Hot Topic is a difficult line to straddle It’s either horrible cringe oh god get it away from me Or it’s genuinely just like the clothes and vibing out here
@@KfroguarI was this kid in middle school, loved acting “cool” and “mysterious.” The only thing I gained was an abundance of cringeworthy memories and an ability to sneak up on people accidentally
@@Eet_MiaI thought you really wanted to say transylvania cause that's We're all the creepy but even in the city can be creepy. 🤔Especially vampires, there are people who actually believe they are on the night vampire life. 😎 💯
As a vampire, I apologize to every Hot Topic employee who has to deal with the oddballs. I promise we're not all like this. Hell, invite us to your home and you'll find we make bloody good guests!
@@pixelzebra8440Drat, I was just about to express the same but you snatched my verreh words from mehh, curse you! You have not heard the laahst of this, I shall retuuuurrnn, mwahhahhahhah!!😏
meanwhile I walk in looking like the love child between sailor moon and hello kitty aesthetic, sparkling bright enough to literally blind the hot topic employees.
Lols. Funny enough I'm reading the Eternal Edition of the Sailor Moon manga. I decided to watch UA-cam for a bit and I saw this. Awesome! Maybe the next time I'm at Hot Topic I'll get a Sailor Moon shirt. 🩵💙🤍
Weird thing is, I only ever knew one person in my entire life who I knew for sure shopped at Hot Topic because they were a skinny, blonde, emo lesbian who went around in a black leather trenchcoat & commando boots. Lol
this is the conversation they're having if edward was a classical vampire (not a sparkle vampire) and just woke up from a long ass coffin nap and was like, shit how do i human again? and she was an actual human girl who could discern that something was fundamentally wrong with this man in front of her instead of being the stuttery mess that Kristen Stewart made her out to be
When our hot topic in town was still open this is how I imagined my family trying to buy Christmas presents for me lol. Instead the only crazy that caused me problems was when my mom and I were there browsing around and some other shopper came up and started touching us, mainly me, talking about being a prophet, praying to God, healing my depression, a whole thing. It was awful. I think the employees distracted them so we could get away and for that I will forever be grateful to the real ones that are/have worked at a hot topic.
Considering hot topic hosts pretty much all fandom stuff it’s inviting to neurodivergent people and people who don’t know they’re neurodivergent so I feel like it’s like saying “free cookies” and being surprised when people who like cookies show up 🤣
My grandma called someone a poser one time, right before she downed a shotglass of vodka. It was both epic and fairly concerning since she was going through a very rough time. She is doing quite well for the most part now though, so things are good.
Tbh, I also got "poser". Like fr I had friends in highschool who would totally do that thinking they were being so cool and alt and mysterious but actually just looking like a huge nerd. I wasn't much better tbh.
Lol, I remember the first time I went into a hot topic, my mom followed me and called me a satanist the entire time. Imagine a high schooler apologizing to an employee because of their adult parent.
sounds like my mother back in the day "why do you want to go into that store?" with a her judgmental tone only the fundementalist of christians can give. We don't speak often since I left 16 years ago. I'm still a goth queen after all these years lol
dude, my mom banned black nail polish. horrified when i saw it in the store and picked on up to look at and basically said something about devil worshipping. and it's like, fkkn chill, oh my god. why can't i like things? (not the devil worshipping lol). she'd have had an aneurism seeing a hot topic.
@@lurklingX My mom had the same problem with nail polish colors. She only tolerated light pink. Red was apparently for adults and whores. Black was satanic, and all other colors were not 'proper.'
Story time: when I worked at hot topic when I was 18 (about 2 years ago) a guy wearing a local band tee came in. I came up to ask if he needed help and that I liked his shirt and that I had seen them at a recent concert. He then said “oh yeah my vocals were shit that night.” I then realized that he was my lead singer of the band and I had a slight internal breakdown. I helped him find a belt for a concert that night and he gave me 6 free tickets. I will never forget that interaction.
