Viva La Dirt League tries "How to dodge customers"
The comedy Short's gaming grandma becomes the talking point, alongside another fast-starting retail sketch.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 566,082 views a day, 8.4 times a normal first day on this channel (67,192).
How to dodge customers
Customer avoidance is the setup; the gaming grandma is what viewers keep returning to. Viva La Dirt League's comedy sketch "How to dodge customers" has drawn nearly 470,000 views in its first 16 hours, already several times its Shorts' usual full-day audience.
The comments focus on the older woman's gaming credentials, with viewers imagining her as a formidable opponent. Some say they anticipated the twist but still single out its execution. Another turns the customer interaction into a familiar gaming predicament: dialogue you can't skip.
That overlap between shop-floor awkwardness and game humor is familiar territory for the New Zealand comedy group, whose Bored series builds sketches around electronics-store employees. The comment section is already more than three times as busy as a usual first day, before the first day is finished.
Customer dodging also has company on the upload shelf. "Stopping a robbery" is another unusually fast-starting sketch, with Rowan insisting that his employees stop at nothing to catch a robber. Between the two, avoiding one customer and pursuing another become very different workplace assignments.
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What viewers say
Never underestimate the power of gaming grandma
EDIT: Wow thanks for the 5k likes, I love this community@PixelarysSee it on YouTubeI've seen that twist coming from space but the execution is still fun to watch.
@mariuszj3826See it on YouTubeUnskippable NPC dialogue
@brendanielmusicSee it on YouTube
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Reminds me of feeling bad when listening to my father-in-law's life stories because his life was way more interesting than mine
@MetalHevSee it on YouTubeThis is real. People don't realize how many old people are serious gamers these days
@yuvibitterSee it on YouTubeGranny chill like that.
@biscuitchandlerSee it on YouTubeI was expecting them to come out of the back and see Adam ringing up a big sale and getting a huge commission
@Greggory.A.BasoreSee it on YouTube
Public comments from the video's page on YouTube
- Channel
- Viva La Dirt League
- Subscribers
- 7,520,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 23,824,767
- Channel views, pace per day
- 4,816,699 (on a normal day: 3,361,953)
- Video published
- October 11, 2026
- Video views so far
- 469,317 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 566,082
The numbers
Both retail sketches are drawing unusually large early audiences. The main Short's comments have also passed the channel's usual full-day total.
💡 Test your knowledge
Which studio makes Red Dead Online, featured in another recent Viva La Dirt League upload?
Rockstar Games developed Red Dead Online as the online multiplayer component of Red Dead Redemption 2.


