r/abandoned • u/UrbexSpecialist • 23h ago
Found training video CDs at an abandoned Sears Outlet
There is a lot more than just this, most of the CDs had proprietary software on them.
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u/NeetMastery 21h ago
Please upload these to archive.org, especially the ones with software on them!! I always like trying to get those old disks running. Or if you don’t want to upload them, I’d greatly appreciate if you could DM me the image files so I can try and get them running.
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u/Jim-Jones 19h ago
They aren't out of business yet so I'd save them for when they are. Then post them.
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u/DarkR4v3nsky 22h ago
How do you tell the manager about the 1% non wireless coverage area when you have to work in that part of the store?
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u/dream_a_dirty_dream 19h ago
This may belong in the lost media sub.
Great find OP, thanks for sharing.
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u/Affectionate-Fig5091 17h ago
I will say, he has me convinced. How do we move this conversation forward?
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u/Screwthehelicopters 19h ago
It must be tough being an aspiring actor doing corporate work, but I suppose you must start somewhere. Was this guy on the way up or on the way down?
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u/INS_Stop_Angela 14h ago
Sears was so well positioned to become what Amazon is. They had a great distribution system and a massive catalog business.
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u/thecrushah 8h ago
I sold tools at Sears in the early-mid 90’s and remember one of these training videos on VHS teaching us how to upsell maintenance agreements on big ticket items.
At the end of the video, some dude who identified himself as a Sears VP came on sitting behind a desk and I shit you not looked and talked exactly like Bob Swerski’s all-stars from the old SNL skit, you know “da bears!” Complete with the tinted glasses. Super heavy Chicago accent. I got a stern talking to by my manager, the one who didn’t wash his hands after he took a shit, because I laughed out loud after I heard this guy say “Remember, when you sell a maintenance agreement, we all win!”
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u/BirthdayNo4802 13h ago
My best video find was 8mm porn.
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u/Seenmeb4today 7h ago
We had to sit through the “wow the customer” training vids for sears. I would have rather cleaned the floors.
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u/willseas 21h ago
What a mouthful of a title
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u/Screwthehelicopters 19h ago
You mean the "Sears smart toolbox hardware and library image system learning program"? Better known as SSTHLISLP.
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u/Saylor4292 20h ago
Damn that’s boring
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u/UrbexSpecialist 16h ago
Well what did you expect porn?
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u/Saylor4292 15h ago
Ha no. I do appreciate the sentimental nature of these but they are super boring.
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u/Fair-Professional-82 23h ago
When I worked for Sears these were on VHS
Fun Fact a lot of old sears buildings had an office for the president of the company. If you find an older standalone abandoned Sears look in the basement for an office full of dust just in case the company president visited