I worked at a hot topic for about 6 months back in 2008. The Twilight movies had just come out. I had a situation where I had two teenagers chasing each other around pretending to be vampires and one of them pinned down the other one and for a chunk out of their neck. There was blood everywhere. And they were also trying to steal an eyeliner. Which of course pails in comparison to the felonious assault that just happened in front of my eyes. Those were some wild times man
stanzi, do you have cameras on me? how’d you know i went to hot topic recently to blen….i mean accessorize for halloween! also how could you have cameras on me when i’m a vam…..i mean camera shy?
I imaged my mom's awkward buying of my mha shirt and bag transpiring similarly to this 💀 She didn't remember the show name and probably just sat there trying to describe it in the worst way possible.
I worked at Hot Topic for some time. This is spot on lol. One time this couple came in and the woman made her husband carry her dolls around as she shopped.
Hot topic workers are the BEST, I love how they now deal with several generations and do amazing with it. Always super nice to my 8yr olds & supportive of my Millennial ass 😅❤
i show up to the front counter of hot topic in my little pastel outfits holding all of the spider-man stuff i can possibly find hahaha, everyone who works/shops there is sooo sweet
stanzi im first and if you don't pin me ill strip in a hot topic
Do it😂
UNPIN IT STANZI PLEASE I’D BE SO FUNNY
Please do it
Oh god I'll watch the news
still do it though 🤭
'A VAMPIRE'
'A POSER"
'ohhhh ok'
😭😭😭
Yes those were the words said in the video
@@jboww2121 yeah this was was a reply to this comment
@@TR-JackkaDragonyeah this was a reply to a reply to a comment
Yeah...THIS comment is a reply to a reply to a reply to the comment on this video 😁🧛♀️🧟♀️🧙♀️
That is correct
@@jboww2121
hot topic employees are the true soldiers
Thank you♥️
1k like
thank you o7
a hot topic employee kept trying to convince me to but a skirt, I’m a guy.
@@terrifictuna4163Honestly anything a hot topic employee tells you to buy it’s probably worth it
Tbh, if someone actually acted like that, we would all think they were a poser.
Hot Topic is a difficult line to straddle
It’s either horrible cringe oh god get it away from me
Or it’s genuinely just like the clothes and vibing out here
they act that way on purpose so that they can blend in better.
I had multiple friends who did act like this in middle school, and I'm pretty sure they were posers. But they were also 13, sooo not gonna judge.
@@KfroguarI was this kid in middle school, loved acting “cool” and “mysterious.” The only thing I gained was an abundance of cringeworthy memories and an ability to sneak up on people accidentally
@@strana6875But did you master sneaking out of the conversation?
I feel a real vampire would've figured out basic human conversation at this point
They're a new vampire, they were like this before they were turned.
What if they have been asleepies for so long
Not if they were helplessly addicted to anime first
Everyone giving reasonable explanations, it's almost like y'all have dealt with awkward vampires before 🤨
@@bluskye7899you didn't watch Twilight?
i have no idea how hot topic workers are still somehow the nicest people in existence
They built up a tolerance to their customers.
They are the sweetest
It's like how death metal fans are the kindest people you will ever meet lol
Weed helps
Not everyone is judgmental and probably went thru that same phase
Honestly nobody would question the emo vampire in a t-shirt that says “bite me” because everyone would just think their edgy
@@Eet_Mia Noted for later use
@@Eet_Mia oh 💀 I was referring to the method of hunting specifically in goth spaces to blend in more and hunt more effectively
@@Eet_Mia Man, I just wanted a blood donor 😕
@@Eet_MiaI thought you really wanted to say transylvania cause that's We're all the creepy but even in the city can be creepy. 🤔Especially vampires, there are people who actually believe they are on the night vampire life. 😎 💯
They're
As a vampire, I apologize to every Hot Topic employee who has to deal with the oddballs. I promise we're not all like this. Hell, invite us to your home and you'll find we make bloody good guests!
