Gamestop

The double red signal lights shine in the distance like a vampire bite. The winter chill swirls and works it’s way under our coats and wraps around our necks like a scarf made of ice. The complaining is epic but we move on, trying to reach our destination, which seems to get further with each step.
We are on our way to Gamestop, for the Pokemon event. The rule is, if I take the kids here, we have to make the 20min walk instead of being driven. Unfortunately for them, these pokemon events, are always in Winter.
This Gamestop is hit or miss. There’s one employee here (I’ll make sure to catch his name next time) that is one of the best I’ve experienced. Friendly, knowledgeable, good with kids, he’s worth the long, cold, sad march. Sadly, if he’s not there, the quality drops. Once, a guy couldn’t even answer simple questions about a Wii I was going to purchase. I’m also a little disappointed about a glitch that happened after signing up for the rewards card, that didn’t allow me to collect points. I mean, a software store that can’t deal with a glitch? Child please!
But I digress. The positives certainly outweigh the negatives. Shit, they gave my kids a free virtual pokemon, I can’t stay mad at them.
So the kids got their Pokemon, we coveted some games and accessories and we made our way out, and into the cold, for the not-​as-​long as they make it out to be walk home. As they tried to make a deal where if it’s any colder next time, we have to drive, I smiled, ready to launch into a «when I was a kid» speech, that would freeze their lazy lips shut.