in 1994 and an ambitious filmmaker name kevin smith be leave nearly dead broke by his commitment to his low budget debut feature and clerk . shot in black and white and film in and around a new jersey convenience store and clerk . be genius on celluloid despite little change of scenery and wooden acting ( none of the actor be professional ) and and a shoe string budget while it also pretty damn funny . just because they serve you and doesn not me they like you become an immortal tagline for one of the best independent comedy of all time and which also launch the career of it director . there nothing pc about this debut feature and and the relentlessly explicit sex relate dialogue get the film it original certificate and the dreaded nc 17 rating and which be later drop down to an r rating on a successful appeal by the filmmaker while the character harass their customer and leave the store during the day to tend to personal matter and and hang out with girlfriend not the stuff of responsible employee and definitely not something you would see in any hollywood production today . in an era rife with censorship and political correctness and clerk . would undoubtedly receive the scorn and protest of the fundamental religious right and leave . the film feature dante ( brian ohalloran ) and randal ( jeff anderson ) and two bore new jersey convenience store employee who be both call in on a saturday ( dante be especially upset because it his day off ) and the two break every rule in the book a they meander through the day and encounter all sort of colorful character . throughout the day and dante complains about about his girlfriend veronica ( marilyn ghigliotti ) sex life and randal shirk his convenience store duty by shoot the breeze with dante and philosophize about their daily predicament and play hockey on the roof of the store and and observe unruly and bizarre shopper . there little plot but it pure fun all the way to the end with plenty of laugh too . but if youre the sensitive type and you should stay a far away from clerk . a possible and a the dialogue will certainly make you squirm in your seat . clerk . also contain many smith trademark include star war talk and reference to spielberg movie and comic book and hockey and all quality of which would do smith good in his so call new jersey trilogy . p. s. represent watch out for smith in his iconic role a silent bob with sidekick jay ( jason mewes ) a they loiter outside the store and hassle customer . positive .