Toymaster - No Longer A Fun-filled Establishment.

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I was in town the other morning on my way to a press screening at cineworld, so me and my mate went into Toymaster beforehand in Parnell Square because we had some time to kill. So we went in and were just having a look around and down the back there was a Thomas The Tank Engine kids bed, so obviously, I had to try it out, because I'm a college student and can't pass up on an opportunity like that. So, I lay down and had my mate take a picture, because it looked pretty funny and then this b**ch that works there comes over and says really abruptly, "That's a childrens bed, it's not for adults and there's a sign there saying not to lie in it." Now, I hadn't seen any such sign, so I asked her where it was and she pointed to a tiny sticker on the front of the thing - it was hardly a sign and no one would have noticed it unless it was pointed out, so I turned to her and said, "That's not a sign, if you don't want people to lie on it you need a proper sized sign." Now, I said it nicely and half jokingly, but she then asked me to leave the store, which I thought was quite uncalled for, as we weren't in there causing damage, we were just having a bit of fun.
I remember years ago being in Toymaster and they used to let you cycle around on the tri-cycles and go down slides and everything. These days you're not even allowed touch things. What is the world coming to? Why do people take things so seriously?

star-pants

really? you were asked to leave?...
sounds like she was miffed.....
maybe there were kids in beforehand bouncing on the beds...
jeepers you'd swear you'd done a Homer on the giant floor piano..

JIZZLORD

i work in a shop that sells beds, every time i see someone messing on a bed i want to open up a can of whupass on them, i dont care if they're 4, i could take 'em!

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star-pants wrote:

really? you were asked to leave?...
sounds like she was miffed.....
maybe there were kids in beforehand bouncing on the beds...
jeepers you'd swear you'd done a Homer on the giant floor piano..

Nah, it was first thing in the morning. There wasn't a kid in sight, they're all back in school, she obviously just doesn't like seeing people have fun.

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JIZZLORD wrote:

i work in a shop that sells beds, every time i see someone messing on a bed i want to open up a can of whupass on them, i dont care if they're 4, i could take 'em!

It would've been different if I had been messing, but I was just trying the thing out. Kids bed or not, I was tempted to boy that thing, for the craic.

star-pants

clearly not... i mean.. it wouldnt bother me... I'd actually find it amusing..
if you were jumping on the bed or making a mess then you could understand.. but damnit lying on a thomas the tank engine bed for the craic & a pic is not an offence

admiralofthefleet

yeah but you're a grown adult in a bed made for kids, had it broke and you broke your arm would you have ran ar asked to speak to the manager...

Terry

Ringo star is rockin' and rollin' in his grave.

He's one of the dead ones, yeah?

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admiralofthefleet wrote:

yeah but you're a grown adult in a bed made for kids, had it broke and you broke your arm would you have ran ar asked to speak to the manager...

If I thought it would've broken, I wouldn't have lay on it, but it was solid as f**k and if I had fallen and broken my arm two feet off the ground that'd be hilarious, what a story to tell. Of course I wouldn't have gone looking for the manager, what would he/she be able to do about it? Magically heal my are? I would've gone to the f**king hospital, obviously, but of course there was no danger of me injuring myself or damaging the bed.

Random

You pissed her off early in the morning so she kicked you out of the shop. You should have come back a few mins later with a coffee and some happy pills for her

im_invisible

Terry wrote:

Ringo star is rockin' and rollin' in his grave.

He's one of the dead ones, yeah?

have to rob that for my bebo quote of the day


bebo? yeah i know =/

DonkeyStyle \o/

CaptainNegative wrote:

I remember years ago being in Toymaster and they used to let you cycle around on the tri-cycles and go down slides and everything.

lmao... how many years ago was this?

Mexicola

What age was this woman? Did you leave the store?

Ah the good old days of jumping around on beds in toy shops ae gone forever...

weeder

more importantly you must upload the pics to illustrate you in said bed

Wood

Myself and a mate got thrown out of smiths for having a lightsaber duel, while wearing them Darth Vader voice changers and riding around on the large stufed unicorns.

Thought that was bang out of order.

Steve_o

I got thrown outta the old Graham's Toymaster in Portlaoise once for accidently breaking a jigsaw box, which ended in jigsaw pieces everywhere!! SAnd it was one of those 1000 piece ones....

Pherekydes

CaptainNegative wrote:

So we went in and were just having a look around and down the back there was a Thomas The Tank Engine kids bed, so obviously, I had to try it out, because I'm a college student and can't pass up on an opportunity like that. So, I lay down and had my mate take a picture, because it looked pretty funny and then this b**ch that works there comes over and says really abruptly, "That's a childrens bed, it's not for adults and there's a sign there saying not to lie in it."

