text: What People still go to Blockbuster Yes I may be the last person on Earth with a Blockbuster cardbut not for long nnAfter a surgery I was pretty much out of commission for a few days so I had the boyfriend go to Blockbuster and pick up three DVDs We do not yet have a Netflix account and the boyfriend is apprehensive about using the Red Box contraptions because of an article he read about alleged debit card fraud We do have an Apple box on which we can download movies but we had workers in our condo and were forced to stay in another unit temporarily With only a smaller TV and a DVD player This left us no choice but BlockbusternnA couple weeks later while walking home from dinner we decided to make it a Blockbuster night and walked over to rent a DVD and then of course make our last stop at Total Wine before heading home We finally agreed on a movie and when we went to check out we were rudely told that we owed a late fee of cents because one of the three movies we rented was a day late This is the part where you hear the screeching record followed by silence nnThis is by no means about the cents but entirely about principle First of all Blockbuster I seem to remember being bombarded with commercials cheerfully announcing the abolishment of late fees You people were screaming it from the rooftops I do not seem to recall any such publicity about the return of said late fee Nor do I even remember even being told about it in the store Discreetly nnAnd also and even more aggravating I returned all three DVDs at the same time On time In the middle of the day So how just one could be checked in late is beyond me nnWhen I tell the stocky checkout boy of this he looks at me in disbelief as if I would lie about it to save myself less than half a dollar He rolls his eyes and spends a good couple minutes pounding away on his keyboard a la the airline agent in Meet the Parents and finally gives me my new total sans late fee as if he is just done me the worlds biggest favor nnThen he makes sure to give me the receipt and personally go over the new Blockbuster pricing policies with me as if I was a disobedient child who did not listen the first time I guess he just wanted to make sure there would be no confusion for the next time I came in But do not worry stocky Blockbuster boy there will not be a next time so we are all set