We're not staying open just for you, princess.

[B&NGoddess]

we closed at six tonight. its bad enough that we have regular assholes around; we dont need drunk assholes on top of that. it was busy as fuck, and by 6.10 we still hadnt gotten everyone out. there were two couples checking out, and a person in cafe checking out. i was up front playing bouncer (my favorite job) when i see someone waiting at customer services.

"who is that? A, go kick her out." when A gets there, the SC wants her to fund a book and A tells her we're closed. SC meanders her way up to the front and by this time that last people have left so shes the only one. she walks up to K and asks her if she can look up a book and K tells her no, we're closed.

"fine, i'll go to another store then." and storms out.

damn right. get the fuck out.

[GolfCart34]

Why do people feel the need to stay way beyond closing on days when the store is meant to shut it's doors early due to it being a holiday the next day? The bank I work for closed early today and we needed to be out by 15 minutes past closing time (with work gone to processing). Anyway, I swear, 10 minutes after we close we still had people pulling up and wanting to bank. First of all, there has been a huge sign in both the lobby and the drive up stating the early closing schedules for the holidays, so there was absolutely no excuse for not knowing the bank closed early. Second, if you see a bunch of staff members leaving the bank and the lights are off, don't you think that would clue you in that the bank is closed! A co-worker of mine actually put the early closing sign right next to the closed sign we put up every night and every time somebody pulled up to the drive-thru he pointed at it and sent them on their way (I worked drive up today but 10 minutes after closing I was up front helping to shoo the people out of the lobby). And to make matters worse, a business customer came in 10 minutes to closing and had about 20 large transactions to process. This took all three tellers those last 10 minutes to finish. They actually had to put the business customer's transactions aside several times so they could help customers with regular transactions.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Ugh, I hate those people.

I loved making the closing announcements when we closed early, though. We would start an hour early, instead of the usual half-hour. And do them every 15 minutes, then 10 till, then 5 till, then closed!

[matty]

Yeah, if I know that a shop will be closing in 15 minutes, then unless I genuinely have a need to buy something that I can only get there and genuinely need right this moment, then I won't go in.

On the other hand, it seems that most places that are not businesses as such are obsessive about closing right on time. I am thinking here of the university library, city museums and so on. Here, security will wander the building half-an-hour before closing, telling people that "we will be closing in a couple of minutes!"

[ThePhoneGoddess]

Working graveyard, I often frequent stores at weird hours. I have memorized the hours of the local Fred Meyer, Target and New Seasons stores as well as my bank, so I know when I can go there. And if I need to go in shortly before they close, I calculate it to make sure I can get in and get out BEFORE the cutoff time. And when I calculate it, I calculate it generously, to make sure I have enough time to do what I need. I try to be out of a store at least 5-10 minutes before closing time.

It's just rude, otherwise.