I’d like to first start off by saying that I can completely relate to Rabin when he is talking about his first day at Blockbuster. I think it is funny how stores like that make such a big deal about you joining the “team” with orientation videos and cheesy lines. I can remember my first day at Best Buy, the same sort of thing happened. First they get you in a room with ten or fifteen other new hires, most who don’t have a clue what is going on, and they show you a video explaining how you working there you will not only change the lives of other people but your life will be changed too. It’s not that there is anything wrong with working at places like Best Buy, Blockbuster, even Home Depot for the rest of your life and make your way up and make a successful career our of it, but when they make it out to be that it’s the best job in the world because you are helping people with their entertainment needs or something like that, that’s when I draw the line. For me and a lot of my friends it was just a job to get some extra money, I was not going to work there the rest of my life, it wasn’t for me. But the thing that gets me every time is the boring cheesy orientations and all the talk on how much of a difference you’re making all because you are working at this company. Anyways enough ranting about that.
One of the things I learned while working at Best Buy pertaining to entertainment was there are always bigger and better things from cameras that make movies better to entertainment systems that make watching and listening to movies better. I didn’t work in the home entertainment section there but just by working around that kind of stuff, you pick up on different things about what’s good and what’s not and what will be out in the future that will out due the top product. TV’s are getting bigger and the picture they are showing is getting clearer. The sound quality is also getting so much better. So I think it is somewhat true what A.O. Scott says about possible death of cinemas. Although I don’t think that cinemas will ever die out because most people just enjoy the experience of going to the movies and the atmosphere provided there. I do think that a transformation of the cinemas will continue to happen. Because theaters have to compete with home entertainment so much, the theaters will continue to get better. I think it’s a good thing that we are pushing technology so much because it will only make watching movies in the theater so much better and more enjoyable.
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So, Jason, I get the part about annoying orientations, but I didn't get a sense of detail. Try taking out all references to "rest of your life" and "I think" and see where you can go from there. The rant (you said it, not me :D) got repetitive and all the "I thinks" (or "I don't thinks") remove you from the actual telling of the story. That puts up a veil for the reader. BTW: as you became more familiar with technology features that were good or bogus, were you allowed to pass that intel onto your customers, or did you have to focus on selling EVERYthing no matter what?
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