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Have you seen these things? You rent a DVD for $1 for the day from a completely computerized machine found at the front of the grocery store. Pretty nifty, right? WRONG!

I admittedly used the red box machine a few times at my local Albertson's when it was brand new and thought it was swell.  Now that the machine has gotten a little more popular there is a line most times which blocks the entrance/exit. People are rude and decide to browse the full selection, read all the descriptions and talk on the cell phone while 5 people are waiting in line behind them. 

I suppose the ploy is to get people to shop instead of wait around in line at the redbox dvd machine and heck I fell for that in teh beginning! I found myself buying crap I didn't need just to avoid the line - only problem is, I get done checking out to see that the line is even longer. 

So I now avoid these stupid machines all together and if Albertsons wasn't the only store out here in Rosamond I would likely shop elsewhere just to avoid the traffic jam at the exit to the store. Come on Albertson's can't you find a better place for this thing?