I wasn’t really sure what I was going to write today. I hadn’t chosen a title or a “feel” for it. I knew there was more I wanted to say about my store closing, I just wasn’t sure what. I just started writing, and let it come. The original post starts below the line. It is what it is.

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So yesterday’s post was very personal for me. It was also personal for a bunch of other people. I got messages from people I hadn’t heard from in ages. A couple of former co-workers phoned me to make sure my family will be okay. It was kind of cathartic for me, and that’s a good thing.

Tonight will be my first shift at Blockbuster since I heard the news. It’s going to be tricky. There are going to be the people who will miss the business and that’s fair. Some are going to miss “us”, and that’s going to be hard. Then there are the ones who will come in to gloat or look for early sales like vultures circling the last weakened members of a soon to be extinct species. Those will be the tricky ones.

They could be the hardest, if I have to control my natural impulses. On the other hand, they could be the easiest. Really, it’ll depend how hard they push me. I firmly believe everyone is entitled to their opinion. What a lot of people don’t realize is that I have one too. Normally when I’m on the other side of that counter, I keep it to myself. Now… we’ll see how that goes tonight.

During the first round of store closures I had people who were really upset that my store wasn’t closing too. I had one person swearing at me because I wouldn’t sell my rental movies at the liquidation prices of the store down the street. If any of “those” people come in, they could go home with a whole other kind of customer service experience. Not to mention, a better understanding of how store closures are about more than just awesome prices. They’re about people, and some of those people may not be in the mood to play nice with a self-obsessed twit-bag who thinks their cheap movies are more important than whether or not I can pay my bills!

Like I say, it could be a little tricky tonight. I’ll post later to let you know how it goes… if I make bail ;^D

Cheers, Winston