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they could have asked if you would like a copy held for you  or
you could have asked for one to be held

Don Hancock wrote:

> Well, on the 18th when N1999 was first out (at least the first *I'D* heard
> about it!) I called the EB only a couple of miles away to confirm that they
> had it in stock.  I was told yes, and I mentioned that I'd be in that
> evening to pick up a copy.
> After getting off work at 5:00 I walked to the mall (I have VERY bad knees,
> almost crippled right now), waited patiently at the counter while the 4
> workers helped 2 customers pay for their stuff and picked out a magazine
> while I waited.  Finally when it was my turn I asked the lady if they had
> N99.  She asked me if I had it on hold.  I said "no! Nobody said I NEEDED to
> have it on hold!"  Her helper went into the back and brought me the ONE copy
> they had and asked me if I was "Mark".  Unfortunately I answered "no" and
> was told they couldn't release it without contacting him (he wasn't picking
> it up for TWO more days!).  Unprofessionally I started yelling (well, not
> REALLY yelling, but you know what I mean) at the lady about the fact that I
> wasn't told there was a NEED to place it on hold.  She basically said
> "sorry."  Yeah, thanks.
>     My ol' lady saw my dejected look when she picked me up later and we
> spent the next couple of hours looking for a store in Portland that had it.
> Luckily Software, Etc. had 3 copies hidden on their shelves.
> When I got home, it wouldn't install on my Cyrix machine!  LUCKILY it
> installed on the Better Half's P5-166!  Now I just gotta kick her off her
> machine when I wanna race!
>     'Course I'm using this as an excuse to get a NEW machine!
>
> Don Hancock

