the last nail in the coffin
Aug 29th, 2007 Posted in funny stuff, movies | 5 comments »I’ve been a regular at Hollywood Video for over a year now, running in to pick up a couple movies every Friday night before work. Problem is, my taste in movies tends to run towards the semi-obscure, and I cleaned out Hollywood’s limited special interest/foreign section awhile ago.
But the kicker this weekend was when I went in looking for two mainstream movies: Love Actually (for myself) and Spongbob Squarepants: The Movie (for the little sis). Looked and looked and couldn’t find either of them. So I tracked down an employee…
“Where would I find Love Actually? I’ve already looked under Comedy…”
“Did you look under ‘Drama’?”
“Yup, and I didn’t see it there.”
“I don’t know if we have it.”
“Don’t have it in at the moment, or don’t have it in stock?”
“No, I’m pretty sure we don’t have it at all.”
“Oh…okay. Well, I was looking for the Spongebob Squarepants movie as well.”
“That’s under ‘Kids’.”
“Yeah, I checked and I didn’t see it.”
“Looked under ‘New Releases’, too?”
“Yup.”
“Well, if it’s not there, we don’t have it.”
“Don’t have it…at all?”
“Nope.”
“Um, okay. Thanks.”
So I picked up FF7 for the kidlet and, while looking for Love Actually, found Gosford Park for myself. Stephen and I watched it last night, excellent movie.
And I went home that day and signed up for Netflix. Had three movies shipped on Monday and were in my mailbox by Tuesday morning: Ladies in Lavender, Starter for 10, and yes, Spongebob Squarepants: The Movie.
I’m sorry, Hollywood, but I needed someone who could meet my needs. You understand…
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