Queue up and wait – Thanks Blockbuster

I feel like bitching.

I could bitch about the three local radio stations that have gone to "all Christmas carols; all the time" since about two-weeks before Thanksgiving, but I bitched about that last year and the year before as a matter of fact. But given that Thanksgiving has passed and we're now into December, I suppose I must let a few stations go all annoyingly Christmas.

So instead I will bitch about Blockbuster.

Below are my queue selections at Blockbuster.com, and their current availability:

Title                                                    Availability

Kingdom of the Spiders                        Very Long Wait

The Day of the Triffids                        Very Long Wait

Cocaine Cowboys                                 Long Wait

Poltergeist                                           Long Wait

The Big Lebowski                                Very Long Wait

Rock Star                                            Available (Holy shit!)

King Rat                                              Short Wait

Tropic Thunder                                   Short Wait

Wonderland                                        Long Wait

Boogie Nights                                     Available (see above comment)

Hey Blockbuster, I've got a suggestion for your box. If there are that many people "waiting in line" for a movie, how about spending a little of that cash you're raking in every month and buy another copy, ya cheap f*cks.

Day of the Triffids has been in my queue since July; Kingdom of the Spiders since September, or maybe October. Regardless, you see my point damn it.

A week ago I conducted a little experiment. I deleted every "available" film from my queue just to see if having only "short, long, very long wait" movies in my queue would speed up the process of obtaining one of those hard-to-get flicks.

It did not.

So I complained to the Blockbuster customer service staff and received (more or less) the following reply:

"We're sorry that you're having trouble with your Blockbuster account. Might we suggest putting about 30 or so available movies in your queue so that you won't experience a discontinuation of service?"

In other words:

"We know you don't really want all this other sh*t, but we're hoping that it will pacify you while you wait for us to get around to sending you something that you really want. And as you're likely a typical, fat, lazy, couch potato, we figure that once you get something you'll pop it in the DVD player, shove some sort of snack food in your pie hole, and go back to staring at the TV."

So, yea I hear that ol' Marky Mark is pretty good in Rock Star.

So what are YOU waiting for?

Comments

[Snooze]

That's unacceptable. You should try switching to Netflix. I checked on just 3 of those titles and they were available now.

[Joe]

Snooze - I know, but I can't give up those freebies you get when you turn in the ones through the mail at the store.

[Lisa]

Why don't you two work out a deal and swap some DVD's?

[Joe]

Yea - so does Netflix offer porn?

[Snooze]

I believe they do! Not that I have any experience with that genre!!! :)

[moooooog35]

There's a WAIT for Poltergeist?!?

Netflix, dude. Netflix.

The longest I've waited was two days for Hancock.

By the way, Hancock is not gay porn. Just letting you know so you don't put it on your list.

[jf]

Swap? It looks like Joe gets everything he wants in exchange for a measly copy of Rock Star. That's not a swap, it's charity.

Not that you couldn't use a little of that about now, given that list, Joe.

[Joe]

And what, pray tell, is wrong with my list? It’s chock full of classics.

[diesel]

I never have that problem with Netflix.

I actually read the book The Day of the Triffids. It's surprisingly good. Never saw the movie.

It's a sign of a truly lousy radio station that they can just up and change their format for a month and nobody cares.

[diesel]

Holy crap, sorry about that. Your commenting thing was giving me trouble so I kept resubmitting the form. I guess I made my point.

[Joe]

Another vote for Netflix. But what about the FREEBIES??!!

I too have read DOTT, and yes it is a very good book. Slightly dated but a great read.

I considered leaving your additional entries just so I could feel good about the number of comments I'd received, but it feels tainted.

And I'm not talking about taint as in grundle.

[Jennifer]

Why are the two Marky Mark videos available?

I saw Wonderland. Made me wonder what the hell happened to Val Kilmer.

[HeyJoe]

Jennifer - I know, his career has sort of nose dived, hasn't it? I don't recall him in much after Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, which I never even saw.

[Sonia]

My sister, Tony's soon-to-be wife, looooves "Rock Star." Stand up and shout!

[HeyJoe]

I plan to stand up and shout if it ever arrives.

[Social_Expectations_Challenger]

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is a very amusing film. I definitely recommend it. Also, I can let you borrow my copy of Big Lebowski if you want...