Friday, January 15, 2010

12/29/2009


Before I get into yet another story from the text archive, I'm compelled to share something that happened recently.

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~It was really slow yesterday morning and I was standing in front of the service counter with one of my supervisors while watching and waiting for a customer. It was so perfect that we were standing there, too because it was as if we had front-row tickets to the situation that soon happened in front of us.

A store manager didn't have a walkie-talkie with her, so she was at one of the closed registers up front to use it's phone. While she was standing there, an elderly gentleman walked up wanting to check out. When the manager politely mentioned that she wasn't cashiering, the man snatched up his small handful of items and yelled, "Well then why the hell did you have your light on!?"

As he stormed off to a different register, all the manager could do was try not to laugh too loud until he got out of earshot. Keep in mind she never, at any point, turned the lane's light on. Another employee falls victim to Grumpy Old Man Syndrome, and I got to watch the whole thing with a witness. It was a great way to start the day!

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Now back to the archive:

~This situation was a double whammy. Not only did I view something that I did not want to have seen to begin with, I also got a song stuck in my head because of it. The song was Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival. Just from that, some of you may already to able to guess what I got to see, but here is what happened for those who don't:

I was walking to the back to clock out for lunch when I passed this lady who was squatting down to look at some clothes on one of the lower shelves. Unfortunately for me, she had on a pair of low-rise jeans and half of her rear-end was hanging out. There wasn't even the slightest hint of underwear, either.

I almost took a picture with my phone for the sake of "pics or it didn't happen," but I didn't in case someone else was looking. I really didn't want to have to explain why I:

A. Had my phone out while on the floor,
B. Was taking a picture with said phone of a woman's bottom,
And most importantly -
C.
Had my phone out while taking a picture of a woman's bottom while still clocked in.

It felt as if the rewards didn't outweigh the risks, so I kept on my merry little way while leaving the lady blissfully unaware of the fact that she had scarred me with a horrible image and an extremely catchy tune in my head for the rest of the day.

I hate people so much...

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