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I was going to put this on Sightings, but she actually came up to me and asked for help, so I guess she was a customer at that point. Please move if necessary.
So on Saturday nights I work overnight shift, taking down the old ad signs and putting up the new ad signs for the week. My usual area of the store is the side with with seasonal, toys, and electronics. Needless to say, my ad was HUGE last night and it took me for freaking ever to get it up. This is important.
So I was in seasonal, working on putting up the new signs, around 2:30am. I hear a woman talking, I guess she was on speakerphone or one of those walkie talkie phones because I didn't see a bluetooth or any other kind of earpiece. Every once in a while I'd hear her yell at this kid that was with her, to stay close, to stay out of stuff, etc. I didn't actually see the kid for about 45 minutes. But it was a constant, "Come on, Stephanie (I don't remember the kid's name, but it was something like that), stay with me" or "Stephanie, get over here" or "Stephanie, leave those alone". Then it progressed to "Come on, we're leaving, I'm tired of this" but unfortunately that phrase was said over, and over, and over, and over, and over. Hardly a threat since after the first time it was obvious to me from just listening that the woman had no intention of leaving, instead choosing to continue to walk around and talking to whomever on the phone.
She did finally come up to me and ask about a doll that was on price drop, but that we never actually had in stock since that sign had gone up the day after Thanksgiving. I think she wanted me to offer to call other stores but I do not call other stores at 4am because there is nobody there to really check other than the manager in charge of the store and they have better things to do. This gave me a chance to look at the kid, who appeared to be in the 10 to 14 year old range. Old enough to behave, for sure, but also old enough to know an empty threat when she hears it.
I think that woman finally left around 4am, after my hearing her yell at the kid for a good hour and a half. Yes, it took me that long to get from seasonal to toys. I'm not sure exactly what the kid was saying at the end, but the yelling got louder and the last thing I heard was. "I don't want to go back to that end of the store!!!!" in an extremely loud and annoyed tone.
So on Saturday nights I work overnight shift, taking down the old ad signs and putting up the new ad signs for the week. My usual area of the store is the side with with seasonal, toys, and electronics. Needless to say, my ad was HUGE last night and it took me for freaking ever to get it up. This is important.
So I was in seasonal, working on putting up the new signs, around 2:30am. I hear a woman talking, I guess she was on speakerphone or one of those walkie talkie phones because I didn't see a bluetooth or any other kind of earpiece. Every once in a while I'd hear her yell at this kid that was with her, to stay close, to stay out of stuff, etc. I didn't actually see the kid for about 45 minutes. But it was a constant, "Come on, Stephanie (I don't remember the kid's name, but it was something like that), stay with me" or "Stephanie, get over here" or "Stephanie, leave those alone". Then it progressed to "Come on, we're leaving, I'm tired of this" but unfortunately that phrase was said over, and over, and over, and over, and over. Hardly a threat since after the first time it was obvious to me from just listening that the woman had no intention of leaving, instead choosing to continue to walk around and talking to whomever on the phone.
She did finally come up to me and ask about a doll that was on price drop, but that we never actually had in stock since that sign had gone up the day after Thanksgiving. I think she wanted me to offer to call other stores but I do not call other stores at 4am because there is nobody there to really check other than the manager in charge of the store and they have better things to do. This gave me a chance to look at the kid, who appeared to be in the 10 to 14 year old range. Old enough to behave, for sure, but also old enough to know an empty threat when she hears it.
I think that woman finally left around 4am, after my hearing her yell at the kid for a good hour and a half. Yes, it took me that long to get from seasonal to toys. I'm not sure exactly what the kid was saying at the end, but the yelling got louder and the last thing I heard was. "I don't want to go back to that end of the store!!!!" in an extremely loud and annoyed tone.
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