[cmckn]

I was in Bend a few months ago and swung by the last Blockbuster. I rented a movie (and bought a t-shirt), and had to sign up for an account. I received a laminated paper Blockbuster card with an account number scrawled in Sharpie on the back. I wouldn't have guessed that the store was still calling out to these old servers; that's pretty cool.

The movie cost 99 cents to rent, which I thought was surprisingly cheap. The clerks were talking about how people come in to take pictures (no surprise there) and were usually inconsiderate about including the clerks in photos.

It smelled exactly the same in there. It was neat.

[tantalor]

> inconsiderate about including the clerks

As in, rudely excluded the clerks, or rudely included? Either way makes sense me to me.

[SOLAR_FIELDS]

I would presume rudely including - I can imagine that those clerks have to deal with touristy photos on a daily basis and everyone wants to have the employee captured in their "Blockbuster experience" photo.

[dannyisaphantom]

That's so cool and sounds like an awesome experience. I keep my Mom's original Blockbuster laminated card in the back of my iPhone case :) Just checked the print date and its from 9/24/04. Great piece of nostalgia.

[tomjakubowski]

Small world: 9/24/04 was the date on my first driver's license

[boring_twenties]

Man, this job would be great, if it wasn't for the fucking customers!

[ThePowerOfFuet]

If all they're doing is taking pictures and leaving, they're not customers.

[tadfisher]

It is a reference to the film Clerks, which features a video rental store employee who utters this quote.

[davidw]

I live a few blocks from that place. It's kind of weird all the attention it gets.