'[He] flashes his holster and just stares me down': Retail employee gets threatened by a desperate customer after telling him they were closed, she quits on the spot

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    Product - "Store closed? Threaten them with dth"
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    Human body - . Posted by u/BunnyCope 15 hours ago r/r/retail A man showed me his holster when i told him we were closed?
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    Font - My heart is beating so fast rn. I live in texas so im used to people open carrying but this still scared me. We had just closed and i locked the doors when a man pulled up and ran to the door and said "i just need one thing" and i told him we were closed
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    Font - the register was already closed, and i was sorry but theres nothing i could do. He countered with "its for my little boy", i said again the register is closed, 'shut down', we dont have a register to do the transaction. He said "it only costs $3 ill give you $5", i said dude im really sorry, there are other stores open right now but i cant let you in.
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    Font - this mf flashes his fuxking holster at me and just stares me down. I pulled out my phone and started dialing 911, but he finally just made a little grunty sigh tantrum sound and left. I ended up not calling the cops since i saw his truck actually leave but im still shaken and so foking annoyed.
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    Font - Why are people like this. Im so glad my last day here is thursday. Management the customers sometimes. is awful and shady and are terrifying
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    Font - Next day edit: Im gonna start the process of making a report today. Also no, letting him in to just get his thing is NOT a valid answer to this situation, i was a petite woman with no way of defending myself alone in a dark store, he easily could have assaulted or robbed me.
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    Font - A robbery would have gone bad due to our safe's timer and the beeping sounds it makes, and i would rather him have shot me at the door than be assaulted again. Also i cannot carry a gun to work for self defense nor would i want to, i have mental health problems and actually cant own one (yeah, not even in texas)
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    Font - So! This brandishing man baby IS being reported and i wanted to pop in and make sure people know be hopefully wont be getting away with it, and i wanted to address/answer some of the more smoothbrained comments about how others would have solved it :b
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    Rectangle - SnowWhiteCampCat 8 hr. ago Yes tell your useless boss. But also report the crime to the cops. And if your boss says not to. Report that too.
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    Rectangle - Vertoule 12 hr. ago Yeah, call the cops still. If he can't be responsible with his firearm then he doesn't deserve to have it.
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    Human body - sailorwickeddragon - 12 hr. ago . Exactly this. People can be responsible gan owners, but not all gun owners are responsible ones.
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    Font - InstructionAbject763 6 hr. ago Yup brandishing a firearm is the term for what he did. Very illegal in Texas and can get you a deadly conduct charge
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    Smile - . omgitsduane 6 hr. ago A con isn't something you used to just get what you want in the heat of a moment? Store closed? Threaten them with doth. its the only reasonable action.
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    Rectangle - thecuriousstowaway. 2 hr. ago Just read something like this where the guy was waving a gun around because he wanted to buy something at a store that was closed. I want to say he shot the cashier but i can't remember. Either way he got arrested.
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    Human body - teddy2506 6 hr. ago The cop they make a report to will probably be the same guy that was at the door
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    Rectangle - piirtoeri 2 hr. ago Brandishing a weapon when there is no threat is a federal crime. This man should have his con removed. Call the police still man. This guy will ko someone.

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