Blockbuster Training Video [1990] - Buster Sales Pt 2

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This is Part 2 a Blockbuster training video from 1990.
Driscoll & Egbert Part 1 -- • Blockbuster Training V...
Buster Sales Part 1 -- • Blockbuster Training V...

[@ZakeBudek]

So many unanswered questions. Will Kristen ever go on a date with Brian? How do I convert a provisional member into full membership privileges? Does Douglas ever receive medication? How do I reverse log a video returned after Saturday Midnight? Did they find the bodies in 60s Movies Buff's basement?

[@ancientapparition1638]

Find out in the next episode of Dragonball Z!

[@Streetw1s3r]

The clerk crushing over Brian's name is Marie. Kristen was her friend in part 1 who was baby sitting. LISTEN. THINK. ACT.

[@CMT1995]

Top 10 anime episode endings of all time

[@oldgroucho2203]

this should be a Netflix series. I am hooked.

[@teavo3808]

@@oldgroucho2203 You joke, but I would legitimately give this miniseries a watch. A dark take on Buster would be quite interesting (see: Be More Chill)

[@ShaineEdwards]

Moral of the story.... your boss is never satisfied...

[@Trainy2]

Wants perfection done at minimum wage.

[@SamAndrew27]

If you have a shit boss, sure.

[@musicfreak4782]

TheEndTrend I have a shit boss.

[@yaqeensnipes2451]

Shaine Edwards lmao

[@JustYourAverageGirl2002]

@@SamAndrew27 Anyone who works retail has a shit boss.

[@Admeralsarms]

too bad buster didn't think, listen and acted when netflix came out.

[@urnan9073]

LMAO IM FUCKING DEAD

[@songohan3321]

Admeralsarms Turns out he is hiding in Alaska.

[@mikasaackermann8736]

all these comments are a gold mine. this especially

[@JasnoGT]

Winner

[@Fireglo]

Netflix didn't kill Blockbuster. Blockbuster killed themselves by not keeping up with the times. Of course they turned Netflix down because at the time Netflix was worth jack shit.

[@communicationbreakdown256]

it ends at #2? I was ready for a whole season :(

[@JCesartje]

Best comment ever!

[@sappypngn]

April Simkins Yes, I was curious about the romance between the employee and whomever Buster would whore her to.

[@travisbest9041]

😆

[@8bitRae]

Netflix cancelled it :(

[@communicationbreakdown256]

8bitRae if we all petition maybe they will bring it back

[@TheHDStation]

Doug is a hot millionaire software developer now.

[@VestinVestin]

Marie, on the other hand, is still struggling with schizophrenia and working a minimum wage job. On the bright side - at least she's not a nerd nor a nerd-lover ^^.

[@jaredporikos2197]

@@VestinVestin nerds are awesome

[@VestinVestin]

@@jaredporikos2197 Naturally.

[@jaredporikos2197]

@@VestinVestin :D heck yes

[@_sallymander_4747]

Actuallyyyyyyy Doug is the dude from Dairy Queen that played with my feelings 😂😂

[@benanderson7571]

Like she'd be able to feel that piece of popcorn thrown at her giant mane of hair.

[@TimEric4d3d3d3]

What's the big idea?

[@BrittRomz5743]

I was thinking the same thing!!!! The actress probably turned around when they gave her a que

[@freakyfornash]

L.O.L., and that's just what I was thinking too!

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

each of her hairs is like a fine, sensitive antenna~ which needs to be tuned to sense the custmer's needs.

[@vicdeakins2238]

MY MAN!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@AbbasKhan9364]

Anyone else on a training videos marathon right now?

[@colliric]

Abbas Khan yeah... lol. I think it's the whole "We the customer were never meant to see this" factor. Now thanks to KZbin we get our glimpse behind the curtain of large 90s franchises. Been watching old Nintendo training videos all week.

[@jasonrothfeld]

I thought I was the only weirdo

[@weirdofreak2505]

+Jason Rothfeld I absolutely love you♡

[@askhowiknow5527]

Jason Rothfeld You're never alone if you're a weirdo

[@jasonrothfeld]

weirdo freak :)

[@miguelacp83]

She was already the ideal employee at the beginning: smiling and minding her own damn business allowing customers some goddamn space.

