Columns Feb 4, I take a deep breath, kick the snow off my shoes, open the door and march straight to the counter. He remembers me. He remembers. Which means β¦ he knows. Hang on. But why? And on and on that goes for the next few minutes while he rings me up.
There was no accusation in his voice when he said the N-word; it was all very matter-of-fact. At least not fast enough for my needs, which are greedy and immediate and all-consuming like those of a hungry infant.
Oh, I think not. So I had to come crawling back to my video store, battered and ashamed. Netflix along with other mega-corporate video rental stores has put places like this on the endangered species list, and I, by Netflicking, am guilty of being part of the demise of something that I actually cherish.
Yet, like Wal-Mart, I shop there anyway. Yeah, but when my first wad of beckoning, firetruck-red Netflix envelopes arrived in my mailbox, nearly two years ago, well β¦ that was that. My video store visits came to a grinding halt. My flimsy community-minded stance was soon muffled beneath the pile of unwatched Netflix DVDs. And, as far as I could tell, he actually meant it. I walked out into the snow and zipped up my coat, trying to shield myself from the bitter chill of my own hypocrisy.
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