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Police should have to take classes on Tech/Geek Culture
So this previous Sunday I was at work at Gamestop in a suburban area in south Jersey. Around noon some kids came in and traded in "their" Xbox 360, some games, and an extra wireless controller, all for cash. Apparently either these kids weren't suppose to trade this stuff in or they stole it. About 2 hours later a guy comes in asking questions about it, I told him the time they came in and he tried to demand I give him their names and other information claiming one of them was his son, I refused. So about an 90 minutes later a cop comes strolling in. She holds a pictures up and asks me if I recognize the kid. I say no, because well I didn't. He looked like every other punk kid that comes in that place. She proceeds to call me a liar telling me I did. At that I turned away and started doing my job, but she wasn't done yet and began asking question and from the first words I could tell she had no clue what was going on. This officer wasn't old, she was maybe early thirties more likely though late twenties. She said things like "Were some kids in here selling three hundred and sixty games a few hours ago?" I'm fairly certain she saw the look I had on my face because she then asked if we even buy things back.
I unfortunately can't remember every one of this officers idiotic words but it still made me feel that if this is what is on the police force. People who don't know or understand popular culture. Since it's not like the Xbox is something incredibly geeky or rare, then we're pretty screwed if something major goes down.
I unfortunately can't remember every one of this officers idiotic words but it still made me feel that if this is what is on the police force. People who don't know or understand popular culture. Since it's not like the Xbox is something incredibly geeky or rare, then we're pretty screwed if something major goes down.
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I just had one of those moments when you realize long after a conversation a line that would have sounded awesome if you had said it at the time.
"No Madam, as if they had tried to sell three hundred and sixty games a few hours ago they would probably still be in here."
The consequence would probably be that you lose the stolen property. If our hypothetical Xbox were actually stolen, and the owner could prove it was his, you'd have to give it back and getting your money back from the thief would be your problem. The state would only help indirectly: it has courts where you could sue the thief, and people who might help enforce any judgment you were to get (in the USA, anyway). Good luck with that.
A real con man probably backs off, I would guess. Then again, I'm not hip to grifter culture.