K-lumbo (lost Kmart safety training video; 1990s)
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]
The confirmation that this safety video existed is 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". However, the court case seems to refer to "K-Lumbo" and "Safety is No Accident" as two separate Kmart safety videos.
References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/studiesincrap/status/289745566831882241 Retrieved 16 April '22
- ↑ https://twitter.com/studiesincrap/status/849060568774397953 Retrieved 16 April '22
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Q_Review/status/1411025377418485761 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