This thread reminded me of this story 
On Friday nights I close the bookstore by myself. I always close the door and put the "CLOSED" sign up at 10:30 PM and don't let anyone else in, but I don't lock the door so that the people remaining in the store can still leave. That's the way it's been for the past four years, except for maybe about 3 Fridays when I was sick/out of town
A few weeks ago, a guy I never saw before tried to come in through the closed doors at 10:35 or so, just as I was finishing up with the last customer. I'll call him SC but it doesn't describe him because he never actually bought anything!
Me: Sorry, we're closed now.
SC: *looks really surprised* But I thought you closed at 11:30!
Me: No, sorry, it's 10:30.
SC: But you always close at 11:30 on Fridays.
Me: ...er. No, sorry. It's 10:30.
SC: But you used to close at 11!
Me: (So now it's 11?) ...Nope. Sorry.
The customer I am helping kind of scurries away when confronted with the SC's embarassing ignorance. SC guy stands there looking all sad and pathetic. Then he leaves and I lock the door.
Next Friday! A little after 10:30, I had already closed the door and turned the sign off to wait for the last customers to finish up. The same SC from last week comes in through the CLOSED door (with a big sign on in that says "Closed" mind you).
Me: Sorry, we're closed now.
SC: No you close at 11:30.
Me:
Sorry, it's 10:30 on Fridays.
SC: Didn't you used to close at 11:30?
Me: No, we always close at 10:30 on Fridays.
SC: Are you sure?
Me: (exasperated) I'm pretty sure.
Once again SC guy stands there for a few moments looking forlorn, like I personally changed our store hours just so he couldn't come in any more or something. Then he leaves.
NEXT Friday! This time, it's 10:24 (I looked at the clock). The same SC walks in looking extremely excited. He says, "I made it this time didn't I!" as he walks by me into the store. This makes me unhappy because we are 6 minutes from closing. Sure enough, 6 minutes later, SC is buried in a book somewhere in the back room. I walk around and politely tell everyone that we're closing. Most people realize that means, "We're closed so GTFO" so they leave. SC, of course, does not even attempt to stand up. Five minutes later, the other customers have left and he is still sitting reading a book. I go up and say, "Sorry, we're going to have to close up." SC kind of nods and continues reading his book.
So I do the really nice thing which is to count out my drawer and start it over for the next day, which takes about ten minutes. If SC buys anything (yeah right!) then I can add it on to the next day's totals. When I finish that, I go to look for him. He's moved from where he was to an even more obscure space further in the back of the store, I guess hoping that I can't find him? This time I'm not polite anymore. I say, "Sir, we're closed now. You have to leave." He gets all mopey on me and says, "Okay." He stands up and dumps the book he was reading on the ground, nice. I turn around and go back up to the front desk to wait. When I get there, I am surprised to find that he has NOT started to leave but is instead looking at ANOTHER book!! Really exasperating. So I go back to him and just stare at him for a moment until he puts the book down. I literally follow him to the door to make sure that he is actually leaving (by now it's almost 10:50). As we approach the door, SC darts to the side towards another bookshelf in order to look at some more books :facepalm: He does NOT want to leave! I say loudly, "Sir!" and he ignores me for a moment before grudgingly leaving the store, where I can thankfully lock the door behind him.
This was 2 weeks ago today, and I haven't seen him since. Hopefully he will never come back? We'll find out....
Bonus SC story! Yay?
Lately there has been more and more people trying to bum change from customers IN THE STORE. They come in looking all normal and stuff, and then I slowly realize that they are going around to the customers in the store, holding cups with signs on them for some bogus charity. The reason I don't notice is because they don't actually say anything, they just walk around showing their cups to people. Why would you ever be allowed to panhandle in a store? Then I have to kick them out and I don't enjoy doing that. It really annoys me because my boss would be PISSED if he saw them doing that and of course I would get blamed for letting them in

On Friday nights I close the bookstore by myself. I always close the door and put the "CLOSED" sign up at 10:30 PM and don't let anyone else in, but I don't lock the door so that the people remaining in the store can still leave. That's the way it's been for the past four years, except for maybe about 3 Fridays when I was sick/out of town

A few weeks ago, a guy I never saw before tried to come in through the closed doors at 10:35 or so, just as I was finishing up with the last customer. I'll call him SC but it doesn't describe him because he never actually bought anything!
Me: Sorry, we're closed now.
SC: *looks really surprised* But I thought you closed at 11:30!
Me: No, sorry, it's 10:30.
SC: But you always close at 11:30 on Fridays.
Me: ...er. No, sorry. It's 10:30.
SC: But you used to close at 11!
Me: (So now it's 11?) ...Nope. Sorry.
The customer I am helping kind of scurries away when confronted with the SC's embarassing ignorance. SC guy stands there looking all sad and pathetic. Then he leaves and I lock the door.
Next Friday! A little after 10:30, I had already closed the door and turned the sign off to wait for the last customers to finish up. The same SC from last week comes in through the CLOSED door (with a big sign on in that says "Closed" mind you).
Me: Sorry, we're closed now.
SC: No you close at 11:30.
Me:

SC: Didn't you used to close at 11:30?
Me: No, we always close at 10:30 on Fridays.
SC: Are you sure?
Me: (exasperated) I'm pretty sure.
Once again SC guy stands there for a few moments looking forlorn, like I personally changed our store hours just so he couldn't come in any more or something. Then he leaves.
NEXT Friday! This time, it's 10:24 (I looked at the clock). The same SC walks in looking extremely excited. He says, "I made it this time didn't I!" as he walks by me into the store. This makes me unhappy because we are 6 minutes from closing. Sure enough, 6 minutes later, SC is buried in a book somewhere in the back room. I walk around and politely tell everyone that we're closing. Most people realize that means, "We're closed so GTFO" so they leave. SC, of course, does not even attempt to stand up. Five minutes later, the other customers have left and he is still sitting reading a book. I go up and say, "Sorry, we're going to have to close up." SC kind of nods and continues reading his book.
So I do the really nice thing which is to count out my drawer and start it over for the next day, which takes about ten minutes. If SC buys anything (yeah right!) then I can add it on to the next day's totals. When I finish that, I go to look for him. He's moved from where he was to an even more obscure space further in the back of the store, I guess hoping that I can't find him? This time I'm not polite anymore. I say, "Sir, we're closed now. You have to leave." He gets all mopey on me and says, "Okay." He stands up and dumps the book he was reading on the ground, nice. I turn around and go back up to the front desk to wait. When I get there, I am surprised to find that he has NOT started to leave but is instead looking at ANOTHER book!! Really exasperating. So I go back to him and just stare at him for a moment until he puts the book down. I literally follow him to the door to make sure that he is actually leaving (by now it's almost 10:50). As we approach the door, SC darts to the side towards another bookshelf in order to look at some more books :facepalm: He does NOT want to leave! I say loudly, "Sir!" and he ignores me for a moment before grudgingly leaving the store, where I can thankfully lock the door behind him.
This was 2 weeks ago today, and I haven't seen him since. Hopefully he will never come back? We'll find out....
Bonus SC story! Yay?
Lately there has been more and more people trying to bum change from customers IN THE STORE. They come in looking all normal and stuff, and then I slowly realize that they are going around to the customers in the store, holding cups with signs on them for some bogus charity. The reason I don't notice is because they don't actually say anything, they just walk around showing their cups to people. Why would you ever be allowed to panhandle in a store? Then I have to kick them out and I don't enjoy doing that. It really annoys me because my boss would be PISSED if he saw them doing that and of course I would get blamed for letting them in

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