Cashiering is so easy it’s boring. It eventually becomes an endless line of faces I don’t care to remember, with mundane items I scan on auto pilot.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRiHfwLpBiu
A pineapple. beep.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueJb6OdfDT
A pizza. beep.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQGR2S7b9M
A gallon of milk. beep.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHilfSErbfo
I check the clock for the tenth time during my shift. It’s only 4 PM. I don’t clock out till midnight. I sigh.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PNE7atvlk
New customer. I greet them with a standard “How you doing?”110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuLJFtVnw1
A hood covers their face, they nod in response.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1DUZe9eiK
A shovel. beep.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMU8MWkkLxd
A roll of duct tape. beep.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqeZeu04lJr
Rubber gloves. beep.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgj6crbtSG
I raise my eyebrow and take a second look at the customer. I see stubble, a scar on his chin. His head is down so I can’t make out the rest of his features. He’s tall.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvSrYwIWV8
A hunting knife. beep.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7KuPkgcei
A pack of Ziplocks. beep.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsbB5W5jrC
A flashlight. beep.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAp84FOZrDi
I glance around to check if anyone else is seeing what I’m seeing. The other customers in line are paying more attention to the magazine selection than Ted Bundy over here.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRVUJdd0Hy
Welp. Gotta do my job.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidjkwmDf96
Three gallons of bleach. beep.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSSy34HN1S
A box of garbage bags. beep.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXoP3pdqn4
A meat grinder. beep.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2uA3mqRcj
What. The. Fuck! I risk yet another glance. He’s looking at me. Shit!110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRDzrVTlqp
“That’ll be two hundred forty three dollars and eighty cents.”110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKdgxHTzuF
He pays in cash. Of course he pays in cash.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kd8ZlWRJv
“Have a good one.” My voice cracks.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizdpajQ3zr
He nods and walks away. I realize I never heard him speak.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKE1JwtXKiO
I’m put off. Then the next lady in line wants to know where the eggs are when they are literally in her eye-line and it’s a normal boring day at work again.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KN7R5mvUn
After my shift is over I’ve got a headache and my feet hurt. I’m ready to go home, soak in my tub and binge watch something.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQCS9YUCjM
It’s cold outside, winter has been holding our town at gun point for a week. I put my hands in my sweater pockets to warm them on the short walk to my car.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDeDWcpJQj
As I’m approaching the employee parking lot I see a dark shape huddle down behind my car, the only one in the lot other than my boss’s truck. What the hell? I instantly remember the shady customer. My heart starts beating fast.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGT5mZrNWMZ
I ain’t going over there by myself. I head to go straight back inside the store. I see my boss, Rick. He’s locking up.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihEkJZh4g7
“Hey can you walk me to my car? I think I saw someone hiding over there. . .”110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQxwcJOIx9
“Hiding?”110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUY8D9DRG2
“Yeah, like someone ducked down behind my car.” My teeth are chattering, I regret not bringing a jacket.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIV6Zvbbkxy
“Yeah, I’ll walk you.” He finishes locking up and we briskly walk to the employee parking lot.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJIvc1j29h
He circles my car a couple times while holding his phone as a flashlight, indicating with his hand that I stay back. I’m happy to comply.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDewXDxZnEt
“I’m not seeing anything. If there was someone out here they’re gone now.” I can see Rick’s breath.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxA778v7XA
“Thanks for checking.”110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SiAMM6McQ
Inside my car I check the back, just in case. Empty, other than the fast food wrappers. I breathe a sigh of relief.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnIPCahlJB
It’s a calm ride home. It’s not until I’ve pulled into the parking garage that I notice a slip of paper on the dash board. A receipt. I don’t remember making any purchases, and I’m in the habit of throwing trash in the back. (Don’t judge me)110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmoQlaaNpH
I scan the list of items and my heart stops.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9s6KDcTaTf
:SHOVEL: :CTTAPE: :GLOVES: :EKNIFE: :IPLOCK: :HLIGHT: :(3)BLEACH: :GEBAGS: :RINDER:110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsLcMJ4qIr
There’s something written on the back. I turn it over, my hand shaking.110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxLTldYyDg
You forgot to check the trunk110Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKICOqgJsMC
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and then Add to home screen.