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.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dSKG0SDT3
A pineapple. beep.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqBZhLPqd2
A pizza. beep.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGtWXroUza
A gallon of milk. beep.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK81wMkTga4
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.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbIc1IaX7Ro
New customer. I greet them with a standard “How you doing?”69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPBJ6YZ4Rw
A hood covers their face, they nod in response.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapxEovxrrU
A shovel. beep.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylhHtiDzB3
A roll of duct tape. beep.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyxak5FoP0
Rubber gloves. beep.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDoHu19lZv
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.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiC4fLaBSv8
A hunting knife. beep.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6x7kZEF10
A pack of Ziplocks. beep.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RkLGnMahH
A flashlight. beep.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPa3yXmvtk
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.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX55gJhwbYQ
Welp. Gotta do my job.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9rLI0wU4E
Three gallons of bleach. beep.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PhyHd4g6Y
A box of garbage bags. beep.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpOVrHD5TU
A meat grinder. beep.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOs0cvrtwBq
What. The. Fuck! I risk yet another glance. He’s looking at me. Shit!69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0gKF1rIk5
“That’ll be two hundred forty three dollars and eighty cents.”69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1BK02YFO5
He pays in cash. Of course he pays in cash.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZh8GF3iswX
“Have a good one.” My voice cracks.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wVNTD0DqC
He nods and walks away. I realize I never heard him speak.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWgc6uYFNE
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.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9qdZyoA9h
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.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEFqBTUycA
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.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPBej55T32
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.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hVaN7zEfF
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.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecy32ZIIbb
“Hey can you walk me to my car? I think I saw someone hiding over there. . .”69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65BShxDHwY
“Hiding?”69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRXOd9jkL8
“Yeah, like someone ducked down behind my car.” My teeth are chattering, I regret not bringing a jacket.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LkQ0sMVNO
“Yeah, I’ll walk you.” He finishes locking up and we briskly walk to the employee parking lot.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49RKQCAdV6
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.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYDnZs11My
“I’m not seeing anything. If there was someone out here they’re gone now.” I can see Rick’s breath.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxKDnNoRc3
“Thanks for checking.”69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYyG2BtNEW
Inside my car I check the back, just in case. Empty, other than the fast food wrappers. I breathe a sigh of relief.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4wVSTjvZ4
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)69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCkUiQbPn6
I scan the list of items and my heart stops.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwI3UCO6icV
:SHOVEL: :CTTAPE: :GLOVES: :EKNIFE: :IPLOCK: :HLIGHT: :(3)BLEACH: :GEBAGS: :RINDER:69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxQpIPsRHA
There’s something written on the back. I turn it over, my hand shaking.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80QijbhzUW
You forgot to check the trunk69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTohcp7uUNU
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and then Add to home screen.