Ok, so after avoiding this for almost a year, I finally went into my local EB Games on Friday and asked if they were hiring. I walked out with an application and knowledge of hope in being hired for the holiday rush.

Call me crazy, but I want to avoid my first job being at an A&P at ALL costs. There's an EB games in the local plaza that I've been looking at for a while. It's a walkable distance from my house, since I don't even have my permit yet. Plus I've wanted to work in a game store for the longest time. I want to work at the heart of the retailer so that I can understand the industry better. I'm also hoping this will help me with my decisions on the new gen consoles, seeing if the Wii completely is bought out or if I can scrape up the bottom of the bucket, as well as seeing firsthand any frustrations with launch products, like faulty consoles.

And if I really am the only girl working there, it'd be fine with me. I can hang out with the guys just as easily as with the girls. Plus, maybe seeing a girl working in the store will make any girls coming in more comfortable about walking into a game store and buying. I know it's a little intimidating walking into a game store or even the game section of a store, because it's always guys there, the only girls I ever really see are mothers buying for their sons and stuff like that. It's like coming into the "guy space", and it's annoying that it's like that. Ah well, I can't make the world perfect :)

So if you happen to walk into an EB Games in northern NJ and you spy a brown haired girl working the desk like it's a life or death situation, wave hi. Or rather, ask if it's me first, because if it's not, you're just gonna look weird. And this is also if I get the job, I'll update you on that. And no crazy stalkerish types. I don't want to have to bring a tazer to work.

~Nighthawk~