"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
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>>I am on Julie's side on this Redbox thing. I had no idea you could
>>order/reserve a copy of a movie online
>> and then go to the box and pick it up. I have used Redbox twice, I
>> think, and it is convenient and cheap
>> for a one-night rental.
>>
>> But I fail to see why it is RUDE to just go and pick one out while
>> standing in
>> front of the machine! That is a ridiculous thing to say! Most people I
>> see at a machine, pondering which
>> movie to rent, are adults with little kids, or couples who seem to be
>> looking for the night's entertainment.
>>
>> There is a lot of impulse renting involved, and it is far from rude.
>>
>> N.
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> Well, I am on Janet B's side. There is no reason to be holding others up
> while you decide on a movie if you have the ability to reserve it online
> first. If a person has an idea of the movie they want that's fine because
> it's easy to select it and pick it up quickly, but if you have no idea
> what you want and are just standing there trying to make a decision on a
> movie you might like for several minutes, I feel that's rude. Now, I do
> believe that there are a couple of posters here who never gave a moments
> thought to anothers inconvenience in their lives, and I don't mean you.
> Just a difference of opinion in this.
>
> Cheri

That's just plain ridiculous! If the Redbox owners didn't want people to be
able to walk up and get something, they wouldn't give that option.