Place: Arby's
Lunch: Two roast beef sourdough melts, one chocolate shake
It's a brand new Arby's! Like we SO needed another one. We have so many stupid Arby's in town that I actually drove past one on my way to THIS one.
Ordering ahead of me are some lady, her mother, and her child. They're not talking about sandwiches so much as her back problems. "I'm TRYING to find a good chiropractor," she says. "Something's wrong with you," notes Mom. Smiling Counter Girl is far more patient than I. Then Stuffy Counter Girl appears at the second register and asks "Hafe you beed helbed?" She's "stuffy" because she has a SERIOUS head cold. Anyway, I order.
"Did you wabt two beef abd cheddar or one beef abd one hab?"
"Two beef and cheddar."
I ended up with my food faster than Mom, Grandma, and Child.
The decor is a lot of reds, browns, and beige. It's almost the 1970's all over again. That would be cool if companies started using seventies decor again. Brown wood paneling, orange and yellow plastic...
"New York Doll" came out on DVD yesterday. It's a rockumentary about Arthur "Killer" Kane, the bassist who never moved on stage. It culminates in the band's 2004 reunion show. The Dolls inspired and set the wheels in motion for dozens of bands and artists over the years. Pretty much any fan of Kiss or the punk movement should be familiar with the name.
I caught it in its limited theatrical run. It's one of the best rockumentaries I've ever seen. I can't recommend it highly enough. So the DVD was a must-have.
Best Buy's website indicated my local store had it. So I swung by Best Buy yesterday over the lunch hour. Remember the last time I went to Best Buy for something?
When you walk in the door, the big new releases of the week are usually in displays up the aisle toward the DVD section. This isn't exactly a big release, and as I expected, no New York Doll in the big displays. So I headed to the DVD section in back and checked the "new releases" section. No New York Doll. It's not even listed on the banner of releases for the week.
Not a good sign.
So I looked in the regular DVD section.
Nothing.
So I went to the music DVD section, a seperate area up front by the CD's.
Nothing.
So I went back to the new releases, thinking I missed something.
Still nothing.
That's when a Best Buy employee asked if he could help me find anything.
"New York Doll. It's supposed to come out on DVD this week."
"New York what?"
He's clearly never heard of it.
After a brief explanation about it being a documentary about the rock band, he headed for the computer to check inventory. Computer Inventory indicated it didn't exist.
He tried alternate spellings. Nothing.
"Do you know anybody who stars in it?" he asked.
"It's a documentary about the rock band," I say (again.)
He then pulled up the Best Buy website, where I was able to show him a picture of the DVD cover and confirm they should have it.
So he tried searching for it as a music CD. JACKPOT. They supposedly have four.
"It's in the music DVD section," he said. I've already looked there, but okay.
He went with me. It's not there.
He headed to the back and came back out about five minutes later.
"I can't find it anywhere," he said.
So I thanked him for his trouble and headed out, about 20 minutes after I entered the store.
On the way out, I came across a display of seemingly random DVD's near the cash register.
And there's all four copies.
So I grabbed one and took it back to show the guy, so when others come in asking about it (and they will), he'll know where it is.
He came back to the front with me to see where they were, and was much appreciative.
Yeah.
