what the ?

[red hot pegasus]

About a month ago, I was closing at my job at a certain closeout store
(think !) in the name. Afew of us was standing near the entrance/exit shooting the breeze(we had just closed for the night),when this woman gets out of a taxi and tries to come in. When one of us says "sorry,we're closed",she gets mad and stats banging on the door and swearing that she had to come in! The manager on duty wouldn't let her in,and one of my coworkers suggested she should have gone to KMart instead! Funny thing was we are located in conway,SC and the taxi as from Myrtle Beach,SC!
The b!tch could have at least called us to see what time we closed;but no, she had to take a cab ride all the way from the beach just to discover we were closed for the night!

[Brighid45]

And you wouldn't re-open the store just for her personal little late-night shopping spree, even when you knew she had traveled all that way? I am SHOCKED, SHOCKED I tell you.

[Imogene]

At my second store closing, in West County. The final day we were opened, we had been told we were staying open to 6:30 PM, no later, while the rest of the mall would be open until 9:30.
Anyway, around 5:40, the store manager called the assistant manager toward the back of the store, and apparently told him that, starting at 6:00, he was to stand at the door and refuse entrance to people coming in.
So, he did. We absolutely had to be closed by 6:30, this was an order from on high so, the store manager was adamant about it.
Right around 6:05, I was busy ringing out the largest sale I'd seen in weeks, and hear the AM telling someone we're closed. I half pay attention as the register grinds to finish up the transaction.
Players:
AM
G: Guy, dumbass 'customer' surrounded by family(?)

AM: "I'm sorry, we're closed."
G: But I see people in there.
AM: "Yes, and they will be our last customers."
G: But, your sign says you're open until 6:30, the mall's open to 9:30...
AM: "Actually, no, we're open until those people leave. We absolutely have to be out of the mall tonight, and we have a lot of packing to do."
G: But, I drove all the way from Kansas City to come to this store!
AM: "And? We are closing as soon as that transaction is finished. You're not coming in."
And so on for about ten minutes.
He drove all the way from Kansas City to come here? An hour drive? Dumbass!

[Heksubah]

He drove all the way from Kansas City to come here? An hour drive? Dumbass!

An hour drive? Eek, no. I have family in both cities. It's closer to 4, maybe 3.5 if you speed and the traffic gods are watching over you.