This is the introduction for a series of very candid and, we hope, very entertaining interviews in which the former employees of the recently closed video store chain Vulcan Video tell all about their job experiences, their reflections and more. Vulcan Video was a vital and important part of Austin, and the employees helped to create the Austin film culture we all know today. This is their story.
In their submitted interviews, the former employees of the now-defunct Vulcan Video talked a lot about the wonderful customer experiences they had. But, you probably wouldn't click on that if we posted it first, so here are some of the bad, the weird, and sometimes harrowing experiences that Vulcan employees had with their customers.
See full videos on AFS's Youtube channel.
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