Monday, April 14, 2008

Old people, shopping carts and clowns getting you down?

Posted by Jeff in old people, shopping carts, supermarkets, training, video

If you’re like me, you feel inadequately trained for your job. In fact, you feel even less trained for other peoples’ jobs. Well, Watercooler Films has done us the favor of posting a series of 80’s training videos from the supermarket chain Publix. And they are amazing.

There’s nothing quite like listening to eight solid minutes of old people chattering to each other about their boring trip to the store, and, luckily, that’s exactly what “For The Older Customer: YOU Can Make The Difference” provides. As the old crank says, “I like the girls that pass out the free samples.” That’s a sentiment we can all get behind.

But then there’s “A Day in the Life of Maxwell Cart,” embedded after the jump. Listen in as a group of anthropomorphic cash registers and shopping carts unwind after a stressful day, and then get confronted by the fact that Cart Related Accidents caused $13,691 worth of damage in 1981, $15,172 in 1982, and a whopping $??,???.?? in 1984. The truth is powerful.

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