I work at a convenience store. This story comes from a woman who works at the laundromat across the street from my store.
This woman named "Alice" comes in everyday to refill her ice cup and buy lottery tickets between customers. The laundromat is, of course, a coin-operated business. Her boss grants her a small amount of freedom to venture off property to make a quick trip to the store since their customers primarily serve themselves. She always carries the phone with her in case someone tries to call for assistance. It has enough range to pick up on our property.
So, she was sitting behind the counter scratching some of her lottery tickets. Apparently, a woman doing her own laundry did not like this. She called Alice's supervisor to complain. The supervisor responded that it was Alice's money, and she could do with it as she pleased. In other words, complaining customer, mind your own business and leave Alice alone.
Alice told me about that a couple of mornings ago. So, now, I ask her if she's making more trouble when she asks for her usual lottery tickets. We both have a good laugh over it, and life goes on. The customer was doing her own laundry, and Alice would have helped her had she needed assistance. People who stick their noses where they don't belong like that just annoy me.
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Bonus feature: Alice had an exchange with another customer today. Alice's laundromat is a 24-hour location. Some woman claimed she did laundry last night, and left for a while. She returned to find it missing, and started pitching a fit with Alice over it. Alice tried to help her at first, then she started griping Alice out for the lack of security overnight. They have surveillance, but no one is present overnight. Alice told her to "get the hell out." The woman refused, and Alice ended up calling the police on her. The woman, naturally, threatened to call Alice's boss, but Alice said he most likely won't do more than review the tapes from the security cameras to see if there was an suspicious activity. Honestly, who would leave their laundry unattended in a laundromat. I have my own washer and dryer, now, but I never left my laundry unattended when I had to go to the laundromat.
This woman named "Alice" comes in everyday to refill her ice cup and buy lottery tickets between customers. The laundromat is, of course, a coin-operated business. Her boss grants her a small amount of freedom to venture off property to make a quick trip to the store since their customers primarily serve themselves. She always carries the phone with her in case someone tries to call for assistance. It has enough range to pick up on our property.
So, she was sitting behind the counter scratching some of her lottery tickets. Apparently, a woman doing her own laundry did not like this. She called Alice's supervisor to complain. The supervisor responded that it was Alice's money, and she could do with it as she pleased. In other words, complaining customer, mind your own business and leave Alice alone.
Alice told me about that a couple of mornings ago. So, now, I ask her if she's making more trouble when she asks for her usual lottery tickets. We both have a good laugh over it, and life goes on. The customer was doing her own laundry, and Alice would have helped her had she needed assistance. People who stick their noses where they don't belong like that just annoy me.
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Bonus feature: Alice had an exchange with another customer today. Alice's laundromat is a 24-hour location. Some woman claimed she did laundry last night, and left for a while. She returned to find it missing, and started pitching a fit with Alice over it. Alice tried to help her at first, then she started griping Alice out for the lack of security overnight. They have surveillance, but no one is present overnight. Alice told her to "get the hell out." The woman refused, and Alice ended up calling the police on her. The woman, naturally, threatened to call Alice's boss, but Alice said he most likely won't do more than review the tapes from the security cameras to see if there was an suspicious activity. Honestly, who would leave their laundry unattended in a laundromat. I have my own washer and dryer, now, but I never left my laundry unattended when I had to go to the laundromat.
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