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  • "Sorry, that movie doesn't exist"

    *Not the suckiest customer we've ever gotten in the library, but definitely she was one of the more persistant/annoying ones*

    It seems that this woman must have been closely observing other customers as they were putting things in the bookdrop, because she came up to the customer service desk to ask about a movie which she'd seen a man return, and she wanted to check it out. (She described the movie as being called "Freeway", and having a woman in a red-and-white striped dress on the cover)

    Which in itself wasn't sucky, however, no such movie had been returned in that period of time, and my co-worker had a really hard time convincing this woman of that.......she kept insisting that yes, we DID have a movie called "Freeway", because she'd just seen a guy return it. (I should add that I was on "check-in" duty at the time, and had seen no such movie come in)

    Where this was getting a bit strange is that this woman mentioned one of the other movies which the guy had returned, and when looking up his account in our system, he had nothing called "Freeway" checked out on his card. Not to mention that this alleged movie, if it does exist, isn't even something we have in our system.......needless to say, my co-worker and I couldn't figure out what this woman had been talking about, or what movie she was actually looking for.

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    "Sorry, that movie doesn't exist"

    I'm afraid it does.

    However, I am very bad at picking up when someone is being facetious in real life so it makes it twice as hard when it's in print. So if you are joking and do in fact know of this movie ignore the following......

    Freeway (1996)
    Staring Reese Witherspoon & Kiefer Sutherland
    For further details see....
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116361/

    There was also a sequel, though I have not seen it.

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    • #3
      I didn't even know libraries still carried movies, especially with things like netflix and interwebz lol
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      • #4
        My bad........meant the thread title in reference to the fact that in our library's computer system, the movie "Freeway" doesn't exist. But in all seriousness, I'm not familiar with that particular movie, so I do appreciate the heads-up.......will have something to pass along to my co-worker in case this woman comes back again.

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        • #5
          Even has the stripe dress.... Creepy.


          It does exist. Maybe she was telling the truth.
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          • #6
            Quoth KellyHabersham View Post
            My bad........meant the thread title in reference to the fact that in our library's computer system, the movie "Freeway" doesn't exist. But in all seriousness, I'm not familiar with that particular movie, so I do appreciate the heads-up.......will have something to pass along to my co-worker in case this woman comes back again.
            Oh ok gotcha

            Well we do know the movie does exist. The problem here is just that it is a vague movie and sometimes it may not be available in a stores inventory.

            I'm sure you always get those SC's that are asking for a movie but don't know the title and are like 'it has that one guy with the hair and he was in that other movie with all that stuff in it'
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            • #7
              Wouldn't it have been easiest to just grab the movie in question out of the book drop right there and then?

              Though, if it didn't show in your system, it probably wasn't the libraries copy to start with.
              I lent some dvds to a buddy of mine awhile ago, and when I asked for them back, he couldn't find them. He asked his gf if she'd seen them, she said "oh yeah, I took them all back to the library last week."
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              • #8
                if your friend goes to the library in question and explains the situation in question, they should still have them. Our library used to have a shelf behind the circ desk for stuff like that.
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                • #9
                  Quoth ravevolution View Post
                  I didn't even know libraries still carried movies, especially with things like netflix and interwebz lol
                  Oh yes. Our local library has a great selection of movies. Not many "hot" movies, though, they're mostly classics, independents and international DVDs. But I like those kinds of movies anyway and hey, you can borrow them for free as long as you return them on time. Very good to know during the recession.
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                  • #10
                    Quoth infinitemonkies View Post
                    Wouldn't it have been easiest to just grab the movie in question out of the book drop right there and then?

                    Though, if it didn't show in your system, it probably wasn't the libraries copy to start with.
                    I lent some dvds to a buddy of mine awhile ago, and when I asked for them back, he couldn't find them. He asked his gf if she'd seen them, she said "oh yeah, I took them all back to the library last week."
                    Well, the thing was, we never had the movie in question to begin with - my coworker and I figured that this woman must have noticed the guy returning the movie "Dick", and got the cover mixed up with "Freeway" (now that I know the movie does exist).

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                    • #11
                      So all you could give her was "Dick", but you could only give her "Dick" if she wanted "Dick" and since she didn't want "Dick" she left unhappy?
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                      • #12
                        Quoth EvilEmpryss View Post
                        So all you could give her was "Dick", but you could only give her "Dick" if she wanted "Dick" and since she didn't want "Dick" she left unhappy?
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                        • #13
                          Quoth XCashier View Post
                          Paging Sheldon...
                          It's hardly necessary, is it?

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                          • #14
                            Quoth Mikkel View Post
                            It's hardly necessary, is it?

                            But... but... he'd admire the massive usage of dick. He would love the joke of dicks.

                            Quoth KellyHabersham View Post
                            Well, the thing was, we never had the movie in question to begin with - my coworker and I figured that this woman must have noticed the guy returning the movie "Dick", and got the cover mixed up with "Freeway" (now that I know the movie does exist).
                            To be fair, Dick does have a striped dress women on it.
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                            • #15
                              My library carries good stuff. Like seasons of M*A*S*H*.

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