Yesterday Jon and I decided to watch a movie.. Shocking on a Saturday night right? Well… except for the fact that since the proliferation of cell phones in modern society, I refuse to see movies in public on Friday or Saturday nights. I’ve had too many experiences with A-holes getting cell phone calls and answering them to believe that there’s any humanity left in the world- at least on these particular nights. (I’ve even experienced some jerk getting a NEXTEL page in the theatre and ANSWERING it on a TWO WAY DURING the movie!!! Ugh).
Anyway, on this particular night Jon and I realized that we had forgotten to return our Netflix movies in a timely manner. We have become addicted to “Dexter” and have unfortunately just completed the last episode on DVD. So we decided to head to our local Blockbuster which is literally a 10 minute bike ride. Once we turned into the parking lot, we first passed a Target- totally normal, and then a “Linens n’ Things”- which had a barrage of “Going out of Business” signs hung throughout its entire area. I didn’t really think anything about it until….
We pull up outside the Blockbuster, and head inside without thinking twice. Once through the first doors, however, we were presented with a hand, Sharpie marker written sign that said:
NOT OPEN FOR RENTING MOVIES DUE TO STORE CLOSING
WE ARE ONLY OPEN FOR BUYING MOVIES!
Jon and I looked around in confusion, as we had just been there a few days ago and didn’t notice any indication of trouble, and proceeded inside.
All of the rental shelves inside were blocked off in yellow caution tape! And were virtually empty! We turned to the counter and there were two young men hastily putting DVD’s into a box. I asked them “Are you guys going out of business?” and one of the boys responded solemnly, “Blockbuster is still in business, but we just closed”. They seemed so sad that I just said, “Oh, okay. Well… I just returned a movie and it’s in your box…”. And we walked out empty handed. We then went to the next nearest Blockbuster, according to Google Maps… only to find no trace… and then finally found one that actually existed a little farther. Not only am I devastated that the convenience of my neighborhood is being compromised by this stupid financial crisis, I am…… well…. okay…. mostly I’m just annoyed that the convenience of my neighborhood is being compromised by this financial crisis.
On another note, Jon and I went to a liquor store and bought two bottles of Champagne and had a really fun, lazy Sunday. I can’t believe the weekend is already over…. I also can’t believe that MSU choked so badly! But really… who cares as long as they wallop Michigan next week?
P.S.
I’m drunk.
This Way Maybe 