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2 places I love are going out of business. The Patchogue movie theater and Mr. Video video store.
First the movie theater. I found out last week that it has closed down. It makes me sad. First the most obvious reason, that I used to work there. For better or worse that was the longest place I worked at. It wasn't too bad of a job. There were a lot of bad points (extremely underpaid, a horrid boss, hell on earth whenever it rained), but there were a lot of good things about the job. Free movies, free merchandise, and I worked with a lot of very interesting people.
Besides from working there, that was the movie theater I went to most times growing up when I wanted to see a movie. When I grew older and was able to go by myself I learned how easy it was to movie hop there. Overall I’m going to miss it.
Today I found out the video store near my house is going out of business. This is upsetting. It's basically the only small time mom and pop video store around. Try going to blockbuster and renting a DVD for a dollar. Plus it had a friendly atmosphere there. They're closing up at the end of the month and until then they're selling everything they have. One guy was buying as many movies as he could. He was on the phone with someone calling out titles and whenever he mentioned something he didn't have he grabbed it. I bought a few out of print tapes you can only find on eBay. I'll probably go back and see if there's anything else I might want.
So that's my lament.
I have a job for the time being. I'm a host at Chilies restaurant. Tomorrow is my last day of training and Thursday is my first official work day. It seems like it'll be an ok job. My main problem will be getting enough hours.
That’s it.
First the movie theater. I found out last week that it has closed down. It makes me sad. First the most obvious reason, that I used to work there. For better or worse that was the longest place I worked at. It wasn't too bad of a job. There were a lot of bad points (extremely underpaid, a horrid boss, hell on earth whenever it rained), but there were a lot of good things about the job. Free movies, free merchandise, and I worked with a lot of very interesting people.
Besides from working there, that was the movie theater I went to most times growing up when I wanted to see a movie. When I grew older and was able to go by myself I learned how easy it was to movie hop there. Overall I’m going to miss it.
Today I found out the video store near my house is going out of business. This is upsetting. It's basically the only small time mom and pop video store around. Try going to blockbuster and renting a DVD for a dollar. Plus it had a friendly atmosphere there. They're closing up at the end of the month and until then they're selling everything they have. One guy was buying as many movies as he could. He was on the phone with someone calling out titles and whenever he mentioned something he didn't have he grabbed it. I bought a few out of print tapes you can only find on eBay. I'll probably go back and see if there's anything else I might want.
So that's my lament.
I have a job for the time being. I'm a host at Chilies restaurant. Tomorrow is my last day of training and Thursday is my first official work day. It seems like it'll be an ok job. My main problem will be getting enough hours.
That’s it.