[@tncorgi92]

😂

[@ww2truth603]

so sad.. watching this poor schizophrenic girl battle her delusions, hallucinations, and voices while working her minimum wage job :( truly a portrait of american life :(

[@genebijou3772]

All for the American dream fam.

[@Spacemonkey907]

This needs to be a Netflix series

[@NightWatchMan0111671]

It's ironic how this beautiful and likable yet schizo girl looks like Pamela Springsteen from Sleepaway Camp 2&3. I think that Angela Baker killed the real Marie and took her place. Boy what a movie that would make.

[@aimlesslost]

I worked for a place that was promoting this sort of thinking .. psychopatic sales , and I quit it . It was too insane .

[@davidlopezbuenrostro7008]

Shes showing signs of paranoia as well

[@busterkeatonsbriefs]

Calls himself a 60's movies buff but doesn't know the name of the last Peter Sellers, Woody Allen movie.

[@mariannedavila3574]

he got nervous because of the girl ;)

[@CaptainSpalding72]

Haha. Im a fan of the beatles but dont know who the lead singer is.

[@CaptainSpalding72]

Good Christ.. stupid fuckers

[@CaptainSpalding72]

Never dumb enough to buy candy at BB. Dollar General Store, you overpriced twats.

[@CMT1995]

That's actually pretty depressing; shows how dumber every decade is getting :/

[@Dokujitsu]

Remember to do all this for minimum wage and no commission!

[@lacyt7552]

The most important rule, often unspoken. Wonder why? 😏

[@DraconianPolicy]

This is basically a sales apprenticeship. She'll go on to "guide" consumers in bigger and better ways, but the art of psychological manipulation has to start somewhere.

[@JustYourAverageGirl2002]

@@DraconianPolicy Is this a joke? Please tell me this is a joke.

[@dominicdennis320]

@@JustYourAverageGirl2002 I think Phil is from Blockbuster Hq, probably got a lot of spare time nowadays

[@Stretch501st]

Look at who they have in their training videos.... teenagers. Minimum wage in the 80s and 90s was not meant to be for adults, but as entry level positions teenagers can do around school. It’s messed up and sad how many adults work low level minimum wage jobs.

[@TheCMnews]

When she said she would check their video catalogue, I thought they were gonna at least use a 90s computer, and then they pulled out a giant ass book, and I about stopped breathing.

[@jessicadevries9463]

I was expecting the same!

[@GadflySwats]

Aw that's so sweet.

[@kbbbb7]

No wonder they're dead, they stopped investing in the 1980s...

[@misterhot9163]

I know I almost lost my s***t when I saw it!!

[@blacke347]

I work at an autopart store and we still have a shelf of like 40 catalogs with vehicles and part numbers in it. Never had to grab one, but one day I'm sure I will.

[@stanmcserr8576]

If that piece of popcorn can come out of the monitor, then my fist can go in.

[@CoindoorDave]

And other body parts...if you are so inclined

[@andrewcook3726]

I just laughed out loud haha

[@genebijou3772]

Give it to him!!! He's clearly begging for it.

[@terminatorx2545]

So can a bullet

[@CMT1995]

Oh, right... cuz part of me wanted to flip the bird as my arm went through

[@MikeBoardley]

Does anyone else see the irony in this? We've all been forced to watch cheesy videos like these when we started some entry level, dead end job and hated it and now we're on KZbin watching it for fun. LOL.

[@harshmnr]

Sadly/luckily, I've never been in a job where I've had to watch a training video. :/ ~:~

[@ReglazeRX]

You're right. I've suffered early 90's Burger King training videos lol! Worst job ever.

[@dantheman8103]

I honestly enjoyed training videos most times... but I usually got in trouble once they explained to me to stop laughing they aren't supposed to be comedies. Then why are they always so funny?

[@dancepiglover]

I think the real irony is that this was a video tape about video tapes and now we watch it on the internet.

[@ReglazeRX]

@@dancepiglover man I'm way too baked for that level of insanity 👍👍👍

[@DayLateGamerWill]

I like how this is a story about a woman suffering from psychosis.