Nice try but I already learned about careful wording from the fae
Go back to your coffin lestat
Ahh a British vampire I see
@@pixelzebra8440Drat, I was just about to express the same but you snatched my verreh words from mehh, curse you! You have not heard the laahst of this, I shall retuuuurrnn, mwahhahhahhah!!😏
Ah- I SEE what you're doing there! Not gonna trick me! 😂
They can be a vampire AND a poser.
Vamposer
I believe in Vampire Rights AND Wrongs!
the way i’d walk out
AHHH SHE GAVE A HEART I LOVE STANZI 😭
As a person who shops at hot topic, I approve of this message
as a person who doesn't shop at hot topic, i approve this message
As a person who doesn't even have hot topic in their country, I approve of this aproval
As both a customer and a former employee I truly resonate with this video
closest store to hot topic we got is newyorker here
As someone who wishes there was a hot topic in their country so they could shop at Hot Topic I approve of this message
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh...i thought they were jus a cannibal...
At first, same lol
Me too
cannibals are humans lol
@haldouglas4773 Bro i think you missed the point 💀
ME TOO 😭😭
meanwhile I walk in looking like the love child between sailor moon and hello kitty aesthetic, sparkling bright enough to literally blind the hot topic employees.
Lols. Funny enough I'm reading the Eternal Edition of the Sailor Moon manga. I decided to watch UA-cam for a bit and I saw this. Awesome!
Maybe the next time I'm at Hot Topic I'll get a Sailor Moon shirt. 🩵💙🤍
Weird thing is, I only ever knew one person in my entire life who I knew for sure shopped at Hot Topic because they were a skinny, blonde, emo lesbian who went around in a black leather trenchcoat & commando boots. Lol
Me heading straight to the Sweet Society section as soon as I walk in:
@MrChristianDT please tell me why my first thought was Albert Wesker
both answers at the end were valid 😂
To be fair, even the other vampires think that one is cringe.
"a vampire? I thought he was the count of Monte mcfuckin cristo"
--my cousin while watching Twilight
I never did this to employees, but I could have lived a whole nother lifetime without remembering how I acted in middle school, thank you very much.
Want to elaborate? We all done daft things back then! Lol
The truth in your statement made me choke.
😂same
As someone who worked in a Hot Topic, I WISH this were the average customer and not a lost, screeching Gen X white mom.
better than back in the day when hot topic was "devil worshippers" instead of pop culture. those karens were crazy
This was most of my customers back in the day...but that was BACK in the day
........I would like to see a short of this situation 🤣
No fair, I resemble that comment!
It’s me, I’m the lost and screeching Gen Xer.
If a Hot Topic or Spencer’s employee gets weirded out we have to be concerned…they are literally the sweetest people out there
I'm pretty sure hot topic employees have genuinely had to deal with some people who legit think they're vampires
The twilight saga has infected my mind so much, I could genuinely see this being a normal conversation Bella and Edward have.
this is the conversation they're having if edward was a classical vampire (not a sparkle vampire) and just woke up from a long ass coffin nap and was like, shit how do i human again? and she was an actual human girl who could discern that something was fundamentally wrong with this man in front of her instead of being the stuttery mess that Kristen Stewart made her out to be
When our hot topic in town was still open this is how I imagined my family trying to buy Christmas presents for me lol. Instead the only crazy that caused me problems was when my mom and I were there browsing around and some other shopper came up and started touching us, mainly me, talking about being a prophet, praying to God, healing my depression, a whole thing. It was awful. I think the employees distracted them so we could get away and for that I will forever be grateful to the real ones that are/have worked at a hot topic.
❤❤❤
I used to work at hot topic. I hated these customers. Now they come to my vintage store. 😂
Lmfao, there's no escaping them😭
me in third grade trying to convince my friends im a mermaid 💀
also, love you stanzi ❤
'they're a vampire' 'they're a poser' no they're neurodivergent and struggling with the bit.
How dare you make me rethink every awkward phase in my life like that /lh
Under rated channel alert! 🚨‼️
She’s literally got 2.15 million subscribers…
@@TeddyK1ng
*M O R E*
When two things are true at the same time
There are at least 12 of these people at all times at every Hot Topic. It’s actual science.
