What is going on, everyone, and welcome to R-slash I Don't Work Here Lady.

Now, in today's first story, one passionate gamer sells another customer in an arcade store,

a full-on arcade machine.

The crazy thing is, though, this guy doesn't even work at the store.

I sold a guy an arcade machine at a store I don't work at.

So, my wife's Christmas present was a gift card to a

well-known sporting goods store to get herself new shoes. We went in today and at the front of the

store were a few of those arcade one-up machines that have become popular lately. I asked my wife

if she'd be okay with me playing some Pac-Man instead of helping her fine shoes.

She agreed, and don't worry, I used hand sanitizer before and after playing.

While in the middle of my game, I'm approached by another guy.

I'm in my late 20s, he's older than me, but I don't think he could have been older than 45.

He casually walks up to me and says, having a good game?

Yeah, actually, I'm not doing too bad. I bet it plays terrible compared to the real thing.

Actually, no, you'd be surprised, it's pretty darn close. Oh, really? Yeah, the code is the same,

and the picture is pretty clear, so the only thing to worry about is input lag,

and that's really low. Wow, I didn't realize these were so good. Too bad they only play one game.

Well, actually, this one has about 10 games installed. Really? I lose intentionally so I can give him

the grand tour of the machine. Yeah, see, when you boot it up, you can pick

between all these games, and if you want more, these things are really easy to modify to add more.

At this point, he is very interested by now. Well, you can modify these? Yeah, in fact,

these arcade one-up machines are popular choices for arcade enthusiasts who want to play

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