[@HybridBlueDream]

Chill

[@drawingsivedone]

im glad im not the only one that thinks this. buster is clearly a hallucination since no one else notices him and when customers ask who shes talking to she acts like it was nothing. Very distressing training video 4/5

[@augustwinter1291]

😂😂😂😂 I'm crying

[@solomoon3083]

Hahadshsdhaaasdjsdssfjaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaa😂😂😂

[@Dr.Salmusic]

2:21

[@TheMrBuer]

I used to work at Blockbuster. This video is indicative of their strategy and mantra - nothing you could do for customers was ever good enough! They needed to rent 14 videos and purchase a bathtubfull of food before they left the store before your overlords were appeased.

[@EPrimeify]

I used to work at BlockBuster and I'm laughing so fucking hard 'cus it's so fucking true.

[@DasButterBoat]

Damn skippy! Every suggestion I gave that might have "enabled" customers in any way was shot down in flames fast. They did not want competent shoppers who only needed a rare foreign film...They wanted high-fructose laden zombies with a penchant for playing Nintendo while watching Dorf Does Golf videos. If you were loaded down with three screaming kids all wanting Disney flicks, you were marked at the front door like meat!

[@brett6905]

Thats just corporate America in general. I worked at Sun Tan City one summer in college for three days, and they expected me to sell everyone a package some tanning lotion, some moisturizing lotion, some bronzer, an upgraded package, a gift card, and cheap eye wear, every single time they came in. We had a couple whose skin looked like leather and my manager would try to upgrade them to a higher wattage bed for that extra 20 dollars.

[@sushistalker2696]

Lol

[@StevenKelley]

I was a manager at blockbuster during the VHS days. I didn't care. I just gave free movies to the customers that complained. But we were hounded to sell those $14 membership to each customer, and it wasn't really a good deal.

[@nicholasmorello1186]

"Doug's a nerd." Plot twist: Doug goes on to invent Netflix. Hail to the nerds baby!

[@andrewparke1764]

Doug invented Netflix to put Marie out of a job? That's fucking dedication...

[@snakes3425]

Doug never forgot Marie rejecting him, the forty-dollar late fee was just the straw that broke the camel's back

[@areannaquintessa]

OMG! her husband will freak out when he finds out she spent $15.84 instead of only $10.00. she may have just caused a divorce. O:

[@BrittRomz5743]

Hahahaha! 😋

[@lurchaddams3601]

+areanna beyer she will come back next week with broken teeth and a black eye.

+areanna beyer lol you complained about being here for part one now here you are watching the conclusion? I guess you just couldn't keep away from the old BU!

[@areannaquintessa]

yogibear2k10 Well I had to find out what happened. lolz

[@joshuasanders6946]

+areanna beyer same xD

[@metallijosh]

I would just turn the monitor off.

[@redstoyotarunnerwithstri-hp9gm]

then it would turn into a poltergeist situation, i would just listen to him and get it over with to avoid his wrath.

[@josh24441]

metallijosh I would just get a couple of the VERY expensive 2 liters that blockbuster sold and just throw them all at the tv and try to brake all the tvs

[@Lindathemightywitch]

Then how would she have gotten trained for her new job?!

[@pizza_pizza_pizza9943]

Buster don't play that shit

[@AngrySanta]

Eventually, This blockbuster was found to have a severe amount of lead in the store's paint. This caused several employees to hallucinate and in one case a customer, Douglas, who suffered brain damage. A lawsuit was settled in 2002 and the area was demolished, The only remnant now is rubble and a single VHS of Jungle 2 Jungle which was ordered but never picked up.

[@FrankieTeardrop1998]

This woman is definitely hallucinating a strange man on TV screens.

[@jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821]

and im the king of pluto

[@solomoon3083]

@@jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821 lucky.

[@productions6818]

Marge Simpson detailed her husbands abuse. More than $10 on movies, and she gets punished. It was a cry for help. ' Marie missed it. Missed that opportunity to save Marge. Marge Simpson. Simpson. Marge. Simpson.

[@genebijou3772]

Why would she help Marge with her personal life? Sales wouldnt increase.

[@openscholar9908]

Marge was a REAL person. That needed help. Marge Simpson.

[@princessmarlena1359]

D’oh!

[@thesteelecrusader7778]

AY CARAMBA!

