I am feeling better now, thanks! Still coughing up goo, but not sick
“But who would let their kid bring cards worth hundreds of dollars to school???”
Like, every parent? I’m not joking. I saw this when I was working at the game store, when I was a tournament organizer and when I was a teacher. Kids would show up to events or school with binders and card boxes worth hundreds (sometimes thousands) of dollars. And then just leave them sitting out! At the game store we’d always let kids check in their cards and we’d keep them safe in the backroom. I did something similar at school. But there were always kids who would bring their whole collection and suddenly find it missing, and then we’d have to deal with angry parents. I always asked why they let their kids bring hundreds of dollars of cards to an event/store/class unsupervised. Of Course, some parents had no idea the cards were valuable. They were just upset that something their kid loved was taken from them. Understandable! Other parent had a very real idea of what cards were worth (it was common for parents to “manage” their kid’s collections), but they didn’t see why THEY had to be the ones to keep their child’s belongings safe.
“Did people really steal cards from kids?”
ALL THE TIME! If you didn’t live through early Pokemon you may not understand it. People were making thousands of dollars off of cards and it was like the Wild West. Shady adults would hang out around our store trying to buy cards from kids. Older teens would try to sneak into the store during events to shove any unattended card boxes or binders into their backpacks. The other game shop in the mall paid cash for any cards, no questions asked. Adults would try to sneak into our backroom to steal cards we kept safe there. Other store owners or people who wanted to buy cases of cards to sell on ebay would try to bribe or threaten us.
It wasn’t all bad. A few adults who loved the game “retired” from regular tournament events to instead show up and support younger players, volunteering to bring snacks, coach with deck building, loan players cards they needed or even hang out to provide security. I remember a cowboy hat wearing adult who used to be one of our top tournament players rounding up two sketchy looking guys (also adults) who he saw intimidating some younger players. Turns out they had been stealing cards from kids all day. Their backpacks were stuffed with binders and card boxes!
Modest is now honest.
Modest is always honest.
Granted, it’s usually because she sucks at lying and is even worse at not answering direct questions, but still “honest.”
lawful good rogue
Small typo in the second panel, it’s “lose” not “loose”.
This conversation is priceless xD
But really, wouldn’t it feel better to play with your favourite cards, though? But then again, I guess they would wear out from that… hm. Gene raises a very complicated issue.
…though the logic of not playing with the cards because they’re too valuable, but still bringing them to school… I know the opposite – my sister doesn’t bring her Switch to work in fear of losing it, but plays it just fi– OH DANG this reminded me I wanted to borrow my sister’s Switch to play Sword a few days ago. And totally forgot. Whoops.
I’m glad you’re feeling better!
Ah, little kids. I could honestly see this convo happening in real life
He’s afraid she’ll “loose” them? Loose them on the unsuspecting teachers?
Yes. Lets say thats what I meant.
Lose*
Even if she doesn’t you can bet ine of her snakes will do it.
ill be honest as a kid i was a klepto i stole so many pokemon card aswell as many other things i was rather good at it only got caught once feel like shit now for doing it.
worst things i stole were a DS, mangas (those ones with muiltiple in it you get subscription style) and a 3ds game of pokemon white or was it black.
I went through a stealing phase too when I was a kid. I think a lot of kids do.