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GameStop Manager Suspended After "Games for Grades"

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the remember-you-still-work-for-someone-else dept.

mikesd81 writes "A manager at a GameStop has been suspended for instituting a 'games for grades' policy. 'Brandon Scott says he started a unique new policy in his store to promote good grades in school but now his employer has sent him to detention for speaking out of turn. Scott says he's been suspended by GameStop in the wake of his unconventional "games for grades" policy at an Oak Cliff store.' Apparently, on his own, Scott decided to stop selling video games to any school-age customer unless an adult would vouch for the student's good grades."

3 of 539 comments (clear)

  1. Re:GREAT Business, GREAT sense by DavidShor · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Fuck you, who the fuck are you to say that kids who get bad grades lose the right to play video games? Not everyone graduates highschool, and since grades are set based on relative achievement, a certain percentage of kids will always get bad grades.

  2. Re:They can just say that they fired him for lack by pokerdad · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Remember when blacks were considered property?

    No, and neither do you.

  3. Re:This guy is an idiot by Buelldozer · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yes, because encouraging academic performance instead of corporate profit is entirely irresponsible. Are you high? Are you Kenneth Lay returned from the grave?

    Get a grip on yourself. I'm no hippy, I'm a Wyoming dwelling died in the wool Libertarian Conservative and I FIRMLY stand behind this manager.

    When a community comes together to help a child get their priorities straight it's a GOOD thing.

    You put making a buck ahead of engaging in good societal membership. I despise people like you.

    You are what is wrong with the world.