[@Manche-De-Pelle]

Just come often so you'll see more movie ... I don't think it's wise ... if the husband gave her a budget of 10$ a week and Marge goes 3 times in a week spending 8$. The poor minimum wage employee who got hallucination issue (schizophrenia for sure) just became accomplis of the massacre of the poor Marge Simpson by her husband.

[@mulletboater]

okay, the end put it together. Buster is the ghost of a store manager that died on duty in the mid 80s. His last words as he clenched his chest and fell to the floor: "UPSELL! UPSELL!! UPSELL!!!" Since then: he appears only making himself perceivable to store employees, and he made himself into this Buster character to not scare them with the gruesome truth of his origin.

[@RETROGEMS]

Oooh, that makes for a cool little ghost story, I like it.

[@storm.xorcosu1669]

Buster is a manifestation of all the mental suffering and torture previous employees were subjected to.

[@mememe84]

"if you order it today, it will be here by the end of the week" ... today people won't wait 3 hr download 😭😭😭

[@br33zy771]

hilarious. Anytime i went in a blockbuster the people working there were rarely to be found and never suggested shit, lol

[@davidhonez8859]

Same here, mine was always like a ghost town

[@jsythe7143]

"Here comes Marge Simpson". How lazy can you be?

[@Nabinut]

It was an internal video and bet no one outside of employees would see it. Otherwise, they would have been more creative.

[@jackiejikariti8718]

Justin Forsythe The people who saw this probably didn't even know what the Simpson's was

[@rashadespeed4532]

D'oh

[@Mr.Obongo]

Jackie Jikariti know they knew. The Simpsons was already a popular show, and these are people working in a video rental store so of course they knew.

[@GVGames1986]

Exactly.. they are making it entertaining because the Blockbuster staff need to pay attention to it.

[@CodingAbroad]

But mrs Simpson still paid over $10 even though she specifically said she wasn't allowed too. Mr Simpson is gonna be annoyed!

[@ralphus44]

You mean Homer?

[@Vixx89]

Andrew Howard she couldn't pay more than 10 dollars for tapes alone, so the vcr cleaner was ok lol

[@ajtheown]

Depending on when this video was released, it may have come out before season 1 of the Simpsons was aired.... So long ago....

[@sarahh6]

It was 1990, Simpsons started in '89

[@openscholar9908]

D'OH!

[@flipidy94]

Listen to the customer unless you trick them into going over their 10$ budget willingly then it's ok.

[@PaulyFunk]

her husband is going to go bannanas

[@turkey2003]

Poor Marge Simpson. She went over her limit by 5 dollars and is going to get a savage beating when she gets home.

[@theoddcorner5792]

How the fuck is she out of touch with recently released movies but have knowledge on a specific 1960s movie starring Woody Allen?

[@Groth1175]

Was this opportunity expert on vacation when Blockbuster missed the boat on Netflix?

[@ResidentGerm]

+Groth1175 actually the founder of Netflix pitched the idea to Blockbuster in the late 90's and the response that Blockbuster gave to him was that it wasn't a good idea and that movies by mail would never take off or be successful, boy was they wrong.

[@Groth1175]

***** Yup, exactly what I was thinking :)

[@imtheotherdave]

+ResidentGerm They also later had the opportunity to buy the business at a relatively low price.

[@rebelyell1983x]

Best comment! :)

[@MrLogical79]

Didn't Doug's mom go over the 10$ limit when they bought the VCR cleaner?

[@sefccms93]

Incoming backhand from Mr. Simpson

[@heartrock83]

Oh, Brian! I hear you're having a get-together. How about I come by and you can clean the head of my VCR?

[@genebijou3772]

I choked!!!!!

[@CaptainSpalding72]

She swallowed his jizz before they left the parking lot

[@miniena7774]

Brian Garon Bahahaha!

[@phillipg1331]

@@CaptainSpalding72 well that escalated quickly

[@ralphus44]

I'm in love with Marie the Blockbuster girl. That hair!

[@ROZENHART]

Same

[@partIycIoudy]

Ikr I love her hair

[@jamiegreenwood4159]

I love her hair too

[@chernobylcoleslaw6698]

Legit cost half the budget

[@VINCENTDARKLY]

I don't know who is more crazy. The girl who is having hallucinations about a man talking to her on the TV or me for watching this Training Video.

