Hot Topic

I have piercings, and I can always count on hot topic to have awesome jewelry sales. I went there about a week ago to buy (my first) a septum ring for my job (I wanted a black one, so that when I flip it in my nose, it’s not silver) I was unsure where the septum piercings were and an awesome young lady named Carlee helped me out! She too had a septum piercing, and I even got to ask her a few questions which she answered for me. I ended up being a goofball and noticed I bought some jewelry that had the same colors as the other ones I bought, and as soon as she payed me out I had to ask her to return them, so I could get a new pair, and she did it effortlessly and told me it was no problem! GO CARLEE!

When we went here recently we must have popped into a staff meeting (or the regional manager was there) because there were a ton of employees huddled together. (Plus the store looked suspiciously overly organized and clean for some reason).
I think Hot Topic is getting kind of old at this point…
When Hot Topic first came out it was such a big deal (OMG, it’s like a dark Gadzooks before it went lame with girl only clothing).
Now, it’s slowing transitioning into a pop store and less about what they were originally about (Is that a Justin Bieber shirt I see??)
BTW Hot Topic… I might like the movie that you’re selling the shirt of, but I don’t want to be a walking billboard either (Be more creative!!!)
It’s even hard to find something that I (or my girlfriend) would purchase anymore (ok… maybe I’d buy the Dead Kennedy’s shirt) so we normally just browse more then shop.
Anyhow, I hope Hot Topic can figure out a way to keep itself from going down the same path as Gadzooks while being able to embrace new business models like
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or even
because I seem to find much cooler shirts at these websites then any Hot Topic store.