Reasons I Hated Working At The Video Store

Reasons I Hated Working At The Video Store - Installment Three

This kid comes up to the counter: he's in the 15-17 range. totally stoned. wearing his ballcap sideways, huge puffy jacket, jeans hanging below his ass, Nike sneakers, giant fake diamond earring....

Him: "Hey."

Me: "Hi."

Him: "Where are the Rob Zombie movies? Are they all together?"

Me: "Which one are you looking for? They're alphabetized." (I start heading around the counter so I can grab whatever movie he wants.)

Him: "Uh... anything except "Devil's Rejects"....... or "House of 1000 Corpses"....."

I stop.

Me: "So you're looking for 'Halloween'?"

Him: blank stare

Me: "There's only 3 movies... you're looking for 'Halloween'?"

He keeps rambling here,
but I'm not listening... I'm looking for the movie. I hand him the movie and walk away.

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