[@chernobylcoleslaw6698]

This is a question I don't want answered ....

[@jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821]

ur the crazy one

[@dndsmith1ify]

What video.....

[@timlot]

I just knew that "videolog" was going to be a big ass binder instead of a computer. I missed those days.

[@pmattoon]

Yeah, and the people look and dress much sharper too. Now all the kids have bangs over their faces and pants on the ground.

[@Banjo_Oz]

Did he say Marge Simpson? Buster mocking the hell out of the nerdy kid was *real* classy. Nice to think of your customers like that behind their backs and shows that all the "help" he's suggesting is 100% just about fleecing them in the short-term and not making them like your store/company enough to keep coming back. And wait... if she comes in more often, she'll still pay more than what her controlling husband restricts her to! And she paid MORE than $10 this trip! WTF?

[@ironwolf56]

Given when this training video came out and accounting for lead time for filming it etc... it may have been just before the Simpsons existed (or they were just obscure from the Tracy Ullman show) so funny enough that might have just been a funny coincidence. Kinda like how the protagonist of the movie Troll is named Harry Potter.

[@dontrockwobble]

@@ironwolf56 It definitely is from 1990, you can cross-check the movies listed behind her ("Tremors" for example). The Simpsons debuted as a full series in fall 1989 and was a huge hit when this was filmed, making the Marge Simpsons reference a bit odd as the woman was nothing at all like cartoon Marge, and her son even less like Bart. It makes no sense. And yet I'm pretty sure we've all thought about this far more than the brain trust that created the video.

[@dedwendell]

At first I was sad when she wrote off Doug just because he's a nerd, but then I saw Doug and totally understood.

[@AverageJoExplorations]

"Parting is such sweet sorrow"

[@gary1961]

Apparently, Doug was hung like a Tibetan Yak and enjoyed a long career in hard core porno movies in the 1990s until he succumbed from AIDS. Marie dodged a bullet by avoiding him.

[@harshmnr]

But those are the people that are hidden gems when you actually get to know them. :) ~:~

[@princessmarlena1359]

He gives off serial killer vibes...

[@Kai0nTheMoon]

Honestly I thought Doug was retarded, which was a word we all were 'allowed' to use back in 1990

[@brigadierburnsauce]

Buster deserves a hearty "FUCK OFF!"

[@lordeuronymous]

brigadierburnsauce He probably drank bleach when the company went under. The franchised stores not owned by blockbuster are still open.

[@TheAaronFreeze]

clean the VCR every 20 hours? wild...

[@you_just]

TheAaronFreeze 20 hours of use. Like every ten movies you watch, not more than once a day.

[@DerekEvans1013]

Damn I better clean my VCR heads....

[@CMT1995]

*that aukward moment when I realized my VCR never got cleaned*

[@zacharysiple783]

@@CMT1995 Agreed.

[@Alexander_l322]

Like once a month maybe longer but it’s not as important as it sounds and the best way to clean it is to open the case and do it manually

[@RICKJAME5]

She's sunshine on a cloudy day lol

[@bigbowlowrong4694]

Millennial Smark's WWE Channel Marie instantly got wetter than an otter’s pocket with that line

[@celluloidfun]

PVT Tapes? Previously Viewed Tapes Tapes?

[@dg_3]

When she became an opportunity expert, shod she have gotten trapped in the video realm and Buster freed

[@saltedcrypts4780]

it's a travesty that that isn't what happened.

[@inikainika1523]

LOL good one

[@CamdenBloke]

I was kind of expecting that, actually.

[@lordeuronymous]

What if he's only 3 inches at max hardness?

[@dg_3]

what

[@compazine]

04:50 Buster mocks a customer's son. Which part of listen, think and act (like a fool) does that fall under

[@Fermifire]

2:27 What mental problems look like. None of this shit is happening it's all in her head.

[@earp1673]

Meh nothing a little lithium can't fix!

[@Domarius64]

Lithium? Rechargable batteries??

[@jiveturkey2347]

Fermifire Or maybe Buster is a demon who pesters people everywhere into optimising profits.

[@Domarius64]

earp1673 I think you meant Valium...

