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Ok, this isn't my story, but my younger sister's. She now works for the same company I escaped from left just over a year ago.
There are two branches of this store in my town, literally just down the road from one another. Today, both stores had the stock-takers in. The stock-take began at 5:30am this morning, and as a result a sign was put on the door of both stores saying that instead of opening at their usual 8am, they would be opening between 8:30 and 9am. Most people accepted this without a fuss. One man, however, did not.
He arrived at my sister's store around 8:20am, and proceeded to have a massive hissy fit because the store wasn't open yet. He screamed through the door, made threats and swore at the staff (with the exception of three males, the staff comprised of young women). He then went up to the other store and did the same thing. Then he came back down and repeated his tirade at my sister's store (it's literally a 2 minute walk between the two), and went back up to the other store and did the same.
After about half an hour, my sister's manager called the police. Once they told the man that they'd called the police he left, threatening to steal the baskets that are stacked outside the doors. Surprise surprise, when they finally got the store open to the public, he didn't come in and buy anything.
The worst thing is the police didn't even come. Several people were being repeatedly threatened by someone and the police didn't come out. Apparently, when the store called the police once before because of a violent customer, the manager was told that the police had more important things to do than come out to them. Did I mention the police station is a 5 minute walk away?
Thankfully, nobody was hurt. Seriously, who has a half hour tantrum and wanders between two stores threatening people for the best part of half an hour because a discount store is late opening?
There are two branches of this store in my town, literally just down the road from one another. Today, both stores had the stock-takers in. The stock-take began at 5:30am this morning, and as a result a sign was put on the door of both stores saying that instead of opening at their usual 8am, they would be opening between 8:30 and 9am. Most people accepted this without a fuss. One man, however, did not.
He arrived at my sister's store around 8:20am, and proceeded to have a massive hissy fit because the store wasn't open yet. He screamed through the door, made threats and swore at the staff (with the exception of three males, the staff comprised of young women). He then went up to the other store and did the same thing. Then he came back down and repeated his tirade at my sister's store (it's literally a 2 minute walk between the two), and went back up to the other store and did the same.
After about half an hour, my sister's manager called the police. Once they told the man that they'd called the police he left, threatening to steal the baskets that are stacked outside the doors. Surprise surprise, when they finally got the store open to the public, he didn't come in and buy anything.
The worst thing is the police didn't even come. Several people were being repeatedly threatened by someone and the police didn't come out. Apparently, when the store called the police once before because of a violent customer, the manager was told that the police had more important things to do than come out to them. Did I mention the police station is a 5 minute walk away?
Thankfully, nobody was hurt. Seriously, who has a half hour tantrum and wanders between two stores threatening people for the best part of half an hour because a discount store is late opening?
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