If you’re buying a Mature game, don’t bring younger siblings

[Bodhesatva]

(Clearly this is a hot button issue for me, so I'm posting three times in a row with three separate points).

 

 

If Clerks aren't supposed to make any such decisions, this exemplary transaction could easily occur:

A 10 year old boy goes in to Best Buy on his own. He goes over and picks up a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV upon its release. He comes to the counter, asks to buy it, and is told no. So he goes to the next older person in line, gives him the money right in front of the Clerk's face, and asks him to buy it. The guy agrees, purchases the game, and promptly hands the game to the kid.

 

 

Technically, the older guy bought it with his money, without the kid having anything to do with the transaction. Again, technically speaking, that doesn't break the rules. But if this sort of transaction is allowed to occur -- if Clerks aren't allowed to make decisions about who the game is really for, instead of who is technically purchasing the game -- then these rules are completely worthless. Absolutely and totally meaningless.