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Submitted by sheckynecky (View user info) at 2004-10-27 17:05:41 EDT
My first job out of highschool was as a cashier in a chain convenience store in the low rent
area of the city I lived in. It was great, there was a taco smell in the store, and boy but
being able to make my own burritos was surely one of life's warm and fuzzies at the
time.
This store had daily occurences of people running out with 30 packs of beer or walking out with
40s in their pant legs. There were many illicit activites taking place in this establishment,
not the least of which were being perpetrated by me and the other employees.
There are a few things that stick with me from that job. The old guy with the rotten nose who
came in drunk and weaving every day to buy 1 beer. Watching him negotiate his way to the beer
cooler and then up to the register was always amusing. I believe he must have had some heatlh
problems and he was obviously a very old hand at the drinking game. I always sold him the beer,
even the time he fell over into the hot dog machine and knocked over all those coffee cup lids.
I got to know the face of this one guy who would come in to steal a case of beer. I'd see him
come in watch him go to the cooler and then smile and nod to him on his way out. Have a nice
day sir. One guy (Jeremy) I worked with was not so tolerant of this behavior. We were behind the counter one day and the guy went out the door. Jeremy VAULTED over the counter, chased the guy down, caught up to him after a few blocks, tackled him on the pavement (sustaining small injuries) and brought that beer back. The perp escaped to five finger discount another day.
Probably the craziest thing that happened there was the time a cashier I worked with got stabbed.
She also had some kind of problem with people stealing. We were working at night and a guy
took some cigarettes off the counter display (I don't think they have those anymore) while he
was paying. I guess this cashier saw him, or somebody told her because she ran out the
door after him tried to get them back. He stabbed her in the gut. Fuck that shit.
That place was great.
User Reviews
Submitted by funk_boy (user info) at 2004-10-28 05:59:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I worked in a factory for a week. There be some very very stupid working there.
quote "I don't believe in spicy foods"
I should write a post.
Submitted by Istaros (user info) at 2004-10-27 20:28:42 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
OH BOO HOO
HE SOLD A BEER
get a fucking life, cunt
Submitted by sheckynecky (user info) at 2004-10-27 20:17:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
A queen among women surely... I'm surprised only one person so far cares that I sold
one beer a day to an ill tottering old man on meds. I may have been a little less than
fully responsible in those years 18-21 or so. I'm all better now though. Mostly.
Submitted by Random Joe at 2004-10-27 19:21:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Yeah, because that is just what a drunk guy needs, more beer. You are truly a king among men, sir. That is why they have laws against that kind of thing.
Submitted by Duke_Diggler (user info) at 2004-10-27 19:06:42 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
that's nothing. one time when someone stole from me I chloroformed them and shat in their throat.
Submitted by jack11058 (user info) at 2004-10-27 18:16:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I used to chase those type of people, too, until someone cut up my face with a razor.
Submitted by Mitchell (user info) at 2004-10-27 18:07:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
neat
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2004-10-27 17:22:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
bienvenidos a uber.
+1 for popping your cherry, although you've been here longer than me.
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2004-10-27 17:22:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
i've seen (worked at ) greater.