Where I can find this movie I saw last week and whose title I don't know?

[dbblsanta]

This was from a couple weeks ago. I work as a receptionist for the Department of Cinema Studies for a major university. Here is a call I received:

Woman: Hi, I saw this movie at the MoMA last week. It was a documentary about blah blah blah blah blah blah. It's really rare and I can't track it down. Do you know where I could find it?

Me: Have you tried contacting MoMA?

Woman: Yeah but they can't help me.

Me: Does this movie have any connection to our Department of Cinema Studies?

Woman: No.

Me: Well I'm afraid there's nothing I can do for you.

Woman: Really?? There's no one in your department who would be able to track it down?

Me: We can't do research for outside parties. There is really nothing anybody can do for you here. I'm sorry.

Woman [snottily]: Yeah I bet you are...[click]

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Uh lady it's called "Google."

[Mnemjian]

I don't understand how she is too lazy to simply look it up herself yet proactive enough to call random people and bug them about it

[Argabarga]

Probably because "that movie I saw" didn't return much on a Google search

[Jester]

I don't understand how she is too lazy to simply look it up herself yet proactive enough to call random people and bug them about it

Two words: mental laziness. Basically, she can't be bothered to think. But she can call people who have something to do with movies and ask THEM to think for her.

[emilochka]

I love that with the time and effort to find the number for the university's Department of Cinema Studies she easily could have found the movie online. Idiot.

I used to work for a non-profit arts organization and at least once per week we got calls asking about events at other organizations, theaters, galleries, bars, high schools,etc. They then would get mad when I didn't know what other people were doing. Finally I lost my cool and snapped at one woman that I neither know nor care what band is playing at <bar> tonight but that for a generous donation to our youth scholarship fund I might be able to do a Google search. She hung up. Fortunately I was alone in the office so I didn't get in trouble!

[MoonCat]

Similar to the people who call us and ask what the name and phone number is for some other newspaper in [random town]. They're always surprised when we don't have it. Years ago I could understand this, but now with Google and other search engines, there's no excuse for the laziness.

I especially loved the call I got about a year ago from someone out of town, who wanted the phone number for a long-defunct newspaper that used to be our main competitor. He was stunned when told it was no longer in business.

[depechemodefan]

Here at the library we are always getting calls like that. We will look up the answer because we are "customer service oriented". Though why we answer questions like these from people from out of town....

We have this one woman who is always asking, "what was that movie that was on last night? No, I don't know what channel or what time. It had that actor with a mustach that was married to that woman. I don't remember anything else." Or she will call asking for a name on a song and she will sing the lyrics. Ugh.

Then there is the guy who calls for us to look up minor actresses that are in soap opreas...and also calls for soft-porn stars. He wants their date and place of birth. And his voice sounds like a pervert's.

[Ironclad Alibi]

I especially loved the call I got about a year ago from someone out of town, who wanted the phone number for a long-defunct newspaper that used to be our main competitor. He was stunned when told it was no longer in business.

I wonder it the defunct newspaper was the Washington Star? The Washington Star ceased publication in 1981. I have a copy of their last edition.

[Yarnil]

It was a documentary about blah blah blah

IMDB rules

[Food Lady]

Let me play devil's advocate here and say some people don't have access to computers and can't google stuff. But yeah, a lot of people are too lazy to think.

[vloglady]

Why couldn't MoMa help? don't they know their own schedule?

[mattm04]

Why couldn't MoMa help? don't they know their own schedule?

I'm guessing the SC found the OPs phone number first.