Baffled Retail Employee Tells Story of Oblivious Lady Trying to Shop

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Eric Lund
Apr 22, 2019 12:00 AM EDT

This old lady was so focused on getting her cd that nothing was gonna throw her off. If you thought some yellow tape was gonna stop her, you're in for a surprise. People in retail have to deal with some of the most aggravating people on the planet, so our hats are off to anyone who can keep their composure in situations like these.

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    Text - There is a CAR in our building. No, you can't come in. Medium I was going to post this as a comment because reading about oblivious people reminded me of this story, but it's long and I think it's better as a post 15-ish years ago, I worked at a retail store on the corner of a really dangerous intersection. The first time a car drove into our store, we panicked. Well, we panicked every time, but whatever. The employees were running around doing crowd control, calling the police, etc. I wa
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    Text - and got out ourselves, we were standing outside watching the cops tape off the store and basically milling around going "wtf do we do now" when an older lady pulls up (I don't remember where she parked or HOWw she possibly found a spot, most of the parking areas were taken up by police, wreckage, and probably employees) and ambles toward the store. I was already freaking out pretty hard but in the back of my head I'm thinking "she's not. She can't. She's going to another store. She's just
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    Text - open the door when someone ran over to stop her. Even then, she was confused. The manager had to say something along the lines of "see that car? That's halfway in the store? That's not supposed to be there We're closed." She was super confused, even after that. "So I can't buy my Peter Frampton cd?" "Uhh... No... Even if we could let you into the building we aren't able to make any sales now because the computers aren't working..." "Oh... Why are the computers down?" "Uhhh
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    Text - Because that car that is halfway inside the store knocked out our internet and probably jiggled something to do with the computers..." "Oh. So will you be open tomorrow?" ".. Probably not." "Oh. Ok." Of course, this conversation took place inside the taped area with her hand on the door almost the whole time. I'm still baffled by her, even all these years later. It makes me feel better on days when I'm completely oblivious to what's going on around me.
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