Hot topics near me never have more than 8 customers and 3 employees 🤔
@@purpleunicorn87 there's always one hidden somewhere they shouldn't be, like where's waldo but in reality
Considering hot topic hosts pretty much all fandom stuff it’s inviting to neurodivergent people and people who don’t know they’re neurodivergent so I feel like it’s like saying “free cookies” and being surprised when people who like cookies show up 🤣
You crack me up, My morbid sense of humour has always gotten me into trouble. 😂 I appreciate you, & the Stanzi family ❤️🔥
My grandma called someone a poser one time, right before she downed a shotglass of vodka.
It was both epic and fairly concerning since she was going through a very rough time.
She is doing quite well for the most part now though, so things are good.
Honestly though I have friends who go to
Hot topic and when they’re there they’re like this 😭 (is this just me…?)
I’ve witnessed something similar to this play out in a hot topic once 💀
Look, we all know the venn diagram of vampires and posers is basically a circle.
I used to work at Hot Topic and this brings me back haha. Only thing missing was a Hot Cash push and loyalty phone number 😂
😂 I love hot topic and vampires, but it also drives me crazy when people take themselves too seriously 😂❤ Happy Halloween Stanzi!🎃👻🦇
Shout out to Stanzi for pointing out how hot she looked in that cross-dagger top
Glad to know Hot Topic still exists and has kept their reputation all these years.
HT is pathetic now. sickening to see how low they've sank
Tbh, I also got "poser". Like fr I had friends in highschool who would totally do that thinking they were being so cool and alt and mysterious but actually just looking like a huge nerd. I wasn't much better tbh.
Lol, I remember the first time I went into a hot topic, my mom followed me and called me a satanist the entire time. Imagine a high schooler apologizing to an employee because of their adult parent.
sounds like my mother back in the day "why do you want to go into that store?" with a her judgmental tone only the fundementalist of christians can give. We don't speak often since I left 16 years ago. I'm still a goth queen after all these years lol
dude, my mom banned black nail polish. horrified when i saw it in the store and picked on up to look at and basically said something about devil worshipping. and it's like, fkkn chill, oh my god. why can't i like things? (not the devil worshipping lol). she'd have had an aneurism seeing a hot topic.
@@lurklingX My mom had the same problem with nail polish colors. She only tolerated light pink. Red was apparently for adults and whores. Black was satanic, and all other colors were not 'proper.'
The “….cool” gives me “hurry the fuck up” 😂
Vampires actually do exist I've met tons of people that suck the life out of me
I think those are dementors.
@@Emilaria lol
Stanzi is killing it as male characters recently. Come here king, you dropped this 👑
love her male characters. (and all the characters.)
Hot topic employees are the sweetest beings in existence and there's a 50/50 shot at customers being the best or the worst
That jacket looks awesome tbh
Awesome video as always but damn those nails are FIRE
Bro watched Twilight one to many times😭
Edward Cullen? Nah that’s Cedward Mullen👍
I love the people at Hot Topic some of the nicest people I’ve ever met.
Omg- that timing was perfect
Idk why I thought the customer was a serial killer who only fed on human flesh but a vampire works too ig 💀
What’s the difference?
@@bowbooks5659 The flesh
@Dyrknester Not going to lie, my mind went there first. I didn't get vampire from that description.
The way I wish I could do this at my Hot Topic, but I don't wanna embarrass myself in front of the kewl employees
Bro someone at hot topic actually gave me life advice that I’ve stuck to for years and has definitely made my life better. Nicest people on earth.
Story time: when I worked at hot topic when I was 18 (about 2 years ago) a guy wearing a local band tee came in. I came up to ask if he needed help and that I liked his shirt and that I had seen them at a recent concert.
He then said “oh yeah my vocals were shit that night.” I then realized that he was my lead singer of the band and I had a slight internal breakdown. I helped him find a belt for a concert that night and he gave me 6 free tickets. I will never forget that interaction.
I feel like a vampire would just go full fangs out on halloween since they don't have to worry about blending in for a change.
