Category: Toys ‘R’ Us
Open Post: Hosted By The Sad Final Picture Of Geoffrey The Giraffe Leaving Toys ‘R’ Us
It should be a great weekend for those who are looking forward to celebrating all the booze and hot dogs that Canada Day and Independence Day have to offer. Sadly, it looks like the same can’t be said for Geoffrey the Giraffe. Today, Toys ‘R’ Us is closing their doors for good after declaring Chapter 11 bankruptcy last September. But what happens to the beloved Toys ‘R’ Us mascot Geoffrey?! A Toys ‘R’ Us employee has been posting some pretty depressing photos on Facebook of what is now the empty, hollow shell of their store.
Last pictures of store after we locked the doors for the last time.
Posted by Rene Johnpiere on Thursday, June 28, 2018
But the saddest has been this picture of Geoffrey, with his sad little rolling suitcase of crushed dreams, his Hawaiian shirt of hopelessness, and his googly eyes that used to say “This way for fun!“, but now they say, “Oh god, what will I tell my wife?“. Who am I kidding? The second Gigi the Giraffe heard about the bankruptcy, she packed up the kids and moved in with the Geico lizard.
It’s not known where Geoffrey is going, but I’ll just pretend he’s packed up because he’s excited for his retirement at a senior resort in Florida, where his reward for a life of service is that he’ll never step on a Lego every again.
Pic: Facebook
Toys ‘R’ Us Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
True story, the last time I walked into a Toys ‘R’ Us store there was a poopy diaper in the middle of the bike aisle, just sitting there waiting to get slipped on like the world’s shittiest banana peel. Then I spent 20 minutes looking for a backgammon board but all the board games were mixed up on the shelves and all I could find was 20 different versions of Monopoly. The cashier, while pleasant and cheerful, appeared to be high as fuck. It was a sad experience and I left empty handed but with a full head of poopy diaper odor and the Toys ‘R’ Us theme song that stayed stuck in my head for several days. It’s stuck in my head right now. It is now also stuck in yours.
If you were a Toys ‘R’ Us kid like me you probably have fond memories of the place and feel some type of way about the fact that they’ve filed for bankruptcy.