Shady Rest, California. Melissa Mortimer, a Blockbuster employee since March 2007, admitted to her branch's manager, Richie Vandervistle, that she's been fraudulently copying data from the entertainment website RottenTomatoes.com, and passing it off as her own EMPLOYEE PICKS.
Vandervistle stated, "She corrupted the sanctity of Employee Picks. She lied, plain and simple. The only rotten tomato in our Blockbuster Store #653 bunch is Ms. Mortimer." He then puffed on his Camel Light several times before flicking it into the parking lot and going back inside.
When reached for comment, Mortimer said simply, "After a month of substandard, non-Emmy worthy new releases, the Picks became more of a chore than a love of mine. My heart just wasn’t in it anymore.”
