Well, the stupidest thing they DON'T do while playing videogames, especially in my store, is to NOT go to the bathroom when they're bursting at the seams to do so. A week ago, there was a kid standing by the GC-demo, waiting for his mom to come (she was in another store). When he first arrived, he just stood there and watched someone else play. Then, he started moving his feet a little. Back and forth. Back and forth. Then, he started walking in circles. Fingers twitching. Arms shuddering. Legs moving faster. And he moved around inside a very little area on the floor, his head constantly switching between watching the GC and a tv up on the wall showing a video of lots of games. The demo was deserted, and he started playing, finally, his legs stomping furiously. After a little while of still-standing acrobatics, it was back out on the floor again, his routine of walking around in circles, swinging his arms and watching to and fro between the two tvs interspersed with a bit of back and forth-stepping speeded up considerably from last time. About seven minutes in, it all reaches a bit of a crisis. He jerks his body around, breaks into a jog which goes in a wide circle, and flaps his arms! As if flying would lessen the pressure! Then he runs out. And comes back in, and resumes his routine, only with more elaborate steps. It looks a lot like the aerobics-sessions at the gym. He runs in and out several times, too. Finally, after fifteen minutes, his mom comes and he runs to the bathroom. Which is directly outside.
It turned out that he didn't dare to go to the bathroom before because he was told to stay with us and wait until his mother arrived. Poor guy! He was almost exploding...
The best thing is that I have it all on a cd, copied from our surveillance-system. The flapping-part in the middle is absolutely hilarious! I'm planning to add music to it, and maybe putting it out on the net somewhere... but then again, I probably won't. Wouldn't look too good if I did. Maybe I'll make an avatar out of it.
