Dory: "I suffer from short-term memory loss. It runs in my family... At least I think it does."
The trouble with storage units is that once you put stuff in ...
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... you can't remember what box has what, and you have to take most out and look inside each. It's harder than ... "Finding Nemo". Relevant quotes from that movie are followed by my comments (prefixed by "---") on this place.
Marlin: "Now it's my turn. I'm thinking of something dark and mysterious. It's a fish we don't know. If we ask it directions, it could ingest us and spit out our bones."
Dory: "What is it with men and asking for directions?"
---Located just off 610 Loop S and S. Post Oak, this place is easy to get to. It's not open 24/7, and is closed on holidays.---
Marlin: "We're gonna race. First one out of the jellyfish wins."
Dory: "Out, got it!
Marlin: "Rules, rules! You can't touch the tentacles, only the tops..."
Dory: "Something about tentacles, got it."
Marlin: "No, it's not something about them, it's all about them."
---The facility has rules you'd better understand. If you violate them, you will be fined.---
[Dory holds Crab out of water for the seagulls to see]
Seagulls: "Mine? Mine. Mine!"
---Avoid weekend day times, because there are more customers jostling for the five or so dollies/trucks.---
[Eating from sewage treatment pipe]
Crab #1: "Manna from heaven."
Crab #2: "Sweet nectar of life."
--- Place smells antiseptic, for controlling rats and bugs.---
Marlin: "I can't afford any more delays and you're one of those fish that causes delays."
Dory: "You mean... [whimpers] ... you don't like me?"
Marlin: "No, of course I like you. It's because I like you I don't want to be with you. It's a complicated emotion."
---You have to punch in the passcode at the gate in/out, the building doors, and elevator. If you forget your passcode, you'll have to go to the office.---
Crab#1: "Hey"
Crab #2: "Hey"
Crab#1: "Hey"
Crab #2: "Hey"
---Other customers are typically in a hurry and don't have time for chat, other than cordial greetings.---
Gurgle: "Oh, the human mouth is a disgusting place."
---Some customers, obviously apartment dwellers, have foul language.---
Marlin: "Well, you can't hold on to them forever, can you?"
Bill: "You know I had a tough time when my oldest went out to the drop off."
Marlin: "They've just got to grow up some - THE DROP OFF? THEY'RE GOING TO THE DROP OFF? WHAT ARE YOU, INSANE? WHY DON'T WE FRY THEM UP NOW AND SERVE THEM WITH CHIPS?"
---Eventually, people see that they are holding onto things too long, and weigh the value versus the storage costs that mount up over time.---
[...later, the parents are looking at their 400 unhatched children]
Coral: "We still have to name them... "
Pearl [squid]: "Hey. You guys made me ink."
--- They sell some markers, boxes, tape and the like.---
[close up of the dead fish in the photo]
Bubbles: "Poor Chuckles."
Deb: "He was her present last year."
Bloat: "Took a ride on the porcelain express."
[Dentist flushes toilet]
---They have a small moving truck, but it's not free, just cheaper than renting one from elsewhere.---
Gurgle:[looking around dirty tank] "Ahh, no, no. Ah!"
Bubbles: "Ugh!"
Gurgle: [sees Bloat eating dirt] "Bloat, that is disgusting!"
Gurgle: "Doesn't anyone realize? We're *swimming* in our own s...?"
---Someone lives on site to manage it, with security cameras watching key viewpoints.---
Marlin: "What if they don't like me?"
Coral: "Marlin! There's over 400 eggs, odds are, one of them is bound to like you."
--- If you are patient, you may get the size and location you like. There are two long floors of storage units. There are small, medium, and large storage sizes. Second floor is air-conditioned.---
Marlin: "If this is some kind of practical joke, it's not funny, and I know funny. I'm a clownfish."
Marlin: "I didn't come this far to be breakfast."
---They provide locks, but some units were breached, so you are welcome to add your own lock (but must leave a key with owner).---
Bruce: "Bring a fish friend. Everyone brought a fish friend?"
Anchor: "Got mine."
Bruce: "What about you, Chum?"
Chum: "Oh... um... I seem to have misplaced my, um... friend."
[a fish skeleton peeks from Chum's teeth; Chum quickly sucks it back in]
---Check to see if they offer a bonus if you bring in another customer.--- read more