Blockbuster does it again
In what could become a regular feature here on Rob's Blog, I have decided to honor Blockbuster Video with the "middle finger of the week" award. This means me extending the proverbial center digit towards something that has really gotten my goat.
The esteemed and highly sought-after first MFOTW award goes to the reigning king of the video rental biz for most ridiculous and wasteful use of plastic. If you've been to the ol' yellow and blue lately, perhaps you've noticed that EVERY SINGLE TITLE on the "new release" wall has a plastic card showing the cover of the movie that belongs there.
Whether this is intended to show customers the movie that WAS there, but is now NOT there and hence, not available for rental, or to show the blue-shirted, alphabetically-challenged BB drones where "Gigli" goes, is uncertain. What is certain, however, is that the rental giant has over 8,500 stores, and if every one of those 8,500 stores has a piece of 6" x 10" (or so) plastic where every new release goes, just imagine how much plastic will be in the landfills in a few years when BB goes belly-up because of online rentals and video-on-demand.
So, Blockbuster Inc., for your selfish and wasteful policies, I extend the bird and salute you.
The esteemed and highly sought-after first MFOTW award goes to the reigning king of the video rental biz for most ridiculous and wasteful use of plastic. If you've been to the ol' yellow and blue lately, perhaps you've noticed that EVERY SINGLE TITLE on the "new release" wall has a plastic card showing the cover of the movie that belongs there.
Whether this is intended to show customers the movie that WAS there, but is now NOT there and hence, not available for rental, or to show the blue-shirted, alphabetically-challenged BB drones where "Gigli" goes, is uncertain. What is certain, however, is that the rental giant has over 8,500 stores, and if every one of those 8,500 stores has a piece of 6" x 10" (or so) plastic where every new release goes, just imagine how much plastic will be in the landfills in a few years when BB goes belly-up because of online rentals and video-on-demand.
So, Blockbuster Inc., for your selfish and wasteful policies, I extend the bird and salute you.
1 Comments:
Yeah, f-you, Blockedbuster! Blockedbuster is stupid 'cause Kady's Uncle Rob returned one of my movies late and they charged me 20 bucks for it! Pff, like I would ever pay 20 bucks to own "A Walk to Remember!" Well the jokes on you Blockedbuster, cause I already bought AWTR at Bestest Buy for 15! Suckers!
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