[@eaglevision993]

Lithium can also be used as a medication. Not just for the batteries....

[@Whoo711]

Mocking a customer's son?? wow... How did this get past the necessary review people before being shown to employees?? Hm...

[@randomfools808]

The 90s!

[@benjaminmonroy8622]

It was the 90s people back then didn't get as offended as people do now today...

[@levyathan8108]

@@benjaminmonroy8622 I mean, it's not even that offensive, it's just kinda being a jerk

[@davidhonez8859]

It's the 90's you could get away with it.

[@ethancroft2560]

@Spic Olé That's crazy. Just out of curiosity, what company was that, or if you don't want to say the specific company, what industry?

[@Patrick19833]

Blockbuster making fun of the handicapped?

[@Davidjon1946]

@Clout Academy I literally laughed out loud

[@chernobylcoleslaw6698]

I was just thinking that. Maybe they went bankrupt cos they got cancelled?

[@halaniwalombardi3562]

@@chernobylcoleslaw6698 Netflix and Amazon stupid..

[@GeneralMartinus]

ANY cashier knows an old woman DOES NOT dispense her change THAT fast.

[@antonbanks8303]

Now I'm fully trained to work at a store that doesn't exist anymore.

[@azrael6678ify]

i think doug's dad maybe hitting doug's mom

[@MrAndrewthedude]

Lol people think she is a psycho because she screams at a blank tv and constantly thinks out loud.

[@ursie1986]

This poor girl just trying to hold down a shitty job in the midst of a schizophrenic episode.

[@tenofdiamonds6440]

"I'm a 60's movie buff but I don't know the name of this well known 60's movie!"

[@TNAROHfan]

Well he probably wasn't even real. Marie imagined him.

[@tenofdiamonds6440]

@@TNAROHfan Marie has some issues.

[@davethewebguy]

Jesus Christ, it's a little brutal bringing in an actual clinically spectrumed adult to play the unwanted "nerd" isn't it?

[@tonemc6047]

Or he’s a really good actor ?

[@chernobylcoleslaw6698]

Blockbuster had no chill

[@TropicalPriest]

Doug went full Simple Jack.

[@brianstraight9308]

TropicalPriest He was less of a "nerd" than the Pink Panther/Casino Royale guy.

[@yucatansuckaman5726]

Never do it

[@nathanmcdonald610]

Lmao.

[@AmusedBigfoot]

Still a better love story than Twilight.

[@brianstraight9308]

Couldn't think of the names of any Sean Connery movies but knew the movie "Casino Royale", a James Bond spoof, right-off the top of her head with vague description. What is with this chick?

[@brianstraight9308]

So is talking to people who aren't there.

[@ethancroft2560]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@BrooklynAvenue]

The blockbuster chick is boinkable.

[@misterhot9163]

+Wrath's Turntable Time Machine Rocksmash Attack (AKA The Mysterious Reuploader, Ace-edo Mask!) yeah not anymore probably...

[@shanshan8687]

MisterHot not necessarily she seems like she was a teen back then so now she would be in her 40s. if she took care of herself she'd probably definitely be a MILF

[@misterhot9163]

+Shannon rodgers good point

[@livelaughlove0209]

Shan Shan well, she didn't at all, her name is Robin a. Florence Andrews

[@troywright359]

@@livelaughlove0209 she aged well

[@ansiaaa]

omg she's so cute :O I love you Blockbuster chick!

[@gcf7175]

IKR

[@simp-slayer]

she's probably hit 50 by now

[@rudolphg76]

Stop reminding me of my mortality.

[@simp-slayer]

rudolphg76 nah you're special. You'll stay like this forever.

[@sangieredwolf]

She might be 15 too

[@KettleBlacktheBat]

I wanna make a psychological thriller based off these training videos. Poor girl just wanted a small job to hold her over for cash in High School.....she never asked for what came next. I'll call it.....Busted.

[@ClearwaterMK2]

How about....."Block-Busted!!!"

[@loganford6483]

I would get behind this idea

[@Lindathemightywitch]

Eww! Lol gross!

