Bernard O’Shea: Five things I had to explain to my kids about video rental shops

Once a sacred Friday-night ritual, now a baffling life lesson for my children.

The halls of your local Chartbusters used to be places equally of promise and tension. Pic: Daragh Mac Sweeney/Provision

Last week, our family movie night ended in chaos over what to watch. 

I launched into telling my kids about video rental shops: places where families argued in public aisles, vied for VHS tapes, and paid fines as a rite of passage.