It's May 28, 2024, 11:49:42 PM
Man, I used to work at Winn Dixie. Cool stuff like this used to happen all the time, LOL. Some of the best memories of my life are from the grocery store, LOL.Like, since you mentioned a beamer, it reminded me... this guy comes in one day, parks his beamer in the handicap spot (first parking space)... walks in, suit, sunglasses, tie, the whole works. Walks back to the wine section, and gets two of those BIG ASS bottles of wine, you know the gallon bottles. Starts walking straight out the door, LOL... my buddy Jim, front end manager, starts running after the guy, dude hops in his beamer, slams it in reverse, and tries to run over Jim as he speeds through the fire lane, squeals tires around the corner, and he's gone. LOL WTF? The wine was like, 5 bucks a bottle, and the guy was driving a 60 thousand dollar car, and wearing a 1500 dollar suit. LOL.
Nah, it wasn't like that with us. We were happy to see action. And if the guy gets away, that's the end of the action, LOL. So, we'd chase people all the time. I worked photo lab for a while, front of the store... well, the ciggarettes were right next to us. My manager in photo was Roger, this REALLY COOL guy from England, had been in the war, and all this crap, lol. Anyways, he was huge... probably 300 pounds, 6'5. Old, though, but didn't look it... he was like 70, but looked like he was about 45. Seriously.. well, he kept a damn pole, like a club or something right on the counter, because people would come in, and steal ciggarettes. one day, this guy comes in, gets a whole basket of ciggaretes (we knew what was up), and then ran out the door (his car was in the fire lane). Roger gets up, grabs his club, and runs out front, BAM hits the front windshield of the car... the guy looked like he was gonna piss himself, the whole front windshield shatterred, then fell in on his lap (in 1 big piece since it was safety glass, LOL)... the guy driving took off, and they got away too, Roger's standing out there cussing at the guy.We used to love stuff like that. I chased people all the time, it was fun. I got like 100 stories about people stealing stuff.P.S., at the same time, I was stealing CASES of free film and stuff out the back door. All my friends used to come in, and get the HOOK UP. I stole my brother ciggarettes all the time... but i'll be DAMN if soembody gonna steal something without my say so. LOL