[@1stNutbar]

We need to start funding this idea right away

[@corsaircarl9582]

20 years later, Doug becomes the first man to discover the quantum equation and the manipulation of quantum foam to create wormholes and garner in a new age of humanity going into the stars and making peace with an alien race. Marie lives at home with her alcoholic mom and live-in boyfriend with 2 children from two previous marriages, and is the night shift manager at McDonald's.

[@terrymadre9286]

+Elena Gilbert I feel as if Doug's dad is a wife beater and his dad kicks him around a lot. Seriously, the kid is seriously fucked up. Plus, they spent $15.84 that was 5.84 over the 10.00 budget!

[@cakestalker]

+Corsair Carl Would have been fun if they did an update on those people involved... "Life After Blockbuster".

[@terrymadre9286]

***** I still swear the lady who rents movies for her son and his pals (who lets their mom rent music videos for them?) is the lady from that Glee show.

[@mrstrange5457]

+Corsair Carl the good old days

[@cakestalker]

+boobboomagoo You can rent music videos? Thought you only could watch those on MTV (pre-internet of course :)

[@SuperJumpReviews]

I miss going to Blockbuster after getting a report card and getting a free movie.

[@mercymainbtw8132]

Omg rightttt

[@delorber]

Just remember the three easy steps. Make Us Money.

[@krugrdmegatron]

I think the nerd in the beginning is pulling a Ted Bundy routine.

[@theedgeofoblivious]

I do believe that $15.84 is more than $10.

[@Tictac-s2e]

Mission accomplished then. She made the customer happy (by fulfilling an implied need), and made more money for the company. Ain't sales great?

[@artc667]

First question I'd have for Buster would be: "Do I get commission? 'Cuz if not I ain't selling shit!"

[@Trainy2]

A training video where they're mocking and making fun of a customer. Much simpler times these were.

[@sashabrat097]

I work at Blockbuster when I was 17 in the early 2000s and I remember watching this training video 😅

[@jctrock]

That is so weird they didn’t update the training video..

[@nathanmcdonald610]

Lmao, I worked at a video rental store in the same time frame and our training videos were from the 1980's and early 1990s as well haha.

[@nathanmcdonald610]

@@jctrock That would require spending money which is the anthesis of major corporations.

[@ItzTrinityZZ]

Spending my Sunday watching this, This. Is. Life.

[@VMIFerrari]

So am I. I don't know if I should be happy, or sad!

[@ItzTrinityZZ]

VMIFerrari lol either way, these videos are cool

[@harmie1743]

Tragiic ya the 90s seem cool

[@VMIFerrari]

When this video was made, 16-bit game systems were the latest thing, you'd see stuff about the Gulf War on TV every day, nobody carried mobile phones, and there was no internet.

[@r3v3rs3tWiLiT3]

Actually they had Internet, just slow as fuck. Downloading a Jpeg would take up to 30 minutes! 😁

[@kab4292]

This is sooooooo pre-internet. It's awesome.

[@beingsshepherd]

It's a Peter Sellers data repository.

[@mogwaigremlin7188]

Fleece the customer for every fucking penny. Do it. FUCKING DO IT.

[@xavierpaololedesmamandreza]

My god. The 1980's. Good times. Proudly destroyed by KZbin and Netflix. Most convenient to us consumers nowadays, though.

[@misterhot9163]

Buster pimped Marie out on Brian....

[@sailingmanuel]

Maria should be pushing 45 years old now a days.

[@PerversionsOfNature]

And in a sanatorium somewhere, recovering from her latest round of shock treatments.

[@PerversionsOfNature]

At the very least, hopefully she stopped having schizophrenic hallucinations.

[@25Celtics]

I was thinkin 90 or somethin

[@simonprice2104]

I'm from the future it's 2024 now .she probably pushing 60

[@fourcrippledhorses]

Three minutes in, and I'm guessing this ends with Buster telling her to feed him a stray cat. Listen: Feed me a stray cat! Think: Where can you find a stray cat? Act: FEED ME A STRAY CAT.

[@matthewfoss4559]

Doug is now the CEO of Google and Marie is now living above a bowling alley with her ten cats.

[@dead2rites590]

I wish I could be someone's ray of sunshine on a cloudy day. Instead I'm just an anti-social stormfront.

[@Charlie-Cat.]

This Blockbuster training video is now 30 years old. I wonder what everyone that took part has been doing?

