More retail bullshit

It's 1:40am and I'm feeling cranky, so here's more retail bullshit.

So I love it when I'm working late night, closing shift, and it's 9:30pm.

The store closed half an hour ago.

And some wing ding is knocking on the door. Our policy is that if the store is closed, no one is allowed in unless a manager gives the approval. 9 times out of 10 though, the answer is "Sorry, we're closed."

But instead of letting me just shut the sliding doors and lock them to get back to my business, fixing up all the crap these velociraptors of people left in the store while I happily rang them up for 8 hours, they inevitably stop me and say "BUT MY PET WILL STARVE."

Okay. Let me make something very clear. Animals and people for that matter, can survive without food for at LEAST a day or more. You will not starve to death in ONE day. Second, if your pet is going to starve, MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A NEGLIGENT PINHEAD AND GOTTEN YOUR DOG SOME FOOD BEFORE YOU RAN COMPLETELY OUT OF IT.

Seriously. These people think they will guilt me into letting them buy food for their dog or pet or whatever by telling me how their pet will starve. Except by telling me that, all they are admitting is that they are a negligent asshole and didn't think to buy their pet some fucking food before the store closed 30 minutes ago. Seriously. It's 9:30 fucking pm. What were you doing all day? Even if you worked a job, you probably arent getting out of work at 8 or 7 or something, but probably 5pm like everyone else. So you had 4 fucking hours to get here and buy some damn food. And then, if you work a job that doesnt let out at 5, chances are you work a night shift, like I'm trying to do. No matter how you slice it, even if you get out at some weird ass time like 8:45, there should be NO reason why you cant make it here to buy food for your dog. And if you KNOW thats what time you'll be out, and you KNOW 9pm is when our store closes, why dont you THINK AHEAD and buy some food on a day you ARENT trying to sprint around from township to township to get some crappy, unhealthy dog food for your dog.

Here are some actual lines people have fed me to get into the store:

"My dog is gunna starve!"

"I just wanna get ONE more thing!"

"Can I use your bathroom? Also I really need to buy some dog food..."

"YOU'RE KILLING MY ANIMALS!!!"

"You're a terrible person if you dont let me in and buy some dog food"

"I thought you people CARED about animals, but you want MINE to starve to death?"

"You've GOTTA let me in or my dog will DIE tonight!"


And you know what the best part of all this is? By 9:30, all the registers are closed. Meaning there is literally nothing I can do, even if I let them in. If I said "Yeah! Come on in!" They'd come in, shop around, get to the register, and then be unable to do ANYTHING because they are all closed for the night. They will literally not work at all until the next morning. But no. It's YOUR fault their dog will die, because it's owner forgot to buy some food sooner and figured they could still race to the store in time after watching the American Idol finale.

Seriously people. Grow the hell up, and take some damn responsibility for your own negligence...