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Unread December 17th, 2010, 04:33 PM
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But how is it possible to put in "almost 30 years" when the company was founded just 25 years ago?
The SM could have worked at the video store before Blockbuster came along and bought it out. There were several franchise take-overs in the early days.
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Unread December 17th, 2010, 06:48 PM
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my store has been open since 1979..but was an erols until 1985..then became blockbuster..lol...it still has the same carpet..computers..ect lmao
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I agree that you should give your new SM a chance. You never know.

It sucks that your SM got fired after dedicating so much time to the company. But how is it possible to put in "almost 30 years" when the company was founded just 25 years ago? I guess that's a really nitpicky question, but it's what first jumped to mind when reading the thread.
Not to nitpick, but the company was "founded" in 1982, moving into the video business in 1985. This being the year 2010, almost 2011, I would say that the "almost 30 years" would be just as accurate as "25 years ago" if not more so. Was there a point to being a douche?
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My old SM got a very short notice of a transfer; 2-3 days if I recall. Two people left the team right away, and I was heavily considering doing the same. However, it would have fucked over the rest of the team due due to my "unique" weekend shift, and put the new SM in a shitty situation. My old SM encouraged me to stay and play it by ear.

Well, the new SM turned out to be pretty freaking awesome. Even our "grumpy regulars" like him. lol

What I'm saying is to just give the new SM a chance.
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Not knowing the history of the company before the well-publicized founding date of 1985 ("25th anniversary") and saying "I guess it's nitpicking but" isn't being a douche, it's actually a legitimate question that I would have asked myself.
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it was based on her oldest son being somewhere between 25 and 30. She started working with the company when he was very young. whenever stores opened up in my state, i'm not saying which one, though i may have mentioned it in other threads months before.
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Unread December 18th, 2010, 10:55 AM
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Not knowing the history of the company before the well-publicized founding date of 1985 ("25th anniversary") and saying "I guess it's nitpicking but" isn't being a douche, it's actually a legitimate question that I would have asked myself.
and I disagree. Y'all probably would have bitched if the OP had said exactly what they just said - they knew it was 25-30 years based on the age of the person's kid. Who the hell really cares? OMG, you mean somebody on here didn't know the history of this company? eeekkk. Like somebody else said, maybe they were with the store they were in before BB took over in 85. So maybe they've heard the SM say I've been in this place for almost 30 years. I personally just think it was a dumb ass fucking thing to point out. Who the hell cares?
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