I live and work in the same small town. I'm pretty sure that most of these people who come in and harass me have no idea that I actually LIVE in this town and often times I know people who also know them and have known them for YEARS. Meaning that when you're nasty to me, and I complain about you, you're probably going to hear about it from your good church friend, MY GRANDMOTHER.
Somehow a few dipweeds have suddenly started being nicer to me. Fancy that.
Anyways, I've got a few new stories for you.
Italian SC who always leaves hair in the sink in the bathroom comes in.
SC: Never ask a woman for directions! She will not know!
Me: *looks around at all the females working* Well, there aren't any men here, so...
SC: Is there a MAP here?!
Me: Nope.
SC: [sarcasm] GREAT gas station.
Me: You know, usually, people just ask us for directions.
SC: PSH.
Guess who ended up giving him directions?
Fake ID????
There are two different New York State ID cards that can work, the new ones and the old ones. They each have different forms (enhanced or not, DL or just simple ID, that kind of thing) but they're all basically the same. They will SCAN into the register for age-restricted products. If your ID doesn't scan, you don't get sold cigarettes or beer.
An older woman comes in, obviously of age. She hands my CW an ID that is of the older style and when CW scans it, it tells her that Driver's License input is invalid. This sometimes happens with IDs from out of state such as Maine or older styled Ohio IDs, unfortunately there's nothing we can do about it. It is EXTREMELY rare to find a New York State ID that doesn't scan into the register and in fact it is so rare that CW comes and finds me and shows me the license (because the woman is screaming).
Get this one: This New York State license has an out of state address on it. It has a Florida address on it.
I remember very distinctly when I moved up here that I had to get myself a PO Box in order to apply for a NYS license because I had to have a New York State address. Is there some kind of way around that? Is there a way to have an out of state address on a NY license??? Has anyone heard of this before?
Due to this, it was really no wonder that the damn thing wouldn't scan in and we had to tell the screaming woman to go pound sand.
Tourists...
We get a bunch of tourists who are either just passing through from Canada or from other states in for festivals or weddings or just to see what there is to see. We're a small place but we've got a few attractions that seem to bring people in. Plenty of times, their IDs don't scan.
"Haven't you guys heard of a passport? You don't do passports? It's kind of uh...you know...the pass...to the world."
Sorry, babe, but it's not your pass to beer. If it doesn't scan, we don't sell.
"So what happens if I put this twenty on the counter and steal the beer?"
The police are called and my drawer is over by twenty dollars.
"Can I use your ID?"
Are you gonna pay my student loans when I get fired?
"19 is the legal age where I'm from!"
Fancy that. Go home.
Drunk at 10AM
Had a drunk guy (I may have spoken about him previously but maybe not. He was drunk and I called the cops on him in a blizzard.) come in at 10AM who was so horribly wasted that a customer tried to block him into the parking lot while she called the police. He managed to hit a tree and drive clear over our landscaping to get out of the parking lot. The police have done nothing to resolve this issue and it seems Mr. Drunky is correct when he slobbers all over the place and insists that he "owns the police." I can still have him banned, I suppose, but if he finds out it was me who did it, he already has beef with me and you might find me the victim of some kind of horrible revenge crime (he already swung the back end of a buick at me while I was sweeping the lot one day) so I think I'm gonna let the customers fight this battle for me.
Let's just hope he doesn't run over any kids with that damn truck.
Somehow a few dipweeds have suddenly started being nicer to me. Fancy that.
Anyways, I've got a few new stories for you.
Italian SC who always leaves hair in the sink in the bathroom comes in.
SC: Never ask a woman for directions! She will not know!
Me: *looks around at all the females working* Well, there aren't any men here, so...
SC: Is there a MAP here?!
Me: Nope.
SC: [sarcasm] GREAT gas station.
Me: You know, usually, people just ask us for directions.
SC: PSH.
Guess who ended up giving him directions?
Fake ID????
There are two different New York State ID cards that can work, the new ones and the old ones. They each have different forms (enhanced or not, DL or just simple ID, that kind of thing) but they're all basically the same. They will SCAN into the register for age-restricted products. If your ID doesn't scan, you don't get sold cigarettes or beer.
An older woman comes in, obviously of age. She hands my CW an ID that is of the older style and when CW scans it, it tells her that Driver's License input is invalid. This sometimes happens with IDs from out of state such as Maine or older styled Ohio IDs, unfortunately there's nothing we can do about it. It is EXTREMELY rare to find a New York State ID that doesn't scan into the register and in fact it is so rare that CW comes and finds me and shows me the license (because the woman is screaming).
Get this one: This New York State license has an out of state address on it. It has a Florida address on it.
I remember very distinctly when I moved up here that I had to get myself a PO Box in order to apply for a NYS license because I had to have a New York State address. Is there some kind of way around that? Is there a way to have an out of state address on a NY license??? Has anyone heard of this before?
Due to this, it was really no wonder that the damn thing wouldn't scan in and we had to tell the screaming woman to go pound sand.
Tourists...
We get a bunch of tourists who are either just passing through from Canada or from other states in for festivals or weddings or just to see what there is to see. We're a small place but we've got a few attractions that seem to bring people in. Plenty of times, their IDs don't scan.
"Haven't you guys heard of a passport? You don't do passports? It's kind of uh...you know...the pass...to the world."
Sorry, babe, but it's not your pass to beer. If it doesn't scan, we don't sell.
"So what happens if I put this twenty on the counter and steal the beer?"
The police are called and my drawer is over by twenty dollars.
"Can I use your ID?"
Are you gonna pay my student loans when I get fired?
"19 is the legal age where I'm from!"
Fancy that. Go home.
Drunk at 10AM
Had a drunk guy (I may have spoken about him previously but maybe not. He was drunk and I called the cops on him in a blizzard.) come in at 10AM who was so horribly wasted that a customer tried to block him into the parking lot while she called the police. He managed to hit a tree and drive clear over our landscaping to get out of the parking lot. The police have done nothing to resolve this issue and it seems Mr. Drunky is correct when he slobbers all over the place and insists that he "owns the police." I can still have him banned, I suppose, but if he finds out it was me who did it, he already has beef with me and you might find me the victim of some kind of horrible revenge crime (he already swung the back end of a buick at me while I was sweeping the lot one day) so I think I'm gonna let the customers fight this battle for me.
Let's just hope he doesn't run over any kids with that damn truck.
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