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.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0gbkACmXg
A pineapple. beep.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVZhZ2rVjk
A pizza. beep.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Mvq6kIvye
A gallon of milk. beep.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvOxNPGb9J
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.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnUx1FO975
New customer. I greet them with a standard “How you doing?”15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DgiDG7Xdw
A hood covers their face, they nod in response.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbDF3KZ8zi
A shovel. beep.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFz0hJlumHY
A roll of duct tape. beep.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOTprg2igm
Rubber gloves. beep.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlUwtrOomO
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.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIqZ7aVyZO
A hunting knife. beep.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblJtGTXuRi
A pack of Ziplocks. beep.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbP1474xU7
A flashlight. beep.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAOAGu1iHn
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.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9weitCfbXZ
Welp. Gotta do my job.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1g1WHYMjh
Three gallons of bleach. beep.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5Q90K2idy
A box of garbage bags. beep.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdryR4VJWm
A meat grinder. beep.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRKluNNb2A
What. The. Fuck! I risk yet another glance. He’s looking at me. Shit!15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHV5zEcRDd
“That’ll be two hundred forty three dollars and eighty cents.”15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEwPtLzt9W
He pays in cash. Of course he pays in cash.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPzn0Amatv
“Have a good one.” My voice cracks.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRliHH3RpH
He nods and walks away. I realize I never heard him speak.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpe7NgpRuIi
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.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqRuQMOfo9
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.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuPuFkEzM9
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.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimu1drfbS9
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.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8HbUZaVZ8
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.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlV8dt2qCgu
“Hey can you walk me to my car? I think I saw someone hiding over there. . .”15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAbUO2ZEPP
“Hiding?”15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMeW7bMBbD
“Yeah, like someone ducked down behind my car.” My teeth are chattering, I regret not bringing a jacket.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEddAlmxGS9
“Yeah, I’ll walk you.” He finishes locking up and we briskly walk to the employee parking lot.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpbTeaYJql
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.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7kDAV82jp
“I’m not seeing anything. If there was someone out here they’re gone now.” I can see Rick’s breath.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQpe2Aba1d
“Thanks for checking.”15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEO61kEcxd
Inside my car I check the back, just in case. Empty, other than the fast food wrappers. I breathe a sigh of relief.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWsQqgbOvd
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)15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGACpdcy2Ct
I scan the list of items and my heart stops.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCq0fGlVkj
:SHOVEL: :CTTAPE: :GLOVES: :EKNIFE: :IPLOCK: :HLIGHT: :(3)BLEACH: :GEBAGS: :RINDER:15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUrbZzFg9F
There’s something written on the back. I turn it over, my hand shaking.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Vvuv6ccJx
You forgot to check the trunk15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07SanXRME3
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and then Add to home screen.