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[Real Life] /clunks next to Plurk/ Eesh...
Vincent Gogh
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Work was a madhouse. And then the debit system went down. >.<
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And then customers started suggesting that we just close down the store. Which would lock out two thirds of our customers.
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And then we'd likely have either people zombie-style banging on the door OR....
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./..Calling the police asking why the store is closed.
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And using the emergency line.
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That has happened,
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We legit closed early during the height of the pandemic and someone called the cops on us.
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(Heard this from a co-worker. I was in quarantine when the Incident happened.)
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I'd gone to pick up my sick pay check after I got out of quarantine, asked my friend in the courtesy booth if anything had happened for excitement while I was out.
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"You're gonna love this one, Ref...."
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Ho boy. People be cray.
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..........
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is that like the only store in that area?
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No, which is what makes it weird.
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There are two other stores in the same chain within a ten mile stretch, plus a Wal-Mart and several convenience stores.
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This is legit a suburban New England town north and west of Boston. It's hardly rural or some such.
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ten mile stretch on the same road, rather.*
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So there's three stores within fairly close driving range and they're all on the same suburban bus route.
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It's just weird. o.o
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This is why I fear people going really crazy if there's ever a major disruption in the supply chain.
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I don't mean "Oh, we're late getting a shipment of /insert product/" I mean There's No Food To Be Had Because Something Biblical Happened.
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and its not like you cant Amazon food now
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Exactly - and I also forgot there's a wannabe-competitor store catty-corner across from one of the stores in the chain I work for, so... five places one can get food, plus the several convenience stores.
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Thing is, the chain I work for has reeeeallly good prices, so I think a lot of people are either 1.) on budgets and rely on Chain Store exclusively or 2.) are too cheap or in too much of a habit to shop anywhere else.
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The first group I totally understand, the second needs to chill out.