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re: Drove By The Old "Blockbuster" Building :0(
Posted on 10/16/18 at 8:48 am to 3en
Posted on 10/16/18 at 8:48 am to 3en
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We likely know one another. I worked at 22043, 22073, 22081, and I can't remember Cleary and Vets #.
We may. My store was 22025. I still remember my employee number.
And yes, customer's were a pain in the arse. One of my favorite moments was on Christmas Eve, and all of the stores had run out of gift cards, so they were sending all the last minute Christmas shoppers to my store since we had a gift card surplus. The line was wrapped around the store.
This lady comes up and asks for a $10 Titanic Gift card.
"I'm sorry ma'am, we're all out of the Titanic gift cards, but we do have the regular $10 gift cards."
"You know this is the third Blockbuster I've been to tonight, and I think its just ridiculous that you people don't have what I want." She's saying this while there is a line of 100 people behind her.
"Well we certainly apologize for that. Would you still like the regular $10 gift card?"
"No I don't want the regular gift card. I want the Titanic gift card I came here for. And with that attitude you'll be working at Blockbuster for the rest of your life" How rude.
"Woman, if you didn't do your goddamn Christmas shopping at the last minute, you'd probably get what you're looking for. Now what have we learned tonight?"
I had to meet with the division manager after that lady phoned in a complaint to him.
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Posted on 10/16/18 at 8:48 am to GeauxTigerTM
I only made it a month working at Blockbuster Video in college. I got fired for arguing with a stupid lady that didn't believe me that Forrest Gump wasn't available to rent yet because it was still at the damn theaters playing. I really thought I was being pranked by friends or something she was so insistent that it had been released on VHS. In that month's time, she was the only really dumb customer I encountered.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 9:05 am to The Spleen
I had a couple of rules I lived by when I worked there:
1. When I was closing manager, we were getting the frick out of there as soon as possible.
2. If you brought me food, you got free rentals. We had a pair of customers who were a lesbian couple. One of the lesbos was on disability, so she'd spend her days making baked good from scratch. At least twice a week she'd bring me a pie, or brownies, or cookies all fresh from the oven. She got free rentals. I also had a lady who worked at Dominoes who'd come in with free pizza for us in exchange for a movie.
3. We had a big problem with shoplifting, so I'd tell cops if they ever need a place to sit and do paperwork, they can chill out in the store, or sit in the parking lot, and I'd give them a free Coke and a free rental. The few times I had to call 911, 10 cop cars were there immediately.
4. If you were a dick, I'd never, ever remove your late fees. Ever. I'd leave a note on your account that late fees are never to be removed. Ever.
1. When I was closing manager, we were getting the frick out of there as soon as possible.
2. If you brought me food, you got free rentals. We had a pair of customers who were a lesbian couple. One of the lesbos was on disability, so she'd spend her days making baked good from scratch. At least twice a week she'd bring me a pie, or brownies, or cookies all fresh from the oven. She got free rentals. I also had a lady who worked at Dominoes who'd come in with free pizza for us in exchange for a movie.
3. We had a big problem with shoplifting, so I'd tell cops if they ever need a place to sit and do paperwork, they can chill out in the store, or sit in the parking lot, and I'd give them a free Coke and a free rental. The few times I had to call 911, 10 cop cars were there immediately.
4. If you were a dick, I'd never, ever remove your late fees. Ever. I'd leave a note on your account that late fees are never to be removed. Ever.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 9:05 am to Tiger Voodoo
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We’ve 100% interacted at some point. My family was in there more than any other customers I’d imagine
How old were you in 1992, 93? Also...did your mom make monkey bread? There was this lady that came in with her kids all the time who kept offering to make me monkey bread and never did.
If so, I'm still open to having her bake some for me.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 9:08 am to ExArmyVetIRISHFan
I had a wealthy uncle and aunt that gave us a video disc player before VCRs were common. I was like 8 years old.