That's bloody awful. You can't go into any shop now and just have a bit of fun, jumping on the beds or riding bikes around the place. I went into Elverys and tried to have a game of soccer with my two lads, but the security guy was having none of it. It's bloody awful, I tell ya.



































Fcuking students. Juvenile bas**rds. Want to do what they want, all the fcuking time. :rolleyes:

monkeyfudge

Yep... and I went into Ann Summers this week and tried to stick a rampant rabbit up my arse but the staff were having none of it.


Since when is there a Toymaster on Parnell Square anyway?

AARRRGH

monkeyfudge wrote:

Since when is there a Toymaster on Parnell Square anyway?

I think he means on the street perpendicular to Henry Street which links the Liffey (Morrison Hotel) with Cineworld.

In fairness to yer one, students probably come in all the time and never buy anything, so it must get annoying after a while.

She was probably having a bad day too...

Is toymaster the huge one or is that smyths?

KilbarrackBlows

Maybe they thought you were a priest pretending to be a douvay
i do beleave toymaster are cracking down on priests sneaking into there shops and pretending to be childs beds :cool:

AARRRGH

KilbarrackBlows wrote:

Maybe they thought you were a priest pretending to be a douvay

Haha that made me laugh. Nice one.

monkeyfudge

dublindude wrote:

Is toymaster the huge one or is that smyths?

Well the Toymaster on the corner of Jervis Street and Henry Street is pretty big as well. It has two floors and probably the best selection of board games in the city.

Very hard to find a toy shop with a decent selection these days... well done Toymaster.

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DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

lmao... how many years ago was this?

13/14 years. Those were the days.

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dublindude wrote:

I think he means on the street perpendicular to Henry Street which links the Liffey (Morrison Hotel) with Cineworld.

In fairness to yer one, students probably come in all the time and never buy anything, so it must get annoying after a while.

She was probably having a bad day too...

Is toymaster the huge one or is that smyths?

She had no way of knowing I was a student, I could have been a parent. And if I was a parent and was buying that for my kid, I should have every right to test it.
Smyths is the big one, went in there afterwards, but they didn't have any beds.

Terry

monkeyfudge wrote:

Yep... and I went into Ann Summers this week and tried to stick a rampant rabbit up my arse but the staff were having none of it.


Since when is there a Toymaster on Parnell Square anyway?

I have one here. Ex-girlfriend left it behind. It's yours if you want it.

Cuddlesworth

Terry wrote:

I have one here. Ex-girlfriend left it behind. It's yours if you want it.

Can't believe your girlfriend left a Toymaster behind. Must be some big closet.

bronte

which rabbit is it Terry?

Hrududu

She had no way of knowing I was a student, I could have been a parent. And if I was a parent and was buying that for my kid, I should have every right to test it.
Smyths is the big one, went in there afterwards, but they didn't have any beds.

Yeah I'm sure the sight of one giggling teen taking the picture of another cramped into a childs bed screamed "PARENT" to her. She probably would have left you after all that if you hadnt gone on about the sign.

nikolaitr

CaptainNegative wrote:

She had no way of knowing I was a student, I could have been a parent. And if I was a parent and was buying that for my kid, I should have every right to test it.
Smyths is the big one, went in there afterwards, but they didn't have any beds.

God students these days aren't what thet used to be


Part of the fun is getting in trouble, then cheesing it....



For some reason I can't see John "Bluto" Belushi going onto boards whining about someone giving out to him.

Terry

That's because he's ****ing dead.

RandolphEsq

She was probably having her period . . . . inapropriate in a kid's toy shop

The tax man

Did you get to sample any porridge before leaving the shop?

thefinalstage

BrightEyes wrote:

She was probably having her period . . . . inapropriate in a kid's toy shop

Why do you think the place is painted red?

Doffaldinho

I know 2 people that work in Toymaster that smoke Heroin

Guy:Incognito

CaptainNegative wrote:

She had no way of knowing I was a student, I could have been a parent. And if I was a parent and was buying that for my kid, I should have every right to test it.

.

No you wouldnt, its their bed, you have no right to do anything they dont want to let you do.

I assume had you broken it (but of course that couldnt happen becaus eyou personally manufacture them and know their weight tolerance) you'd have stumped up the money for it there and then , yeah? Or wold you have legged it laughing with your mates like a drunken monkey?

Terry wrote:

I have one here. Ex-girlfriend left it behind. It's yours if you want it.

Does it still have her scent.?

Terry

Stekelly wrote:

Does it still have her scent.?

Yes. Although, it was her time of the month when she last used it.

