I am not sure if this has been posted, but this just defies belief :
Every now and again a big company does something so stupid you wonder whether they should be selling the products they are making at all. We have often seen VHS tapes boasting a Dolby Digital soundtrack, an amazing feat for a 100% analogue device, but these are just printing errors left unchecked by those who actually know what AC3 is. However the stubborn refusal to understand a major point of DVD seems to have hit video rental chain Blockbuster in recent history, thanks to their slogan, "Be kind, rewind."
According to the website Dumb Warnings, part of a network featuring everything from stupid laws and idiotic criminal acts, to silly facts and bumper stickers, Blockbuster had been stickering their DVDs with this same slogan much like their videos. But the story doesn't end there, as renter Kunsun Sweeley decided to ask a member of staff why they would put these on DVDs, to which he got the reply, "DVDs can be rewinded so please rewind it."
Even the manager of the store insisted that they could be rewound much like VHS tapes, and until they got a message from the head office stating otherwise, they would be keeping these labels on all discs. So Kunsun emailed Blockbuster who told him, "Most DVD players have a 'Rewind' button on it, what it does is spin the DVD the opposite direction from the direction the DVD spins during the play mode, so by spinning the DVD in the opposite direction it rewinds the DVD, it's similar to the rewind feature on a VCR."
Alas there is no information on how long ago this rental outfit were using these stickers, they may even still be doing it in some stores. So next time your bored with giving Dixons and Currys sales people a hard time, you might want to visit the big blue store instead and let us know whether all this is still true. We'd also be interested in any other stupid store ideas you may have come across.