By now, you have no doubt come across the “redbox”.
These are taking the place of video departments in many of your favorite grocery stores. I am all for technology. I feel bad if these redboxes cost anyone their prestigeous job working a video counter. But, I have to say my first redbox experience could have been so much better.
Not because of the redbox itself. Because, of the knuckleheads using the redbox.
First of all, on a friday night, the line rolls close to 10 deep. As a rule, I hate lines and grow impatient really quick. Now, this line could have moved so much faster if the people in it excercised some common sense.
- Have an idea of what you want to watch before you decide to rent a DVD. You’ve got close to a dozen people behind you and none of us want you to search through the thousands of titles available just to find the movie that fits your mood at that given second.
- Better yet, go online to reserve your copy BEFORE you go to the store.
- Oh, and trying to cut in line by coming from another direction (this happened to me), may deserve a vicious beating.
So after waiting for close to a half hour, I get my turn at the redbox. I pick “Horton Hears a Who” (I live with girls, don’t judge). And I’m away in less than 2 minutes. That was easy. Granted, not as easy as going to my mailbox to pick out my chosen movie.
*sigh*
Oh, how I miss my Netflix.