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'''''K-lumbo''''', possibly titled '''''K-lumbo: Safety is No Accident''''', was a Kmart safety video and ''Columbo'' parody created ''circa'' the early 1990s. | '''''K-lumbo''''', possibly titled '''''K-lumbo: Safety is No Accident''''', was a Kmart safety video and ''Columbo'' parody created ''circa'' the early 1990s. | ||
According to former Kmart employees, the safety video starred a Peter Falk-type actor as a detective named "K-lumbo" who investigates the safety protocols of K-Mart employees.<ref>https://twitter.com/studiesincrap/status/289745566831882241 Retrieved 16 April '22</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/studiesincrap/status/849060568774397953 Retrieved 16 April '22</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/Q_Review/status/1411025377418485761 Retrieved 16 April '22</ref> In 2006, one former employee remembered the video covering shrinkage prevention.<ref>[https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=1105755 You want to work at Game Crazy? GAME ON! Terrible video inside] Retrieved 16 April '22</ref> | According to former Kmart employees, the safety video starred a Peter Falk-type actor as a detective named "K-lumbo" who investigates the safety protocols of K-Mart employees.<ref>[https://twitter.com/studiesincrap/status/289745566831882241 Alan Scherstuhl (@studiesincrap) "Training at K-Mart in '91 I saw a video in which Peter Falk-like detective K-lumbo investigated why K-Mart employees are so safety conscious"] Retrieved 16 April '22</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/studiesincrap/status/849060568774397953 Alan Scherstuhl(@studiesincrap) "In 1991, on my first day working at K-Mart, we watched a training video in which the detective K-lumbo cracked the case of employee safety/"] Retrieved 16 April '22</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/Q_Review/status/1411025377418485761 Quinton Reviews (@Q_Review) "Personal lost media: My Dad worked at Kmart a few times in the '90s, and he INSISTS that one time they showed him an instructional video starring an investigator named "K-Lumbo" we must find and preserve 'K-Lumbo: Safety is No Accident'."] Retrieved 16 April '22</ref> In 2006, one former employee remembered the video covering shrinkage prevention.<ref>[https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=1105755 You want to work at Game Crazy? GAME ON! Terrible video inside] Retrieved 16 April '22</ref> | ||
Confirmation that this safety video existed comes from the 2001 court case Torres v. K-Mart Corp: | |||
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7. Kmart did not act in accordance with the safety requirements set forth by Kmart Corporation for wet floors in safety video known as "K-lumbo." | 7. Kmart did not act in accordance with the safety requirements set forth by Kmart Corporation for wet floors in safety video known as "K-lumbo." | ||
Revision as of 15:38, 16 April 2022
Status: Lost
K-lumbo, possibly titled K-lumbo: Safety is No Accident, was a Kmart safety video and Columbo parody created circa the early 1990s.
According to former Kmart employees, the safety video starred a Peter Falk-type actor as a detective named "K-lumbo" who investigates the safety protocols of K-Mart employees.[1][2][3] In 2006, one former employee remembered the video covering shrinkage prevention.[4]
Confirmation that this safety video existed comes from the 2001 court case Torres v. K-Mart Corp:
7. Kmart did not act in accordance with the safety requirements set forth by Kmart Corporation for wet floors in safety video known as "K-lumbo."
8. Kmart did not act in accordance with the safety requirements set forth by Kmart Corporation for wet floors in safety video known as "Safety Is No Accident."[5]
The exact title of the safety video is debated. Quinton's father seems to remember the title as "K-Lumbo: Safety is No Accident".[6] However, the court case seems to refer to "K-Lumbo" and "Safety is No Accident" as two separate Kmart safety videos.
References
- ↑ Alan Scherstuhl (@studiesincrap) "Training at K-Mart in '91 I saw a video in which Peter Falk-like detective K-lumbo investigated why K-Mart employees are so safety conscious" Retrieved 16 April '22
- ↑ Alan Scherstuhl(@studiesincrap) "In 1991, on my first day working at K-Mart, we watched a training video in which the detective K-lumbo cracked the case of employee safety/" Retrieved 16 April '22
- ↑ Quinton Reviews (@Q_Review) "Personal lost media: My Dad worked at Kmart a few times in the '90s, and he INSISTS that one time they showed him an instructional video starring an investigator named "K-Lumbo" we must find and preserve 'K-Lumbo: Safety is No Accident'." Retrieved 16 April '22
- ↑ You want to work at Game Crazy? GAME ON! Terrible video inside Retrieved 16 April '22
- ↑ Torres v. K-Mart Corp., 145 F. Supp. 2d 161 (D.P.R. 2001) Retrieved 16 April '22
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Q_Review/status/1411025377418485761 Retrieved 16 April '22