I worked at a retail store similar to Walmart. I really liked working there and held some desirable positions.
I worked the midnight shift. Usually we only had a store manager to oversee us. One cashier would assign tasks, breaks, and troubleshoot.
One night two young-ish men came in. I was putting merchandise into bags for the cashier to save her some work.
The men bought some trash bags and a vacuum cleaner. It was unusual to be thinking of cleaning at 3:00 in the morning but we were trained not to comment on purchases.
The next day the police came to the store. A young woman had been killed. She was found in garbage bags. Other bags were also there filled with trash from the scene of where she was killed. Inside one bag was the receipt from the purchase of the bags and a vacuum cleaner.
As you have guessed the receipt showed the store, time, and cashier who sold them. She had to testify against the men at their trials.
I will tell more tales of retail another time.
Night shifts sometimes have difficult encounters.
ReplyDeleteShocking to come into contact with murderers....
Have a nice weekend Emma!
It does make one think. You just cannot tell what someone else is thinking.
DeleteWhen you said these men had come into the store at such a late hour, I was thinking this post would be about a robbery. Sadly, it was much worse. I can see why trash bags were bought, but a vacuum seemed strange.
ReplyDeleteIt was the most horrible of many strange things that happened on our shift. We were never robbed though.
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