket and starts filling it with about 7-8 various blasters and a few handfuls of rack packs. He couldn't have spent more than 3-4 minutes there.
    As it turns out, he wound up in front of my wife at the checkout. His purchases came to $378!
    Wonder if he opened them as fast as he picked them?

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  7. moremonkeys138November 21, 2011 at 3:01 PM

    I like how if you click on the picture to make it bigger, it looks like Spongebob is looking at him and spotting his wrongdoing.

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