The few, the proud,

[solidmetalgear19]

The lack of common sense

I wanna party like it's 1989

So the day is coming to an end and I'm closing up shop in my department when this father and his two young kids walk in

Me-the hero
T: My thoughts (which would get me fired if said allowed)
F-Mister, behind the times

F: Hi, do you have any movies on VHS?

Me: *Blank stare and pause for several seconds* No sir, VHS is a dead technology

F: *confused and with righteous indignation* No, it's not I still have 400 VHS tapes that I still watch.

T:Well congrats, lets just give this man a medal shall we? We can even call the reward, 'The stance to avoid technological progression medal of honor' We can put it right next to beer drinking and ass scratching

Me: Well sir, that still doesn't change the fact that it's a dead technology. Everything's DVD and Blu-ray now.

Now we insert an awkward silence as I shrug my shoulders and leave. There's nothing more I can do for this man as he is a lost cause to our society. VHS has been in a vegetative state since the late 90's to mid 2000's. While I understand that some people still use VHS (myself included), It's not as prolific as it once was.

Why buy when you can mooch?

SC: Where's your Rock Band set up?

Me: We don't have one anymore

T: People thought it a good idea to beat it to shit and prevent others from using it

SC: Ah man, I was so looking forward to playing Green Day Rock Band

T: Good for you. No, what you were looking forward to was mooching game time off of us with no intention of buying anything

SC: Do you think (store that rhymes with Tameshop) would have a display?

Me: Couldn't tell you man.

The young lad then leaves for the Boulevard of Broken dreams, intent on becoming the next American Idiot so that one day he might progress to becoming the Jesus of Surburbia (see a theme here?)

TIf the game means so much to you, why not, oh I don't know, Just purchase a copy and save yourself the money that has been spent on gas to ferry you to and fro the stores. Billie Joe would think better of you as a person

Stop complaining

Family wanted a new XBOX 360 (the new kind that comes wi-fi ready)
There were none on the shelves
I go into the back to get one
And when I present it to them, what do I get?

Father: Why aren't there any on the shelves?

T:Jesus tap-dancing Christ, how should I know man? I'm just a floor grunt. I have no idea why there aren't any out here, It's not my department. Just be glad I got you one

Me: I honestly don't know sir, I don't work in this department.

I swear, I'm surprised our own species hasn't starved to death by now. Seriously.

[MoonCat]

T:Well congrats, lets just give this man a medal shall we? We can even call the reward, 'The stance to avoid technological progression medal of honor' We can put it right next to beer drinking and ass scratching

Well, those two pastimes are sure not out of fashion in my town

[Whiskey]

Well, those two pastimes are sure not out of fashion in my town

They're not out of fashion in my apartment

[Syriilord]

Well, those two pastimes are sure not out of fashion in my town

Those two pastimes are the cockroaches of the recreational world, not even tactical nuclear strikes will ever successfully eradicate them.
Fortunately, like switching on lights for their insect brethren, the majority of these cases can be hidden from sight by the simple act of switching off sport broadcasts.

Next stage is to ban them altogether

[mikoyan29]

The death of my VHS player pretty much was the clue for me. Fortunately, I already had a DVD player. (which I was reluctant to get btw...)

[chainedbarista]

SC: Do you think (store that rhymes with Tameshop) would have a display?

i'm pretty sure they don't; there's generally not enough room in a gs to put a setup like that.

The few, the proud, the terminally stupid.

fixed for accuracy and completeness...

[Sapphire Silk]

They're not out of fashion in my apartment

TMI . . . TMI!

[Julesy]

The lack of common sense

Stop complaining

Family wanted a new XBOX 360 (the new kind that comes wi-fi ready)
There were none on the shelves
I go into the back to get one
And when I present it to them, what do I get?

Father: Why aren't there any on the shelves?

T:Jesus tap-dancing Christ, how should I know man? I'm just a floor grunt. I have no idea why there aren't any out here, It's not my department. Just be glad I got you one

Me: I honestly don't know sir, I don't work in this department.

I swear, I'm surprised our own species hasn't starved to death by now. Seriously.

I always see people post that customers want to know whether they "still have some of xyz item in the back". And the answer is always no; cue the customer complaining and whining.

And now, for ONCE, just for this ONCE, there actually IS an item they want in the back... and they STILL complain ???
Man, you just can't win.

[Mytical]

For some customers...you could bring out what they want, a free bar of gold (that weighs 10 lbs), and dancing puppies for their amusement and they would complain that it wasn't dancing kitties and the gold wasn't shiny enough.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

F: Hi, do you have any movies on VHS?

Me: *Blank stare and pause for several seconds* No sir, VHS is a dead technology

F: *confused and with righteous indignation* No, it's not I still have 400 VHS tapes that I still watch.

"Oh, fine... do you have 'Avatar' on Beta?"



True story: I know a guy who, many many many years ago, was so proud of himself because he found a Beta machine and a ton of blank tapes. He was spending his spare time transfering all of his VHS movies to Beta because it had a better picture.

Think about that for a second.

[infinitemonkies]

F: Hi, do you have any movies on VHS?

Yup, next to the 8-tracks, just past the display of ultra lightweight 8lb car phones, on sale this week for a mere $2000.

[cinema guy]

My gf has just loaned me Toy Story 2 on VHS. I will have to hook up my VCR again to watch it.

Trivia: the last film to be released on VHS was A History of Violence, in 2005.

[Imogene]

He was spending his spare time transfering all of his VHS movies to Beta because it had a better picture.

Think about that for a second.

Okay... but only cause you told me to...

*think, think*

So, he's transferring the low quality picture to a high quality format? Not realizing that he'll still only have the low quality transfer on a high quality format? Taking a low res picture and copying it on a high res machine is just going to be a high res of a low def picture. Just no way to add resolution where there isn't any.

There's a damn good reason VHS was still around and Betamax wasn't. (Hell, for instance, my spell checker doesn't even recognize Betamax as being a word...) The only reason I can think of why he would be happy to have found a Betamax player/tapes is he is actually an inverted techno junkie...

[Shalom]

Gee, you mean copying a 128kbps MP3 to a 320kbps one isn't gonna make it sound better? But 320 is more than 128!

eta: There is sometimes a reason to use VHS, namely because whatever it is you're looking for is unavailable in any other format. I've been looking for a copy of the animation for Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi" that originally aired on the Sonny and Cher hour back in the '70s. Saw it once on Gargle Video, but it's gone now, I couldn't figure out how to save it at the time, and there doesn't seem to be any source online at all anymore. Neither was it ever released on DVD, but there's a VHS copy (presumably used) available for purchase online. I'm considering buying the damn thing and converting it myself, but I'd have to buy a vidcap board first.

[blas]

My Dad has this horrid habbit, he calls DVDs "tapes".

I have told him time and time again, this is not the dark ages anymore, TV has color, movies are on DVD, not tapes anymore, pops, and he just doesn't get it.