For younger posters, these things played discs that were the size of a full sized album cover. They were like $1500 adjusted for inflation.
The only place to rent discs was a furniture store in town. There was a box that had maybe 50 or 60 titles.
The thing is, there was no business model yet. The deal was that you rented a disc for like $3 but there was no return policy and no late fees. Basically, you just brought it back when you brought it back if you did at all.
I had Jaws and Jaws 2 and if I say I watched each one 150 times, I’m telling the truth.
For younger posters, these things played discs that were the size of a full sized album cover. They were like $1500 adjusted for inflation.
The only place to rent discs was a furniture store in town. There was a box that had maybe 50 or 60 titles.
The thing is, there was no business model yet. The deal was that you rented a disc for like $3 but there was no return policy and no late fees. Basically, you just brought it back when you brought it back if you did at all.
I had Jaws and Jaws 2 and if I say I watched each one 150 times, I’m telling the truth.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 9:12 am to The Spleen
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I got fired for arguing with a stupid lady that didn't believe me that Forrest Gump wasn't available to rent yet because it was still at the damn theaters playing.
In addition to working at a video store, I also worked at a music store in Acadiana mall right after that. There, it was complaining about when new releases would show up! Huge new releases would potentially show up the Friday before...but release day was always Tuesday. If your store got caught selling shite early it was bad...or so we were told.
But sure enough...and it was almost always shitty rap artists...but we'd have guys come in asking for some new release and we'd have to tell them that it wouldn't be out until Tuesday. the automatic response, from nearly every one of them was, "Huh...my cousin already got it over in Houston."
"Well, good news. We're in Lafayette and Houston is only about 3 hours away."
Also, one time Bushwick Bill tried to steal a CD from us...no shite.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 9:15 am to Scoop
Oh man, had forgotten about LaserDiscs. Friend's parents had one. I don't remember any stores in my town renting them.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 9:21 am to The Spleen
To this day I have no idea why my small town had a furniture store that rented out discs but it was awesome because no one had a disc player hardly so there wasn’t any competition if a new movie came in. Throw down $3 and it was basically like buying it because there was no return policy.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 9:28 am to boxcarbarney
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1. When I was closing manager, we were getting the frick out of there as soon as possibl
Precisely!
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2. If you brought me food, you got free rentals. We had a pair of customers who were a lesbian couple. One of the lesbos was on disability, so she'd spend her days making baked good from scratch. At least twice a week she'd bring me a pie, or brownies, or cookies all fresh from the oven. She got free rentals. I also had a lady who worked at Dominoes who'd come in with free pizza for us in exchange for a movie.
Yup. People would bring stuff and want free rentals or to take trailer tapes. At the music store, I had a father/son duo who would bring me Taco Pizzas and they'd get to root through our demo cds...
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4. If you were a dick, I'd never, ever remove your late fees. Ever. I'd leave a note on your account that late fees are never to be removed. Ever.
"YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO RENT HERE ANYMORE!"
Posted on 10/16/18 at 9:47 am to GeauxTigerTM
Randall was an inspiration to us all.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 9:58 am to boxcarbarney
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Randall was an inspiration to us all.
I was there right before Clerks came out! I was there from about '91 through '94...so we never had it in the store. When I saw it at the theater, I was SURE there had been a camera up in the store...
So much exactly right about that movie for anyone who ever worked at a video store or lower end retail.
Posted on 10/17/18 at 12:05 am to GeauxTigerTM
One summer I recall going to Blockbuster each week after summer football conditioning. This was my first year of driving so I enjoyed the freedom to explore on my own. Each week I made it my mission to check out two movies I heard about but never saw. I discovered several great films that summer like Die Hard, Predator, Alien, etc. I always wanted to work at a video rental store but never did because school and football ate up my time six days a week.
Posted on 10/17/18 at 9:40 am to JabarkusRussell
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I always wanted to work at a video rental store
It was pretty glamorous. It rained pussy and free rentals on us at all times.
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