Hell Night at C-Store

[bhskittykatt]

I thought my last night sucked, but after hearing from one of our guests, I realize I can't complain.

This guest does sort of traveling relief for a certain brand of c-store, so he will stay here when he's covering shifts up here. He worked graveyard last night.

Drunk Driver (warning: sad)

The first (and possibly most epic) incident happened when an obviously very inebriated woman tried to purchase alcohol from him. He denied her. Unfortunately, his CW wasn't so bright, and sold to her. Our guest ran out and got her license plate number as she drove off and called it in.

She didn't get far. As far as the police can tell, she tried to get onto the interstate a block away, but missed, and managed to flip her car. She had three kids in the backseat. The kids were life-lined to the children's hospital in Seattle, and the EMTs weren't sure if they were going to make it.

(I did not hear the status of the woman.)

Three grab n' dashes

Our guest had to call the police on three separate incidents due to people grabbing beer and making a run for it.

Dazed and confused

Our guest had to call for aid when a lost and confused woman stumbled into his store. She was half-dressed, with torn clothing. She didn't know where she was or who she was. It appeared that she had been drugged, and possibly raped.

And to finish it all off

His boss and a CW were supposed to relieve him. His boss is a volunteer firefighter, and had to respond to a fire, so he was delayed. His CW called in sick. So his crazy shift ended a few hours after it was supposed to.

Icing on the cake

His supervisor called. "Since you'll be in the area, you can run the audit for the store up there on Monday!" Guest hates running audits. Guest is not happy.

[morgana]

The first (and possibly most epic) incident happened when an obviously very inebriated woman tried to purchase alcohol from him. He denied her. Unfortunately, his CW wasn't so bright, and sold to her.

Oh, that store is so screwed. And sued.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

The alcohol being sold in the first story may not have contributed that much to the accident, given the driver's already-potched state, but it sure isn't acceptable either.

I think we know what this convenience store is going to make a point of emphasis to its employees now.

[Seshat]

Dazed and confused

Our guest had to call for aid when a lost and confused woman stumbled into his store. She was half-dressed, with torn clothing. She didn't know where she was or who she was. It appeared that she had been drugged, and possibly raped.

And to finish it all off

His boss and a CW were supposed to relieve him. His boss is a volunteer firefighter, and had to respond to a fire, so he was delayed. His CW called in sick. So his crazy shift ended a few hours after it was supposed to.

Kudos to your guest for helping the poor woman.

And kudos to both your guest and your guest's boss for responding to a fire/covering for a person responding to a fire.

But I can still see how both situations seriously contributed to a bad day. Being the first person responding to an emergency like that poor woman's has to be hard. And I'm sure he was exhausted and more than ready to go home when his boss called in re the fire.

[Sapphire Silk]

The alcohol being sold in the first story may not have contributed that much to the accident, given the driver's already-potched state, but it sure isn't acceptable either.

I think we know what this convenience store is going to make a point of emphasis to its employees now.

There's still a legal liability. In a lot of states, if you serve alcohol to someone already drunk, and they then drive, you can face CRIMINAL penalties.

Jester ought to know more on that.

[Mr Hero]

Depends if the laws are different. Jester sells alcohol for the immediate consumption. C-Stores not so much.

[BrenDAnn]

I work at a c-store and I can tell you I have had it drilled into my head not to sell to an obviously inebriated person. As far as I'm aware, if they come in drunk, we sell them more alcohol, and something happens, it can come back on the c-store and the clerk. Of course laws may vary by state, but I don't think many states will be that much different.