[@BK-ju6rb]

Marie's a grandma now, living in Panama City.

[@itsascaryworld9788]

Marrie never got that promotion but invented the term Netflix and chill

[@JCTiggs1]

8:15 Looks like Brian is about to get lucky in the Action aisle of Blockbuster. Dayum Marie, you nasty! (and crazy).

[@GreenVineChannel]

She swallows!

[@dallasparty316]

+Green Vine she spat with me....that damn bitch

[@dashefier]

Dough may have not won her heart but he sure has stolen the hearts of 450 people

[@neomphahlele6922]

ikr.

[@el34glo59]

Who

[@slinkybones]

Way to go Blockbuster making fun of an Autistic kid. :|

[@sxippydennison3577]

She should star in "Showgirls 3"

[@aryan2687]

Buster clearly has a type.

[@VMIFerrari]

When she was going to check the "Video Log" I was expecting her to check the inventory on the computer...but I guess this was too early even for THAT.

[@timviper8649]

4:50 the irony of there being a "Sex, Lies, & Videotape" poster hanging in the background.

[@mattcorgan2487]

you think maria washed up in the porn industry yet?

[@lopony7944]

So THAT'S what Marge Simpson looks like in real life!!

[@cordeliachase601]

7:13 Really? “I almost missed out on that opportunity!”, calm down. It’s a video store.

[@jerseytomato100]

She reminds me of the Big Comfy Couch chick.

[@gundanout11]

Marie is play by Robin Mary Florence how play Sydney "Syd" Forrester in Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad.

[@SeamusFlynn]

Was that lady's name Marge Simpson? Hmmm... Wonder where they got that from?

[@stupid8911]

Chick acting hella thirsty for Brian and his friends

[@brigadierburnsauce]

Marge Simpson? Really?

[@brigadierburnsauce]

Considering The Simpsons came out the year before this was made, I kinda doubt it. Maybe, though.

[@ethancroft2560]

The Simpsons came out in '89, so it was probably a relevant pop culture reference. Who would have thought that 30 years on The Simpsons would still be on TV.

[@TheWinstonSlip]

@@ethancroft2560 the Simpsons started as shorts on the Tracy Ullman Show episode 3 aired April 19, 1987.

[@ethancroft2560]

@@TheWinstonSlip Good to know.

[@Maideneer]

Look at the great new releases coming out in June! Tango & Cash, My Left Foot, Internal Affairs, Hard To Kill, War Of The Roses, Steel Magnolias, Roger and Me, Heart Condition, Tremors, We're No Angels, She-Devil, Family Business, etc. Honestly though, does this video not make you sick? Sleazy rapist car salesman type constantly looking to screw someone out of their money while making fun of the disabled all the while talking to employees in a never-ending cycle of negative patterns. I honestly can't believe what I just watched. I worked for BB for about a month and I never saw this video or any other. Also, remember when BB had CD's for sale? People used to come in all the time and steal them haha.

[@Admeralsarms]

Marge simpson..,. really.

[@plebeian5699]

What the fuck was that, Doug.

[@bubblinbrownsugar616]

Oh man. This is giving me memories of the Blockbuster near me. It looked close to the one in this video. That blue carpet, white premier lights around a movie poster of a new release, and it always smelled like popped popcorn. Those were the days. 😢

[@WinslowLeach1974]

6:14 I used to waste money on VCR head cleaners that never worked well, until I simply unscrewed the VCR lid and cleaned the heads myself with a cottonball and rubbing alcohol. Worked perfectly.

[@wyant50]

Why the fuck am I watching these?

[@HikikomoriDev]

Because curiosity.

[@simonprice2104]

Because your not use to good acting

[@romanlegions]

Buster: "Well done, Marie. You know what's next right? Burn them. BURN THEM ALL!"

[@CDLTintheplacetoBE]

I think the main girl is cute, but I wonder what she looks like now haha x)

[@Daehawk]

+SuperRetroMexican Me too.

[@somberrose85]

she looks like that girl from Carrie 2 :D

[@elizakelly6742]

She's actually still pretty! She's my mom!!!

[@somberrose85]

Eliza Kelly :D

[@jessicadevries9463]

That is amazing! I wonder what was actually in the book. XD