Mellonin's posts

@Shamrock Shamus: I moved here from just outside of Washington DC, so it was a huge adjustment. Luckily, shortly after I moved here, they put in a new brew pub just down the street, so now we have the basics - a pub, a store, a cafe, and an ice cream parlor. All directly across the street from my apartment. So it's not as bad as it used to be, before they put in the store and pub.

The town I grew up in, though? One store, about a mile from my house, and one flower shop. No places to eat - or drink - unless you drove at least 10 - 15 minutes in the car. THAT was horrible.

If somebody were to start something in the store I work in, they would probly get thrown out.

Like, trip a kid? Thrown out.
Start yelling at the guy? The manager would tell you to leave. You aren't welcome here.
Complain loudly? You get told you are welcome to go somewhere else.

The thing is, we are a small town store. Small as in, we are the only store in the town. My town has one store, one cafe open half the week, one brew pub open half the week, and one ice cream shop. That's it. That's the whole damn town. We have around 900 people living in the town as a whole.

So going somewhere else? It's a good 15 minute drive.

So most people just deal with the long wait, and complain about it later.

@Shamrock Shamus: Yeah, I'm not nearly that nice. The worst I might do is sigh loudly behind somebody in the supermarket who is going too slowly, or taking up the whole aisle, and then complain about them after.

@Another Movie Addict: My store kind of has an unspoken policy to bend over backwards for this guy. A while back, he won big, and gave a bunch of my coworkers around $450 each from his winnings, since he won it at our store. So I can't really be rude to this guy, or force him to move while he plays his tickets, because he is really generous with his winnings and tends to bring the local media to our store - and that means more business for us.

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Gore

I currently have 179 volts. I'm poor :(

Try being the person behind the counter while that is happening. At my store, we usually only have one register open at a time, and the person on duty is also responsible for keeping the front end clean and keeping the coffee fresh.

We have one guy who comes in to buy lotto, usually spends around $200 a pop. He will stand there, scratch his tickets, and get upset if I walk away. Meanwhile, the line is growing, the coffee is stale, and I am getting complains and/or being yelled at by customers because of the coffee.

It seriously sucks.

@Anarchist Beauty: I can't really fight this sentiment.

@Anarchist Beauty: Should I be frightened?

Do what I do. Hold tight and pretend it’s a plan!
*jumps up onto the Slytherin table* Hello all! I'm new here, so I thought I should introduce myself :D

@Lady Luna: Well, I certainly did! ... ... ... Be afraid. Be very, very afraid.

@Lady Luna: Very true. Most of the recent posts I found were at least a year old, lmao

@Lady Luna: It's definitely possible. I just logged in and posted to see if anybody else was active, but I"m not expecting much, lol