You've received death threats from SC's because...

[HorrorFrogPrincess]

One of our clients was just starting to do payroll, and threatened to strangle me, and actually reached for my neck (all in good fun, haha) because when I did a check to see how much his taxes would be, he thought it was too much.

I try not to see that client anymore, even though he's one of my account. He does provide all his invoices for bookkeeping, though. But that freaked me out too much to see this person face-to-face.

[Mytical]

Never have gotten death threats..but been around when a few were uttered. One over a quarter. Yes .. twenty five cents. I would relate the story, but come on..a quarter?

[dalesys]

Never have gotten death threats..but been around when a few were uttered. One over a quarter. Yes .. twenty five cents. I would relate the story, but come on..a quarter?

There. Will. Be. No. Quarter.

[zombiequeen]

I found a quarter under a table yesterday!

[Kristev]

I've been threatened with death. But only because I'm gay and this is Idaho.

However, I heard some horrible woman in a car threaten to run over one of the cart-pushers because he wasn't getting out of her way quick enough.

[Misanthropical]

Kristev WTF?? I am so sorry. I can't believe people sometimes.

My husband, got his life and ours threatened on occasion from those he had to fire, which he never did lightly, he hated having to fire anyone. One guy was driving out of the parking lot in front of him and showed a butcher knife to him through the car windows.

My husband's job did offer round the clock security if he thought someone just might come after him or if he was afraid someone would come after us, but we never took them up on the offer.

[Gidgetdigit]

I received a death threat because I couldn't get my customer's glasses ready in three days. Mind you, it was a difficult prescription that needed to be precise to meet the customer's needs. I said it would be ready n five days at most, but this was not satisfactory. When the glasses came in after three days, did I get a thank you? No.

[protege]

One over a quarter. Yes .. twenty five cents. I would relate the story, but come on..a quarter?

I had one of my paper route customers threaten to kick my ass over a quarter. Yes, a fucking quarter...

It happened, simply because there was a holiday during the week, and it had slipped my mind. So instead of charging him say, $2.25 because there was one less paper delivered during the week, I accidentally asked him for $2.50...and he went ballistic Keep in mind, that the guy had allegedly assaulted one of the teachers at the elementary school because his dipshit kid got a failing grade...and had some "issues" when said kid was playing sports. Namely getting into a fight or two and threatening the game officials!

Of course, once I threatened *him* with calling the cops (most of which are friends of the family...including the chief!) and pressing assault/battery charges over a freaking quarter, he relented. After that, he, like most bullies, tended to kiss my ass quite a bit.

[BookstoreEscapee]

The first came at my very first job, at a chain bookstore. Why? Because we did not stock The Anarchist's Cookbook. It could be ordered, but it wasn't something ordinarily found in the general selection. This was not good enough and it was all my fault.

I never got any death threats at the bookstore. I have taken/called a number of orders for The Anarchist's Cookbook, however. Oddly, every order I ever took/heard about was taken over the phone. The customer was always told they had to be 18 and would need to show ID in order to pick it up.

"No problem," they always said.

Fast forward several days and here I am calling orders. A teenage-sounding voice would answer, always male. "Hello sir, this is Me from Bookstore in Town calling; your book order is in. We'll hold it at the front desk for two weeks. Please be aware that you must be over 18 to purchase this book, and the cashier will need to see ID."

"No problem," they always said.

Fast forward two weeks, and I'm pulling and reshelving orders. Lo and behold, here's The Anarchist's Cookbook, once again being returned to the publisher.

[Mouse]

dang, now i want to get anarchists cookbook just for the morbid curiosity

[Misanthropical]

Mouse I think that puts you on the DHS watch list and maybe the FBIs too.

[Mikkel]

dang, now i want to get anarchists cookbook just for the morbid curiosity

Blah blah blah.

[Whiskey]

I posted about, but someone threatened me because I wouldn't refill their drink after they gulped it down while waiting 5 minutes in drive.

[Kristev]

Oh, poor Whiskey. Now I'd ask for a refill, but I only go to the restaurants, and I tend to stay in the dining room for an hour.

Why? Because I use tarot cards to help come up with ideas for the novels I write, and restaurants actually give me more peace and quiet than I get at home.

[Whiskey]

We have a drink station in the lobby. People can suck down as much soda as they want in there.