'You better open this dang door': Employee locks door and catches wannabe thief trying to steal from convenience store

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    Font - You better open this dang door M OC This happened back in the day...at your local Arizona convenience store. Strange things were definitely afoot here this night... Just after sunset it's literally like I Am Legend, where all the infected beer run specialists show up. They get pretty cocky, and many think they're slick.....but over time. I've learned their patterns in order to prevent major loss.
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    Font - This kid comes in the side door (we are shaped like a golden rectangle and have a left and right side door). He walks the joint, eyeballs the place, sees the human-sized stack of 18 packs of cerveza, then lights up. I'll stop here to tell you that, for safety's sake, our doors lock with a button under the counter. Important info.
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    Font - He asks me if he could "look at" cigarettes that are behind me, then starts to mention the "higher up ones". I thought this guy may bolt so I lock the doors, turn around and here a suspicion-confirming thud that reverberated through the happiest parts of my soul. As this man staggers up with a miraculously-unscathed 18 pack, he looks at me in at first panic, then anger as the realization sets in. Now I'm probably looking panicked, because I didn't initially have a plan past here...
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    Font - Just as I'm about to say something the man realizes he's still holding beer, and winds up to run at the doors. Smack! He runs again while saying "you better open this dang door!". Enter malicious compliance. You want me to open the door? I'll open it. I'll open it straight to hell. He makes one last charge, and I press the button to unlock the doors last second.
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    Font - I knew he'd get sent flying, but he flew through this, tumbled so gloriously, better than I could have planned for.. The doors flew open as he literally somersaulted, and that 18 pack busted open in a spiral of cans. He stumbled, bumbled, fumbled around grabbing the cans that didn't go off into their own little spiral, spraying everywhere. All this for a few cans of Generic. Again like I am legend (and it's book to movie adaptation), it's unclear whether I'm the good guy or not.
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    Font - Unique-Ad-9316 - 2 days ago Tell me you immediately relocked the door! 828 Reply Share Ancient Educator_76 OP +4. 2 days ago U know it 684 Reply Share
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    Font - Jamster_1988 - 1 day ago I'd have kept pushing the button so he keeps running into it. Then apologise profusely and "call" the manager. They can't come in to free you, so you have absolutely no choice but to call the police to come and free you because the locking mechanism on the fritz. Then tell them he's a thief. 218 Reply Share
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    Font - Ancient Educator_76 OP +4.23 hr. ago The button locks when I press it and stays locked until I press it again. I never understood why this guy ran after I pressed the button...it makes a VERY loud CLACK! When pressed. I frequently used it as a deterrent for would-be thieves, because they know something's up when they hear that...or at the very least startled. This Boomhauer- sounding guy musta been desperado. Literally the first time I had to think on my feet.
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    Font - RefrigeratedTP 1 day ago +1. Something tells me you spend a lot of time daydreaming about things that would never work out as you planned in real life. 67 Reply Share
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    Font - latents +3 - 2 days ago Now I'm probably looking panicked, because I didn't initially have a plan past here... Yeah, that could be a problem I knew he'd get sent flying, but he flew through this, tumbled so gloriously, better than I could have planned for.. The doors flew open as he literally somersaulted, and that 18 pack busted open in a spiral of cans. He stumbled, bumbled, fumbled around grabbing the cans that didn't go off into their own little spiral, spraying everywhere. I do hope
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    Font - Coolbeanschilly +2. 2 days ago Again like I am legend (and it's book to movie adaptation), it's unclear whether I'm the good guy or not. Morality can be ambiguous, but this story cannot be anything other than entertaining. ↑ 617 ↓ Reply Share
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    Smile - Dexaan +3 - 1 day ago Chaotic Good - sure, he got away, but you made it costly and embarrassing. 119 Reply Share
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    Terrestrial plant - daloman +2 - 1 day ago Knew a guy in a neighborhood store who slipped over and locked the doors without being noticed. Two teenagers charge from the back of the store with half cases right into the locked doors. Bam! Bam! He just made them put the beer back and then let them go. We walked in a few minutes later and he was still laughing so he told us what just happened.
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    Font - Illustrious-Fall-451 You are a fantastic writer. Still laughing. 268 +12 days ago 33 Reply Share MrVeazey 2 days ago The ending is the cherry on top. Reply Share Ancient Educator_76 OP +4. 2 days ago Thank you! 4 70 + Reply Share
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    Font - babiha +1- 1 day ago You should write dramatic stories. It was a cold dark night. The lights were mesmerizing as the freezers belted out another sweat bead on the glass doors. Morsey knew a cold one was lurking somewhere behind them as he burst in after a long day at the local hospital ER. Jerusalem Slake was his favorite beer. 14 Reply Share

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