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Post by nondescript spice on Nov 11, 2013 19:37:23 GMT -5
the funny thing about that little video store i worked for, was it still had the "back room" through a bead curtain. one time this woman i worked with recognized a regular customer, who was browsing among the non-blue titles. but the movie he had just returned came from the back room, though she didn't realize it. so she called out loudly across the crowded store, "how did you like that white chocolate, bob?" she had no idea why everyone (except bob) was cracking up. you can't get that kind of humiliating fun at blockbusters.
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Post by Phantom Engineer on Nov 11, 2013 21:57:10 GMT -5
Ah yes, mom & pop humiliation, gotta love that.
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Post by Mod City on Nov 11, 2013 22:00:36 GMT -5
While I don't lament the passing of a company that has obviously ticked off many a customer, I still miss going to video stores, even if it was a Blockbuster.
Of course, the independent places were always more interesting. Even my hometown, population 1,200, had one in the late 80s to late-90s. They had a lot of movies, having bought out a bunch of other small rental outposts (like the movie inventory from convenience stores that stopped renting out movies and VCRs). That's where you went for the latest run movies on VHS as well as weird stuff like Lunch Wagon (perfect for home riffing, which we did on occasion). It was entertainment central before the Internet - movies, video games and equipment rentals.
I still remember a few years before they closed I was wandering through the aisles and found a copy of Space Mutiny. I laughed about it then but I wish I would have been around when they closed and tried to snag that and a few other flicks.
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Post by Frameous on Nov 11, 2013 22:49:15 GMT -5
I clearly remember seeing one of my middle school teachers perusing the adult section in my local joint. Awkward, given I was still in school at the time.
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