I love the Trick r Treat shirt!
I was expecting her to just go “you…you aren’t going to…IM A VAMPIRE!! PAY ATTENTION TO MY WEIRDNESS!!”
"What we do in the shadows" vibe 😂
Your video make my day
I worked at a hot topic for about 6 months back in 2008. The Twilight movies had just come out. I had a situation where I had two teenagers chasing each other around pretending to be vampires and one of them pinned down the other one and for a chunk out of their neck. There was blood everywhere. And they were also trying to steal an eyeliner. Which of course pails in comparison to the felonious assault that just happened in front of my eyes. Those were some wild times man
That actually happened???
The skinwalker vibes got me shivering my timbers 🥶🥶🥶
The fearful realisation in the face of the girl in the crosses top 😭😂
What Hot Topic used to be like before it became Mainstream.
stanzi, do you have cameras on me? how’d you know i went to hot topic recently to blen….i mean accessorize for halloween! also how could you have cameras on me when i’m a vam…..i mean camera shy?
Nobody gives a shit bout what I’m gonna say but I fuckin love the people who work at hot topic
same omfg they’re so sweet
I imaged my mom's awkward buying of my mha shirt and bag transpiring similarly to this 💀 She didn't remember the show name and probably just sat there trying to describe it in the worst way possible.
I'm really early :D
i love hot topic whenever I tell people I have a member ship thingy there they always get so surprised cause I’m the opposite of hot topic
I love hot topic cause half the customers are like this, and the other half are dressed in bright pink with ruffles and a hello kitty bag 😆
cool idea of vampires using Halloween to blend in, probably turning up as goths at heavy metal concerts
I sometimes act like this just to freak people out / confuse them and its the best thing ever
I NEED to see the blooper reel with these videos! So good but would take me like 50 TAKES because I’d always be lmao.
NO CUZ I ALSO THOUGHT “A POSER” AMD HAD TO REWATCH THE VIDEO TO GET THE VAMPIRE JOKES 😂
This reminded me so much of the South Park goths and vampire kids I love it. Your dead pan delivery always gets me 😂
Not me thinking the customer is a serial killer 😭
Aren't vampires serial killers?
Girl's dressed like Emperor Palpatine. 💀
As a vampire can confirm. It’s my favorite store!
Hahah she is still there when she is saying that ❤😂
As a hot topic customer I can’t even be mad I might as well be a vampire with the amount of MCR merch I buy
I'm still not convinced they're not a poser
my fave collab, highkey
i was thinking that was the grim reaper
I worked there, this is pretty accurate.
"Something to help me blend in"?! Tf. Calling 911 asap
Ok, but i need that shirt with the swords
This is an accurate representation between hot topic workers and ots customers lol p.s i have that same jason jacket
as a vampire, we dont act like this, actually. we are all just pretty chill people tbh.
I worked at Hot Topic for some time. This is spot on lol. One time this couple came in and the woman made her husband carry her dolls around as she shopped.
Ngl last time I visited a hot topic, someone thought I was an employee and asked me to help them find something lol
You forgot the part where the hot topic workers are the nicest people in the world
I was thinking a demon who was planning armageddon, not vampire.
I loved working at hottopic honestly my favorite job
I need that trick ‘r treat shirt so badly.
clever ass ad. you’re fucking good ❤️❤️
"OooOooouh..." 🤣
Hot topic workers are the BEST, I love how they now deal with several generations and do amazing with it. Always super nice to my 8yr olds & supportive of my Millennial ass 😅❤
i worked at spencer’s,,, that is a spencer’s in the background,,, that makes it so much funnier
hot topic employees are too nice they might invite me to the next thanksgiving 😂
Dead ass, I just shopped at Hot Topic today. Stanzi, your majesty, are mayhaps clairvoyant?
I love this channel. Such a beautiful funny lady. ❤
liking this despite the lack of captions fr
i show up to the front counter of hot topic in my little pastel outfits holding all of the spider-man stuff i can possibly find hahaha, everyone who works/shops there is sooo sweet