I moved to where I now live in 09, and back then the shopping center where my local grocery store is had a Blockbuster (it has since become a dental office) and everytime I buy groceries I think about the good times I had at Blockbuster growing up. At least once a month we would order pizza and go to Blockbuster to rent some movies. I remember when that Blockbuster went out of business in 2010 and they had a hug going out of business sale with PS2 games as low as 3 dollars and I bought a ton of games that day (wish I had never given up my PS2). I also remember when I was little it seemed every store or gas station had a corner for video rental.
As a kid working at a video rental place always seemed like such a cool job and as a teen, I was busy with sports and when I did work it was at restaurants or temp agencies. I'm curious if anyone had ever worked there or any other video rental?
Also, you think that model could ever work again with some being more interested in physical media? I could possibly see a rental place but they would have to have some other stuff, but I do know some VHS collectors so you could make it work.
I remember our local grocery store had an awesome video rental section. It was like a little store of its own off to the side. Closer than Blockbuster and better prices too so we always went there. You could rent consoles too, and unlike blockbuster they had all the game manuals in the box. They didn't even care if kid me rented R movies.
To this day I still kick myself for not stocking up during their going out of business sale. They had the Earthbound big box with guide - which I'd rented multiple times - and were selling it dirt cheap.
To answer your question, no the thought of working there never occurred to me for some reason.
My local grocery had its own rental shop as well. Now it's a break room for employees to eat their lunch, but I imagine the store from memory whenever I walk by it from time to time.
Same, and I was a cashier there cuz the grocery store was like the only place that would hire high schoolers. The movie wall was the first thing straight in front of the door.