This is such a rare find. How many times do we really get to hear the final words of a corporation at the moment of collapse? And imagine this woman was tasked with delivering bad news to thousands of people suddenly out of work in an instant.
@Bigboybusington2988Ай бұрын
Believe it or not in a couple years this store might be making a comeback because by 2026. They plan on opening up 36 new locations in PA
@peterdavidallisonАй бұрын
Canty is just an octopus on this one.
@4x_bass3 ай бұрын
18歳
@METALMAN4Wii4 ай бұрын
Kmart put them out of business because Walmart wasn't as big in the north them yeah they had some stores but its not even 10% as big as now and most weren't super centers.
@anthonyviteri50375 ай бұрын
I heard they’re coming back!
@dmitristernhagen7 ай бұрын
I kne from Roblox
@WaldoBagelTopper7 ай бұрын
So many memories associated with Ames. The thinks I used to collect there when I was a kid: - Wrestling T shirts. Stone Cold Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart, etc - Music cassettes - Kris Kross/Totally Crossed Out, DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince/Code Red, Snow/12 Inches of Snow -WWF action figures - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures. - I got a Beetlejuice action figure for my 6th birthday there. - I got a Terminator 2 action figure for my 7th birthday there. The empty store looks so liminal. It looks scary. Maybe even a little sinister, because it is a husk of something that made us feel comfortable as younger people. But also brings comfort within that darkness. All I can think about is what a psychological bombshell it would be to walk through a portal and be THERE breathing the air of that era.
@holzman007 ай бұрын
This used to be someone's life. All those Ames employees used to wake up every day for years to go there. They all worked and scrificed for something that one day would no longer exist. It became a part of their identities in a way. To know that Ames has been gone for over 2 decades at this point, seeing this is like taking a glimpse into a world that no longer exists. Watching this feels weird.
@philipdefibaugh56839 ай бұрын
The training video being shown while the final voice-mail is playing is creepy with the foam Halloween tombstone as the last image.
@LBKidsGaming7 ай бұрын
Where did that come from? Did they seriously make a Tombstone grieving on theirselves to sell? If so its pretty hilarious but I've never seen anyone do that before...
@ronswansonsdog2833 Жыл бұрын
Looks like Target.
@LBKidsGaming7 ай бұрын
The red from the 90s was better on them anyway, I've seen quite a bit of people say that some stores that include Ames look like Target on the inside, like Coles from Australia, Bradlees Department Store or Caldor Department Store.
@LBKidsGaming7 ай бұрын
If stores that Closed so long ago still look like a modern Target means it's basically an illusion that Targets are modern looking because they updated some things but kept the look.
@tarrabaron Жыл бұрын
My aunt worked for Ames, and she talked about this message frequently. She was in Rocky Hill.
@jackilynpyzocha662 Жыл бұрын
Ames is making a comeback!
@LOAT_Official5 ай бұрын
Unfortunately my guy that was just a fake rumour
@christianjames12 Жыл бұрын
I remember working as a store employee from May 1996-June 2002. Months before Ames closed for good. I am so happy they are going to come back this year
@davemau5e Жыл бұрын
It’s a hoax, they’re not coming back unfortunately 🫤
@disneydanny2 Жыл бұрын
she forgot to say "see you in 21 years" kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJfFi5mfZ9OheKs
@ceelee9222 Жыл бұрын
21 Years later they are returning! My chikdhood! My heart is so happy lol!😍😍
@loridontcaretotellu6497 Жыл бұрын
They aren't returning unfortunately. Scam.
@thebestchannel5456 Жыл бұрын
@@loridontcaretotellu6497What was the point though? 😂
@kevinkelley3906 Жыл бұрын
It's so depressing. The happy lively store then empty store.
@BloxySpeedBuilds Жыл бұрын
ames is coming back
@orangecat5909 Жыл бұрын
Not anymore sister we back 2023.
@jeffreygaudreau8412 Жыл бұрын
Now it's coming back to life
@milfordcivic6755 Жыл бұрын
It appears to be a hoax.
@krr7752 Жыл бұрын
I worked at Ames in ossippee NH I started out on stocking crew and got promoted to department manager of electronics I worked from January 1999 till October 5th 2002 I loved my job there if my store had not closed I would still be working there. My manger mr Farnsworth was the best manger I've ever had in my 25 years in retail. Sadly he passed away in 2014 I found out just two years ago . I loved working with everyone at the ossippee NH location God bless them all
@BloxySpeedBuilds Жыл бұрын
they are reopening
@nn-jv4kv Жыл бұрын
I bet the quality of the goods at that store was better than what is sold at Walmart.
@kfw341 Жыл бұрын
Who’s the person saying the message?
@johnwalsh72562 жыл бұрын
It's like when all the kids grow up and leave the house 🏠 to start there lives elsewhere.
@johnwalsh72562 жыл бұрын
All things come to pass.
@johnwalsh72562 жыл бұрын
Good luck and God speed.
@jmvasquez23122 жыл бұрын
Is the uploader still alive
@rayn1ful2 жыл бұрын
i dont think we ever had Ames up here in Canada.If they wanna open up here in Canada we will welcome them with open arms. we got hardly any stores left.
