There is a toys r us in Tennessee again.
Toys R us s still exists though
Funny enough I saw one at my local mall the other day. Had to do a double take cause the giraffe plushies they had looked familiar
The brand exists, but it’s not the same company.
I went to a Radio Shack a few years back. They still exist as well
Frys electronics is a good bet too they’re a more recent shutdown that might be more relevant than a blockbuster or toys r us
Yeah Frys folk were a super weird set though so that might not work as you think
You cant prove i didnt own all of em: think the smrartest
Uhhhhh, that just means you’re a terrible businessman, who ran a long standing major chain into the ground.
yeah, but you can’t prove i DIDN’T do that
Well at least that qualifies you for a CEO job
That’s why my CV looks so strong:
Director of Internal Audit; Enron Corp. (1998-2001)
Senior Vice President for Risk Management; Lehman Brothers (2002-2008)
I see you left that short stint at WorldCom off your resume.
I see from your resume that you’re good at looking the other way while we make billions. You’re hired.
PLEASE
Head of security, Wold Trade Centre, NY, 1995-2001.
Head of QC for O-Ring production, NASA, Jan 1983 - Oct 1986 Pipeline Integrity Officer, Exxon Valdez, Oct 1986 - March 1989 Chief of Security and Intelligence, Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Mar 1989 - Apr 1995
Didn’t you also help found that FTX crypto exchange a few years ago too?
I was the lead engineer behind the graphite tips rods at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and I helped Boeing design MCAS for the 737 max
Weren’t you also the Lead Safety Engineer at OceanGate for a while?
No, that was at Boeing.
I just now realized: someone has the most cursed resume on LinkedIn. I’d expect something in line with this.
Ohh it’d be hilarious to try and find cursed resumes.
However that would mean signing up for LinkedIn and I’d rather repeatedly hit myself on the head with a hammer. The brain damage would be about equal
Me: I was a regional manager of Toys R Us between 1995 and 2008.
Interviewer: It says here on your resume you were born in 1999, and you moved to Australia in 201x.
Me: ummmmm
Refer them to the documentary boss baby if your early employment history is ever brought into question
“They made a lot of strange decisions before they shut down”
“Toys R Us invested heavily in both time and inter-dimensional travel. As a result I’ve lived a thousand lives in service of the giraffe.”
Did you ever see Doogie Howser, M.D.? I’m like that, except for middle management, and a lot younger. Got my MBA when I was still living in my parents.
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Well I read the art of the deal, I’m as baffled as you.
That’s why you have to keep it modest at ‘regional manager’, significant enough to be useful looking, insignificant enough so you can’t possibly be to blame for the downfall of the company.
“I tried to save them but… they didn’t listen”
As someone who was a “store manager” at a franchise with only 2 employees (including myself) this is kinda real. I left in 2012 because even in my early 20s I could see the direction things were going because of corporate mismanagement.
Was Radio Shack as cool as Tandy stores in Europe?
What is a Tandy store?
It was heaven for teenage nerds. Transistors resistirs wires soldering irons weeeeh and all in a paper catalogue to read for hours
Pretty sure they must be related, considering yes radio shack sold that stuff as well, and they sold Tandy computers
Sounds like Radio Shack in the before times, that is until their primary focus became cell phones and dvd players.
And batteries. They really wanted to sell you those batteries.
That’s because the cost of those batteries was like <$2 and sold for like 14-18 dollars. It was nuts seeing the cost of some things when it came time to get the employee discount
RadioShack is a subsidiary of Tandy. It was not created by Tandy, but bought in the 60s.
Fun fact: Tandy started as a leather company waaay back.
And Tandy Leather still exists! It’s in better shape than Tandy Electronics (which is called RadioShack now, the bought ate the buyer).
There’s a lesson here. Technology comes and passes, other things stay.
This is a great idea till the interviewer hits you with the “oh cool, my freind Jhonny was also a regional manager there, where were you the RM?”
North Kilt Town.
I’m from North kilt town!
There were no regional managers named Jhonny. Your friend is a liar and you should cut them out of your life.
2424 Hylan Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10306
Only if you’re fucking old.
I resemble that comment!
Lmao you’ll change your mind so hard I’m just a few more years
“It says here you were a general manager at Radioshack?”
“Correct”
“They went bankrupt in 2015, which would make you… 11, at the time?”
“I started young”
I was thinking this too, but they do ask for 10 years of experience on entry level positions so HR gets a taste of their own medicine here
I don’t really have much memory of this, but I apparently started using keyboards when I was two. I only know because of things my father told me and one personal memory.
Eventually I I joined a company which encouraged me to record my skills with my history. I was nineteen at the time. They certainly were aware of that.
I recorded in their system that I had been using keyboards for seventeen years. They didn’t appreciate it. I think I might have taken their request too literally.
Use a newer company, say you worked at Theranos or FTX.
I was a manager at a RadioShack. And it was a franchise, so it’s even less verifiable (I think). Not a regional manager though. Oh, I mean, I was a district manager.
Went shopping at Toys R Us and Sears back in December 2025/January 2026 respectively
doubt
I can literally send you dated receipts, although I’d need to remove all sensitive info first haha
I’s just foolin’.
Really a great pro life tip, this one
Didn’t expect to be jump scared by the abandoned Staten Island shoprite that was used as a set for the fallout TV show on here
