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Guy steals kid's copy of Skyrim outside Gamestop
Brandon Davenport
So here we have a classic story of the kid who worked his butt off for weeks to save up $70, sold his worldly possessions, rode his bike to the store 2 miles away, just to walk out of the store and have his new copy of Skyrim snatched out of his hands by a scumbag. You’d think that would be the end of the story, but things took a turn for the better.
As told by the-supreme-being on iHeartChaos
I just got back from the midnight release of the game, Skyrim. There was a 13 year old boy there. He walked out of the store with his fresh copy and, about 5 feet out the door, some shit-eating douchebag swiped it right out of his hands and ran with it. No one tried to stop him and I was too far away to do anything about it.
I talked to the kid. He was on the verge of tears.
Apparently he rode his bike 2 miles (one way), in the cold, at night just to get the copy that he paid for out of his own pocket. I asked how he paid for it, and he said by selling a bunch of his Yu-Gi-Oh cards and doing housework for his parents.
I told him I had an idea. I asked the kid to promise to save my place in line. He agreed. I told him to remain tough and that everything would be OK.
I went through the huge line of people waiting and quietly told huddles of others about the situation. I asked for people to pitch in if they could. Five bucks here, a few bucks there. I eventually worked up enough in donations to buy him a new copy and gave it to him. He was completely dumbstruck. He thanked me and, pointing them out to the boy, I told him to thank the people who donated as well. He shook my hand, asked my name, and asked if I needed him to do anything in return. I told him, “Young man… I just hope one day you’ll do something equally nice for someone.”
I’m not looking for a pat on the back — I’m just hoping to inspire others and help people to understand that not everyone is a rotten bastard.
