Me: “Excuse me, do you need help?”

Customer: “Yes, actually. Would you happen to know what a good game for a seven-year-old boy? I need a present for my grandson.”

Me: “Well, you could always go with a classic Mario or Pokémon game.”

Customer: “What are those about?”

(I give a very general description, explaining the basics of the concepts since she is obviously new to video games.)

Customer: “Oh, I don’t know. Those sound very violent to me.”

Me: “Well, they’re very popular games, especially among young boys.”

Customer: *thinks for a moment* “No, I think those games are too violent. I’ll just get him this one.”

(She picked up the latest Hannah Montana game for the DS and walked off.)

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