Yup, that was part of my job, but I also had to do specials. Frequently, I was supposed to do this while helping people check out. It was weird...

Maybe they just didn’t like me. I was the only “youth” who worked there. But they treated it like a big deal. Cancelled my next shift, had a regional person come down and set up a series of meetings. It was really formal and surreal.

It might have been $7. I don’t remember. I just know it wasn’t more than $10 and it was stupid cheap. They never told me how much they thought I made on this scheme.

I was the worst at erasing late fees. I would erase fees for people who I thought seemed nice but would never ask. I would argue, calmly, with people for a very long time who complained about the late fees. I never erased fees for people who bitched about it. My manager would come over and do it, but I held my ground.…

That policy was developed after doing customer surveys across many Blockbusters all over America (or so they said). I really wanted to know if they accounted for the fact that the people who agreed to do the surveys were also inherently more social and not necessarily the best representation of the customer base.

It wasn’t the worst and I kind of feel that most jobs available to people at that age are working for toolboxes. And to be fair I wasn’t the best employee because of the specials policy. They asked me to greet people and tell people the special deals, which I didn’t like to do (in general I don’t like doing work that…

I love shrimp and cocktail sauce. I just find shrimp cocktails to be disappointing. They max out at what, 8 shrimp? And it’s usually so expensive for so few shrimp and cocktail sauce. I would rather just steam myself a ton of shrimp...

Yeah. Honestly, I get how he could be disappointed and confused if it is something they used to serve but don’t anymore. But at a certain point you should realize your choices are to leave or order something else...

I was about 18 or 19 and working at Blockbuster in the summer of 2003. By that time they had basically gone to 90+% DVD rentals as opposed to VHS so were selling off their VHS stuff for cheap. The deal was 3 for $9 or something like that. It was a Friday night (busy) and it was just me and the manager who was a 40+…

Oh, it’s great. But the question is if a place tells you that don’t have shrimp or cocktail sauce and then you berate them into giving you shrimp and cocktail sauce, what are the odds that you want to eat that shrimp and cocktail sauce? Also, how many times can I use the phrase “shrimp and cocktail sauce” in a…

Sadly is definitely not the right adverb. I would go with miraculously. (I’ve never eaten there, and I could be wrong, but the commercials for it make it look so unappetizing. Which is hard, even horrible food can look good in commercials...)

Well, once you read it you will learn you can go into any restaurant and get one! You may have to make your own cocktail sauce though...

I once got fired from a job at a bookstore. It was a second job that I would come to after a day of working with elementary school students (little) who had special needs. I am 6’0 so was constantly bending down to talk to them/transport them. Anyway, while shelving a large amount of books on the bottom two rows I…

But Jellyfish are brainless animals that just float around..... Nevermind, you’re absolutely right.

It’s not really the same thing. FIFA is saying they don’t care about the rankings and they’re just going to do what gets the best ratings. The NFL is saying that the rankings are determined by 1) Did you win the division then 2) Record. You can argue the merits of that but for the post season they do have an objective…

Clarence Thomas was nominated by George HW Bush. What did Nixon have to do with it?

Let’s be really honest: If Twitter came down on all the idiots on Twitter, there would be nobody on Twitter.

This might hit at your pride too much to do, but make it seem like it was a problem for you too. Instead of saying his parking is bad, say something like, “i know I don’t have a car right now, but when I did I sometimes had trouble parking. Would you mind if we went out sometime and practiced?” Instead of pointing out…

You forgot bread. Fresh baked bread is amazing. There is a bakery in Baltimore harbor area and it makes that area smell amazing. And if you've smelled our harbor you know that's an accomplishment.

Or, maybe the answers are just “no”