CherieAmour

CaptainNegative wrote:

I was in town the other morning on my way to a press screening at cineworld

Would the fact that you were going to a press screening in cineworld have anything to do with it?

Capt'n Midnight

Adult in/on a childs bed.

This is clearly a health and safety issue, so they are well within their rights to bar compo seeking freeloaders. What would have happened if you had sat on the bed and it broke and a piece of wood or a bed spring had wizzed out and hit someone in the face and taken their eye out and they sued toymaster which then went broke and all the staff would loose their jobs and not have enough money to buy christmas presents not that that matters anyway since there would not be any toymaster to buy those presents it. would killing christmas make you happy ???

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CherieAmour wrote:

Would the fact that you were going to a press screening in cineworld have anything to do with it?

What?

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Capt'n Midnight wrote:

Adult in/on a childs bed.

This is clearly a health and safety issue, so they are well within their rights to bar compo seeking freeloaders. What would have happened if you had sat on the bed and it broke and a piece of wood or a bed spring had wizzed out and hit someone in the face and taken their eye out and they sued toymaster which then went broke and all the staff would loose their jobs and not have enough money to buy christmas presents not that that matters anyway since there would not be any toymaster to buy those presents it. would killing christmas make you happy ???

Well when you put it like that.....

























...shut up Midnight!

Senna

She threw you out for acting like a prick in a kids shop. whats the world coming to? i'm with you CaptainNegative, people should be able to do whatever the fcuk they want, whenever they want. Bloody Nazi shop assistants, you should report her to the manager for hurting your feelings.

AnonoBoy

Oooooh I bet the OP is the sort of lad who goes in newsagents and rearranges the papers too.

Oooooh that gets my goat everytime.

zAbbo

Retardo student having his jolies on childrens bed then whines on the internet.

Saruman

I think this whole incident could have been avoided. When she came over and told you too get off the bed, instead of being confrontational about the sticker/sign, you could have simply smiled and said "sorry i could not resist" and then got up and gone looking for lightsabers for the duel someone described

Steez

Or, start the lightsaber duel in the shop. Except make it a proper serious one, hittings, stabbings, to the death stuff. Everyone'll be so intrigued that you and your foe can then slowly edge towards the door (while still trying to stab eachother and fighting to the death) and then once you're out, just leg it.
Free lightsabers! Booyeah.

Saruman

Use the force too... fling random toys at people.

Nothing funnier than a random shopper with a tricycle in the eye

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Steez wrote:

Or, start the lightsaber duel in the shop. Except make it a proper serious one, hittings, stabbings, to the death stuff. Everyone'll be so intrigued that you and your foe can then slowly edge towards the door (while still trying to stab eachother and fighting to the death) and then once you're out, just leg it.
Free lightsabers! Booyeah.

Best plan ever. If only it was possible.

Steez

CaptainNegative wrote:

Best plan ever. If only it was possible.

Sir if there's one thing i've learned over the years, it's that EVERYTHING is possible. Almost.
That plan is totally possible though. In fact, it's so possible, it's possibly the most ridiculously possible idea you've ever heard.
I demand one of the free sabres if i'm not involved in it!

Guy:Incognito

Captainnegative, how come you left out the part where you started insulting the girl ("shut up you trollop" I believe? the person who told me only started listening then so wasnt 100%) and thats when the security MAN threw you out.

Just found out I know someone who was there and read this.

StupidLikeAFox

Stung!

Sonnenblumen

CaptainNegative wrote:

I was in town the other morning on my way to a press screening at cineworld, so me and my mate went into Toymaster beforehand in Parnell Square because we had some time to kill. So we went in and were just having a look around and down the back there was a Thomas The Tank Engine kids bed, so obviously, I had to try it out, because I'm a college student and can't pass up on an opportunity like that. So, I lay down and had my mate take a picture, because it looked pretty funny and then this b**ch that works there comes over and says really abruptly, "That's a childrens bed, it's not for adults and there's a sign there saying not to lie in it." Now, I hadn't seen any such sign, so I asked her where it was and she pointed to a tiny sticker on the front of the thing - it was hardly a sign and no one would have noticed it unless it was pointed out, so I turned to her and said, "That's not a sign, if you don't want people to lie on it you need a proper sized sign." Now, I said it nicely and half jokingly, but she then asked me to leave the store, which I thought was quite uncalled for, as we weren't in there causing damage, we were just having a bit of fun.
I remember years ago being in Toymaster and they used to let you cycle around on the tri-cycles and go down slides and everything. These days you're not even allowed touch things. What is the world coming to? Why do people take things so seriously?

what's the world coming to indeed, lucky you the manager wasn't a bloke. I would have made you kiss the sigmn and kicked you out. Plonker!