well today's valentine's day, so i went with my girlfriend to
the arcade at suntec city to "catch" her a cute little plush using
the measely amount of money left after the damage of dinner at
everybody's favourite japanese buffet..
simple game for most youngsters: movement, aim, fire.. simple as
that.. but the catch is the plush positioned amazingly close to the
exit of the machine.. attractive to everyone cos they think it's
easy to get it.. but once your money departs from your fingers, the
"catcher" moves by itself from it's starting location AWAY from the
plush you've laid eyes on.. and you can never position it back
there again till the game ends.. now that's fine, 1 credit spent on
grabbing the plush's legs and moving it to a more accessible
position.. yet another credit and an easy haul with some precision
and accuracy.. the plot thickens..
here comes this man who places one of the numerous plushies at that
amazingly simple looking position mentioned earlier.. *thinks* wow
2 bucks for a plush.. could go for more to wow the crowd and
impress my girl..
once again the process ensues as one credit is spent upon movement
of the plush to a more favourable position.. but here's the catch:
the employee emerges instantly to move the plush back at the
starting position.. hmm.. an obvious attempt to prevent the capture
of that plush i'm sure..
upset but adamant, i move on to yet another machine which has a
more advantageous position for the capture of a plush.. once again,
the same story happens after the first successful attempt..
what do you ppl think? i'm never going there again.. sheesh you
hire a bunch of employees just to prevent us from winning?
nice..
(P.S. i know this is an extremely shallow and childish topic, but i
just feel unjust for this disturbing events which fills me with
displeasure..)
