It's really hard to get time off to play a video game when you work at a video game store.
Me: Yeah I need the 17th off. All day.
Boss: Nope, I need you for Assassin's Creed 2, L4D2, Tony Hawk Ride, NCAA Basketball 2010, LEGO Indiana Jones 2, God of War collection, Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles, the Sims 3 expansion, another Naruto game, The Princess and the Frog, some other new crap, oh and we're still selling Modern Warfare 2 and New Super Mario Bros out of our nose, so no.
Me: Dammit.
Boss: Actually, I need you to come in an hour early or so. Also, you'll probably have to stay late, too.
Me: FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUU