Toymaster - No Longer A Fun-filled Establishment.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 31-08-2007 01:30AM #1

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 · 31-08-2007 01:35AM

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 · 31-08-2007 01:40AM

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!

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 31-08-2007 01:42AM

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.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 31-08-2007 01:43AM

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 · 31-08-2007 01:43AM

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 · 31-08-2007 01:45AM

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 · 31-08-2007 01:46AM

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

He's one of the dead ones, yeah?

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 31-08-2007 01:51AM

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.

31-08-2007 02:01AM

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 · 31-08-2007 04:23AM

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/ · 31-08-2007 06:55AM

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 · 31-08-2007 07:35AM

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 · 31-08-2007 08:15AM

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

Wood · 31-08-2007 11:46AM

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 · 31-08-2007 12:17PM

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 · 31-08-2007 12:32PM

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 · 31-08-2007 12:39PM

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 · 31-08-2007 01:03PM

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 · 31-08-2007 01:10PM

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 · 31-08-2007 01:21PM

KilbarrackBlows wrote:

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

Haha that made me laugh. Nice one.

monkeyfudge · 31-08-2007 02:00PM

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.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 31-08-2007 02:11PM

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

lmao... how many years ago was this?

13/14 years. Those were the days.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 31-08-2007 02:14PM

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 · 31-08-2007 03:12PM

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 · 31-08-2007 03:17PM

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 · 31-08-2007 03:40PM

which rabbit is it Terry?

Hrududu · 31-08-2007 03:55PM

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 · 31-08-2007 07:07PM

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 · 31-08-2007 07:49PM

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

RandolphEsq · 31-08-2007 07:52PM

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

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