@WhatstheStory1232 жыл бұрын
This is sad to hear! I made a video on their history
@Bobbythefanman2 жыл бұрын
I remember going to the liquidation sale very sad to see this store close but I always blamed walmart for this because they put a lot of these stores out of business such as ames caldor Bradless and Bennys I miss them all
@108CAM2 жыл бұрын
Usually voicemail recordings get lost very fast but this one is a lucky survivor
@wolfgang10972 жыл бұрын
It's too bad I never got to shop at Ames as they pulled out of Florida when both of my older sisters were babies at the time. If they were still in Florida back then, I would have went there with my family until I was five years old and my sisters would have remembered it. Unfortunately, it never happened.
@CoverageAwarenessStudio2 жыл бұрын
I want to bring back Ames... It was a place for all and now we have Wal-Mart and Target... Target is a shitty store and you hardly see anyone shopping there.
@mycollectibles2 жыл бұрын
I remember the Ames In New Hartford New York in the late 90s Early 2000s my parents went there they still have figures of the Grinch they got there the same year the movie came out the same year I went to see it at a theater that's no more at the mall but I remember the Christmas stuff the pine cones that smelled good the little village trees I also remember the Halloween stuff the shaking skeletons with moving jaws costumes scary music CDs playing animated decorations i actually found some animated Halloween stuff from the 90s with Ames stickers on the boxes I also got a Christmas village part with an Ames sticker I found them at thrifty shopper Thats at the same shopping center where it was that's pretty spooky like a ghost going to a new house seeing stuff changed
@airtsc3 жыл бұрын
Here is the transcript: Just a couple of reminders, Tools need to be called in by 10:00hrs by Monday (9 September 2002), you may call at any point, leave a message on your Table Representative's voicemail, with the hours worked and salaries of the associates, and number of days worked. You may call that in at any time between Saturday night and Monday morning by 10:00. Please make sure that the Mail, the Post Office (USPS) has been informed of the forwarding address to Ames Home Office 2418 Main Street, Rocky Hill, Connecticut, 06067. Once again when leaving the building, set the perimeter alarms, by passive motion, and this will reduce the number of false alarms after we vacate. Interior Lights should be shut off by the breakers, leaving a few nightlights scattered around the salesfloor. Vacate checklist, locate anything thats been left by the fixture liquidators, such as phone equipment, ticketing equipment, If they haven't sold it, it will be left where it is. The main thing with all the fixtures and anything that has not sold, is that it is left in the building NEATLY. Once again the final vacate checklist, photos and stamps, should be mailed by Tuesday, 12 November 2002. Once again, i'd like to thank everyone for their help and cooperation over the past few months, and i wish everybody the best of luck in the future.
@waynecorreia58682 жыл бұрын
First paragraph should read: Just a couple of reminders. Payroll (not Tools) needs to be called in by 10am on Monday. You may call at any point. Leave a message on your Payroll Representative's (not Table Representative's) voicemail box either with the hours worked (meaning for hourly employees) or, for salaried associates, the number of days worked. In the third paragraph, "by passive motion" should be "bypass the motion" meaning bypassing the motion detectors. The rest is ok aside from a few words missing or replaced here and there.
@scottdunn45063 жыл бұрын
I remember before they went out of business I went there to get the Eminem show cd when it first came out that’s the last time I went them it’s sad they went out of business
@youlookingatme5753 жыл бұрын
0:10 Mom? Is that you?
@thecolorenhancmentchannel4323 жыл бұрын
I worked at AMES in Cheektowaga, New York in 1999.
@autofox17443 жыл бұрын
I used to live in Dover, NH. There was an Ames there when I was growing up, next to the Hannaford. The old Ames space has been vacant for nearly 20 years; Hannaford uses it to store carts and such, but if you look inside you can still see the checkout lines, and a lot of the old brand advertising on the walls. Apparently, Hannaford has blocked pretty much every potential tenant, inadvertently preserving a retail time capsule. I loved Ames. It had an AMAZING hobby section; first place I ever saw Gundam model kits!
@bjv932 жыл бұрын
Oh, so THAT's why no one else has moved in and the building is still in relatively good condition. They must still keep the heating and cooling systems running in addition to a couple of lights on scattered around the place.
@richh92783 жыл бұрын
It’s 2021 February our local K Mart here in Pennsylvania is closing the last one 😢
@misterxar3 жыл бұрын
Time Marches On
@cmdrshotgun89713 жыл бұрын
I remember calling in for this last message, it was horrible.
@Elite4593 жыл бұрын
haunting
@mushroomcloud13 жыл бұрын
It is like a voice from beyond the grave.
@mushroomcloud13 жыл бұрын
Sad...
@SkrrtzSneakers3 жыл бұрын
lol here is the funny thing i know the dude do u want me to share this whith him?
@stikerman98413 жыл бұрын
@ 2:03, obviously, she did that on purpose, because she had a crush on that dude, wonder what ever came of that?
@leaninglight69373 жыл бұрын
They would be the next Walmart but they didn’t expand around the country
@FunkyStudios3 жыл бұрын
to know that the place this was recorded in also was abandoned with the stores.