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Howdy all.
Fairly short, i just remembered an incident from when i worked at the supermarket in my old hometown.
It was remembrance Sunday and we had all been briefed that we were going to observe the two minutes silence that is held to commemorate and respect the dead of the two world wars.
An announcement is made via the tannoy system and we all stop, whether ringing up groceries or stocking shelves.
The customers all stop dead and bow their heads. You can hear a pin drop.
Then a group of morons near the door who had been there to hear the announcement decided to have some fun. (I'd been watching them because they entered with a known troublemaker who was on his last warning, one more incident and he was permabanned)
They begin to talk loudly, then run up and down the aisles shouting.
They switch to yelling obscenities and shouting things regarding people who served in the military. I forget the exact slurs but i recall wishing i could drop them in a minefield. One of them throws/knocks/drops a glass bottle of something which smashes, loudly.
They are then tackled by security, he's a big guy, get landed on by him and you don't get back up. He's being assisted by the two male managers who he does kickboxing with 3 times a week.
They were all marched straight over to the police station which shared our car park. Rumour said they were charged with criminal damage, disturbing the peace and public disorder.
Known troublemaker was not involved, he stood and watched them do it, silently in accordance with what was going on. He later reformed and became one of my colleagues at the same place.
Fairly short, i just remembered an incident from when i worked at the supermarket in my old hometown.
It was remembrance Sunday and we had all been briefed that we were going to observe the two minutes silence that is held to commemorate and respect the dead of the two world wars.
An announcement is made via the tannoy system and we all stop, whether ringing up groceries or stocking shelves.
The customers all stop dead and bow their heads. You can hear a pin drop.
Then a group of morons near the door who had been there to hear the announcement decided to have some fun. (I'd been watching them because they entered with a known troublemaker who was on his last warning, one more incident and he was permabanned)
They begin to talk loudly, then run up and down the aisles shouting.
They switch to yelling obscenities and shouting things regarding people who served in the military. I forget the exact slurs but i recall wishing i could drop them in a minefield. One of them throws/knocks/drops a glass bottle of something which smashes, loudly.
They are then tackled by security, he's a big guy, get landed on by him and you don't get back up. He's being assisted by the two male managers who he does kickboxing with 3 times a week.
They were all marched straight over to the police station which shared our car park. Rumour said they were charged with criminal damage, disturbing the peace and public disorder.
Known troublemaker was not involved, he stood and watched them do it, silently in accordance with what was going on. He later reformed and became one of my colleagues at the same place.
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