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re: What do you remember about going to the movie rental store?
Posted on 5/1/17 at 6:58 am to olemc999
Posted on 5/1/17 at 6:58 am to olemc999
I worked at a Blockbuster for about 2 years. I had two goals at that job.
First one was finding the best softcore in the place. We were allowed to rent 5 movies at once, so I went through almost the whole store. Got to watch a lot of things I would of never watched. Blockbuster didn't have hardcore, but the Eros branded softcores seemed to show the most.
Second was pissing off the lying arse customers. You know who you are, the ones that always blame the late fees on us (employees) or the computers. Your lies were shite and I loved making you go off the handle about them. Little known fact about Blockbuster, your late time that we told you was in fact about 12 hours before the actual late time. Usually you were told a midnight late time, well the real time was noon the next day. The morning shift would go through the return box and make sure everything was checked in and there was nothing in the box before we opened. If you got a late fee and tried to fight it with me, I would just laugh and make you pay. I had people talking to my managers often, but they thought it was hilarious because they knew I was right.
It was also fun looking up what people rented in the computer system.
First one was finding the best softcore in the place. We were allowed to rent 5 movies at once, so I went through almost the whole store. Got to watch a lot of things I would of never watched. Blockbuster didn't have hardcore, but the Eros branded softcores seemed to show the most.
Second was pissing off the lying arse customers. You know who you are, the ones that always blame the late fees on us (employees) or the computers. Your lies were shite and I loved making you go off the handle about them. Little known fact about Blockbuster, your late time that we told you was in fact about 12 hours before the actual late time. Usually you were told a midnight late time, well the real time was noon the next day. The morning shift would go through the return box and make sure everything was checked in and there was nothing in the box before we opened. If you got a late fee and tried to fight it with me, I would just laugh and make you pay. I had people talking to my managers often, but they thought it was hilarious because they knew I was right.
It was also fun looking up what people rented in the computer system.
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Posted on 5/1/17 at 8:57 am to Dam Guide
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I worked at a Blockbuster for about 2 years. I had two goals at that job.
First one was finding the best softcore in the place. We were allowed to rent 5 movies at once, so I went through almost the whole store. Got to watch a lot of things I would of never watched. Blockbuster didn't have hardcore, but the Eros branded softcores seemed to show the most.
Second was pissing off the lying arse customers. You know who you are, the ones that always blame the late fees on us (employees) or the computers. Your lies were shite and I loved making you go off the handle about them. Little known fact about Blockbuster, your late time that we told you was in fact about 12 hours before the actual late time. Usually you were told a midnight late time, well the real time was noon the next day. The morning shift would go through the return box and make sure everything was checked in and there was nothing in the box before we opened. If you got a late fee and tried to fight it with me, I would just laugh and make you pay. I had people talking to my managers often, but they thought it was hilarious because they knew I was right.
This. We also would print out a list of late movies to check to see if they were put out without checking them in.
Posted on 5/1/17 at 5:01 pm to Dam Guide
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Second was pissing off the lying arse customers. You know who you are, the ones that always blame the late fees on us (employees) or the computers. Your lies were shite and I loved making you go off the handle about them. Little known fact about Blockbuster, your late time that we told you was in fact about 12 hours before the actual late time. Usually you were told a midnight late time, well the real time was noon the next day. The morning shift would go through the return box and make sure everything was checked in and there was nothing in the box before we opened. If you got a late fee and tried to fight it with me, I would just laugh and make you pay. I had people talking to my managers often, but they thought it was hilarious because they knew I was right.
My experience as a customer was incredibly different. There were several Blockbusters that routinely billed you late for things you turned in on time.
The whole reason that Neflix took off so spectacularly from the start was that the Blockbusters made a punitive amount of money from late fees - a very substantial amount of their total profit. Burn in motherfricking hell Blockbuster, I loved it when you all went bankrupt. Stealing doesn't always lead to going under but it was delicious when karma came around this time.
I loved the atmosphere and fun of walking around a video store to look at movie art and read the movie blurbs on the back of VHS tapes, but the memory of how many of them treated their customers makes me celebrate what we have in their place today.
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