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.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvUKp82eT7
A pineapple. beep.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BMb0rG3Sx
A pizza. beep.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxgXn2vo4O
A gallon of milk. beep.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzv4mOeGRK
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.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUguAsJcRW
New customer. I greet them with a standard “How you doing?”130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5X6QCoEgf6
A hood covers their face, they nod in response.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKu5mt28cLs
A shovel. beep.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡph0Q85g3DQ
A roll of duct tape. beep.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHd2Lmr4JDB
Rubber gloves. beep.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqShuVrmhlI
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.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFku6GVPtl
A hunting knife. beep.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23wF5fqmPs
A pack of Ziplocks. beep.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcddEi3L4dj
A flashlight. beep.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBeqQduWEgm
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.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAo1IQEqMz
Welp. Gotta do my job.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2GjRtKQie
Three gallons of bleach. beep.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMOBySo85O
A box of garbage bags. beep.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvgzd127mG
A meat grinder. beep.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tJ9bfXgY6
What. The. Fuck! I risk yet another glance. He’s looking at me. Shit!130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhNxENcdiG
“That’ll be two hundred forty three dollars and eighty cents.”130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuPHDaFNM4
He pays in cash. Of course he pays in cash.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAfhPkkG95
“Have a good one.” My voice cracks.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYS2LkwVJoG
He nods and walks away. I realize I never heard him speak.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYiwchW338
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.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡro6l1IYgDs
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.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUey9c7xPCU
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.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqIu2gT0cr
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.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqM8bY4zu1f
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.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKI6ciAAAO
“Hey can you walk me to my car? I think I saw someone hiding over there. . .”130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxi602JvXV5
“Hiding?”130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92ktyodVGx
“Yeah, like someone ducked down behind my car.” My teeth are chattering, I regret not bringing a jacket.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4E8Zrkci9
“Yeah, I’ll walk you.” He finishes locking up and we briskly walk to the employee parking lot.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIiIvCGzJa3
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.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0lylXlrKQ
“I’m not seeing anything. If there was someone out here they’re gone now.” I can see Rick’s breath.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOabzqGWXdW
“Thanks for checking.”130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGEd7Ydd37
Inside my car I check the back, just in case. Empty, other than the fast food wrappers. I breathe a sigh of relief.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRGyZFtMdp
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)130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO65iTlLdvC
I scan the list of items and my heart stops.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8A7omgKDO3
:SHOVEL: :CTTAPE: :GLOVES: :EKNIFE: :IPLOCK: :HLIGHT: :(3)BLEACH: :GEBAGS: :RINDER:130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqudS7iBabQ
There’s something written on the back. I turn it over, my hand shaking.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iWXRBi3vl
You forgot to check the trunk130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFzSMQOVAn
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and then Add to home screen.