GameStop Is Already Re-Opening

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5 years ago

Honestly the b-roll for this was gold 😂 very creative, funny, and also more or less fitting

5 years ago

Also over the past couple years I’ve actually been doing my best to support GameStop by going out of my way to go there to pick up a physical copy instead of ordering it or getting it from Target, which is closer to me. But after the way they’ve been handling Covid I’m seriously rethinking that

Elvin11

5 years ago

@emjar2 Not to sound like an ass, but yes. That is something you should seriously reconsider. Not only the staying open until forced to shut down, but the way they handled employees, sanitation, supplies, and then their short term solution has all been disgraceful for anyone who holds the title of employer. If the option is available, cuz I’m right there with you. I love my physical games. But buy local, even if it is a few more dollars, if not try to buy from the game producers themselves. Not always an option but sometimes will be. But Gamestop is not a company that needs to be around much longer. They don’t care about basic human morals on the employee level or the customer level.

JumpDriveRadio

5 years ago

EB here in Australia adheres to federal and state health guidelines and is indeed an essential business.

PhantomAC

5 years ago

If Game Stop is essential, then my neighborhood liquor store is essential. And if my neighborhood liquor store sold games,... well there you have it folks.

s2psychosis

5 years ago

@PhantomAC liquor stores are essential, do you want a flood of alcoholics rushing to ERs as they get hit hard with withdrawals?

PhantomAC

5 years ago

@s2psychosis Exactly. Open Game Stop,.. Open my neighborhood Liquor store. (Fuck 7-11)

Astarties

5 years ago

@PhantomAC The liquor stores in Vegas are open. They're technically registered as "grocery stores" here since we don't have any laws that would require them to be handled separately.

PhantomAC

5 years ago

@Astarties And Sin City for the Win!,.. Again! I remember 7-11's with Arcade cabinets AND slot machines by the store front. Do they still do that there?

acriddle

5 years ago

Just for fairness sake, in Australia only some businesses were forced to shut (cinemas, bars etc) where social distancing could not be enforced. Thus eb games (GameStop) have done nothing wrong here and have been limiting the number of customers in store at any one time.

Decrozi

5 years ago

For the next inevitable GameStop story, can the b-roll be from Himouto! Umaru-chan. Put your choice for b-roll in the comments below.

s2psychosis

5 years ago

The US reopening is a big yikes, I can see other countries who are way further in and are actually doing comprehensive testing. The US 100% is not in that category yet.

Hammlet

5 years ago

@s2psychosis My homecountry (Germany funnily enough, were Gamestop also wants to open back up) is way ahead and we just decided to make facemasks compulsory for public transport and buying groceries (well actually, the federal government didn't want it to be compulsory for the whole country, and gave the decision to our state-equivalents, but literally all of them were in favour of it)

Astarties

5 years ago

To be fair, the whole point of isolation and distancing was to "flatten the curve", or rather to make sure our health care system is able to handle the burden. It was never meant be something that would be in place until we could guarantee that no one else would get sick or die from the virus. In many places in the country, cases have been well below what hospitals were prepared for and in some places, hospitals are actually losing money because no one is going in for voluntary procedures and the COVID cases are not making up that difference. That army field hospital that got set up in Washington saw no patients, so they packed it up. The Mercy is leaving New York because they just don't need it (which is impressive considering the number of cases there). Nevada is still locked down with many small businesses struggling badly and less than .2% of our population has contracted it, and only 4% of those who have die from it here. Though considering how much travel we see from China, it wouldn't surprise me if our first actual case was months before our first "official" case. That being said, I think it makes sense to open gradually, maybe allow businesses to make that decision for themselves as long as they follow certain guidelines. Though, technically, very little about the governor's shutdown is enforceable in Nevada anyway so it's really on the honor system for businesses here. Not saying we should flip a switch and open everything back up like our mayor did on CNN today (I didn't vote for her), but at a certain point, we're going to have accept whatever risks remain and start opening things back up, and people are going to get sick and some will die because of that decision. The virus isn't going to go away entirely and it's childish to think that if we stay this way long enough, it will.

Hammlet

5 years ago

@Astarties "Hospitals are actually losing money" Just reading that sentence makes me sad. Hospitals shouldn't worry about making money

Elvin11

5 years ago

@Astarties but here’s the thing. If the public is allowed to be public prematurely, everything that was just sacrificed will be in vain. The virus doesn’t go away just cuz the curve has flattened, and in many states, the curve has still not flattened. So if businesses fully open back up and allow and trust that the American general public will do the right thing (they won’t. Far too stupid) the risk of Spain and Italy type contagion still exists even after all of this stay at home and social distancing. And remember, it hasn’t been proven to be a one-and-done type virus. There’s still the chance that 1 person can account for 2 cases. That is why states and officials must err on the side of caution so this doesn’t blow up more than it already has

Astarties

5 years ago

@Elvin11 That's why I suggested a gradual re-opening of things. And your point about the virus not going away because we flattened the curve is what I said in my post. But I also said that the virus being gone was not a condition of lifting quarantine/isolation orders. Flattening the curve was. And some places still aren't ready. But some others are. In Nevada, we never got anywhere near the capacity limit for our hospitals. And that probably is largely thanks to the isolation. But we simply cannot go on like this for very long. We are looking down the barrel of a depression if this goes on too long, and that very well could be much worse for the public in the long run. Which is why we will at some point need to make that decision for re-opening, despite the potential further deaths.

TheMaxPenguin

5 years ago

good to see Brian is alive and taking care of those younglings

MrComfydreams

5 years ago

Mean while on the opposite end of the spectrum you have Trader Joes giving employees increased discounts for store items and a company wide pay raise.

sophiakayleigh

5 years ago

🤩

baconator1230

5 years ago

“It’s not a guy you can punch or shoot”, well certainly not with that attitude.

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