A lady Fernando has never
seen before enters the Dominion one evening with a kid, maybe six
years old, in tow. Fernando greets her but she ignores him and heads
out into the store to browse.
After a couple of
minutes, she approaches the counter. “Yes, do you have this on
VHS?” She has in her hands Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the
Crystal Skull.
“Um, that came out in
2008 or thereabouts. They actually stopped production of VHS tapes
entirely about a number of years ago.”
“So you don't have it
on tape?”
“No, I'm afraid not.”
“You don't have any of
these newer ones on tape?”
“No, sorry. Like I
said, they haven't made new VHS tapes in half a decade or more.”
“How come you can still
buy them online then?”
“People sell used items
online all the time. They aren't new.”
“I've gotten newer
movies on tape!”
“Then someone recorded
it onto a blank VHS tape brought out of a time capsule and sold that
recording.”
“Can you order some for
me?”
“No, I'm sorry. I won't
knowingly deal in pirated materials.”
“That's not piracy!”
“I have fewer lawyers
than the MPAA, so I feel as though arguing that point would be a lost
cause.”
The lady leaves.
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