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The old lady

Now I've had some jerkish customers but I've never had anyone so out and out racist.

I was putting stuff up on our candy isle when this old lady stops me with a wide smile "do you know what I hate?" I figured it was probably about the slight mess I was making with my boxes. "What's that ma'am" I said as she cut her eyes at the Islamic ladies next to me and back to me. Now this woman was not being subtle at all. "I hate when terrorists come over here and don't adapt to our style and talk in that weird language."

Now I hate people who think telling a random person this and expect them to whole heartedly agree. Now at this comment I'm peeved just for the girls standing next to me who was just looking for some candy. The old womans smile never went away and beyond shocked she had just said this I didn't say anything right away until she prompted "don't you agree?"

Im sure I was looking at her like she was from outer space like how rude could you be. "No ma'am I don't agree at all. We have freedom in America to wear and say what we want and they can wear and talk as they like just like you and I can. But in this store we have a policy from racism. So if you would please leave."

She asked to speak with my manager so I took her to my manager who was on the next isle and heard everything and agreed with me and saw her out. The old lady, obviously pissed and possibly embarrassed left in quite a hurry.

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You ain't now

So there were these two girls about 4-5 maybe. One stayed picking her nose and the other had her dad's cell phone and was playing a rap song, which both the girls knew and sang along which was all very cute until the tallest girl literally started twerking.

I watched amazed at this because I can't even walk properly at 20 and she's over here twerking. I decided to stop gawking and move back to my register a few minutes later I hear them, I look up and hear one say. "You're coming at me and you can't even read" internally I was like "OHHH BURN!" The tallest one comes back and says. "At least I'm taller then you without standing on my tippy toes!" I laughed quietly as I watched these two kids tryna fight but then they said tippy toes.

The smaller one looks at the tall one for a second, and the tall one looks down on her friend/sister smugly. I suspected it was over and went back to what I was doing. No sooner then I looked away I hear a loud "OW" And quickly look up just in time to hear. "You ain't now" As the smaller one stomps away and the tallest one is limping after her.

If I'm being honest I aspire to be the Littlest girl.

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Where's your bodyguard now

So I have this co-worker who always picks on me, tho I don't mind. On this particular day he had taken to scaring me, as he tried it once and I screamed. Whenever he could sneak away from what he was doing he would come to where I was stocking or running the register, I was the backup cashier that day, and try to scare me.

Well the last time he tried it I was standing at my register waiting on a mom and daughter, I saw him sneaking up and I turned to stare at him until he ran the other direction (am I the only one with swiper no swiping flash backs) when I turned back around to my customers the woman asked me if I liked him, to which I responded no and her daughter told her to stay out of it. I explained that he was trying to scare me. I continued to ring them up while keeping an eye out just in case.

I saw him walking by a bit later and he was making silly faces at me, trying to get me to laugh when the mom turns around and tells him to go sit down somewhere and stop scaring me. He just ignored her and went about his job, soon he went and grabbed the manager so he could get off, while she pulled his till, the mom turned around again and stared at him because he was making funny faces again.

She told him to stop messing with me or she'd beat his behind, to which he crouched down and ran over to where I was while staring at her, he told her she wasn't doing a very good job at protecting me. He went back over to his register and was talking to the manager while the mom paid and as she left out the door he yelled, alittle to soon, "WHERES YOUR BODYGUARD NOW?!"

Then there was a bang at the window, we both looked at the woman who had pressed herself against the window and was staring at him, face flat against the window. He laughed so hard he almost fell to the ground, closest thing I've seen to "ROFL" she stayed there for a minute and then left.

Not the most thrilling story I know, but it makes me laugh.

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Ok why tho.

So when I’m on the closing shift I have to clean the bathrooms, I don’t really mind it’s mostly just change the trash make sure everything stocked. Nothing too big.

Well I changed the girls bathroom and stocked, shocker amirite. I moved to the men’s room which tbh has always smelled of pee, no matter how hard I’ve cleaned.

I noticed the men’s trash was alot emptier the the girls so I thought, “I’ll just dump it in the girls trash, save a bag, lower my carbon footprint, all that stuff.” I took the women’s bag and tried to tip the men’s in it, when something wet rolled down my arm. I tried to be positive. “it’s water…I hope”

I put the can down and washed me hands with the speed of lightening I swear, that’s the quickest I’ve run to water in my life. I went back and looked at the wet bag. Whatever that was in the trash can was not clear or brown or any other drink color I could think of at that moment. It was a dark yellow. I’ve never seen a lemonade that dark so…I dunno. You tell me.

I told my manager, who looked at me as if I would turn into pee myself. I’d say she was probably as horrified as me but…she didn’t touch it.

And just for the respect of the dumbass that just might turn over the bathroom trash can into another. Don’t fucking pee in the trash can ok? Use a fucking toilet. Which is right there in the fucking room with you. Ok? Ok.

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"I'm Gay"

I was standing behind my register, waiting for the customer to pay. He had a few boxes of candy for the movies across the street. (Sour patch kids amirite??) He swiped his card, one of those prepaid throw away visas.

Anyways the “card holders” name came across my computer. “I’m Gay” I actually laughed so hard I choked. The guy, about 50 looked so confused.

Turns out it was his sons card.