Employee profile
What was the name of your video store?
videoland
Where was the store located?
walnut creek, California (United States)
When did you start working at this store?
1989
In your own words, how did you get started working in video retail? What
led you to choose the video industry, and this store in particular?
looking for parttime job near home.
Describe your store - what did it look like? What were its distinguishing
features?
big selection, multicopy new releases.
What were your customers like? What particularly memorable customers or events do you remember?
very suburbian, middle to upper class.
What was your boss like? How did he or she divide the work in the store?
nice, had shifts in checkout, reshelving and checking in videos.
What video formats did your store offer (i.e. VHS, Beta, Laserdisc)? Where were
different formats kept in the store?
vhs, some laserdisc.
In addition to mainstream Hollywood movies, what other kinds of videotapes
(children's videos or X-rated tapes, for example) did you rent/sell? Where were these
videos found in your store, and how important were they to the business?
x-rated private sections, foreign films and childrens section.
What other services/products did you offer besides the rental or sale of
programs? Did this change over time?
sales of food items, candy, sodas.
Did you ever rent VCRs or other hardware to your customers? If so,
how important were hardware rentals to the business?
yes, and they were somewhat important.
During the period that you worked at the store, what changes did you see take place?
not much.
Is this store still open? If not, when did it close?
i believer it closed in the late 90's.