Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are always "Midweek Special" days. If someone gets a new release, then they get a $1 movie for free for 5 nights. (Great deal, right?) This now gives people an opportunity to butcher classic movies as well.
After informing a customer yesterday of the deal, he asked if we had a movie: "Chandler's List." You're probably well aware of it. Its the one with Matthew Perry running a factory with his friends during World War 2. Geez.
Also asked for: The Pianoist. Really.
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I was sharing stories with coworkers yesterday when I came across this story: A customer came into the store, absolutely livid with a movie in hand. The mother had selected a movie for her daughter's first ever sleepover. The movie of choice? "Cheerleader Massacre." Did I mention that her daughter was 7? She complained that no one had warned her that the content of the movie might be a little extreme for a 7 year old, (and her impressionable friends), and wanted a store credit for the oversight of the store's staff.
What do you say to that? The rating information is clearly listed on the back, as is the giant "R", for RESTRICTED. I've said it once, and I'll say it a million times, I don't have kids, and I don't want to take care of someone else's kids. I am not your "Baby's Daddy."
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A group of 5 came into the store yesterday, and proceeded directly to the business counter. (We have 1 counter at the store, and its where EVERYTHING happens. Therefore its the "Business" counter.) A lady, surrounded by her younger daughters, wishes to open a new account. I take her driver's license, and check to see if she has an existing account. She does. It has $5 in late fees, $4 in movies that were renewed over the phone that still weren't paid, and $56 in movies that were kept for over 30 days. (Meaning that they were listed as "stolen" to the account.) But, she wanted a new account. I told her about the items listed on the account, and her daughter, who was standing RIGHT THERE!, claimed that they were her movies.
The mother started into defense mode, claiming that she didn't rent movies very much. (So why was she starting now... maybe to let her daughter rent more movies...nah, that couldn't be it.) She claimed that she didn't add her daughter to the account and that she shouldn't be responsible for the stolen movies... and then the daughter started. The movies were stolen from her house, and she knew exactly which movies were listed. She named them, in a row, yet wouldn't accept responsibility for them. (She rented them, and was therefore accountable for them.)
You can imagine how this ended. Did they get to rent a movie? Ummm... no.
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You know that there's more to come. Indeed.
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