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.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5T7w60ERIL
A pineapple. beep.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bhDZQHdDm
A pizza. beep.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaHXZaxGTS
A gallon of milk. beep.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5eafMpVGJ
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.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBctCivitF
New customer. I greet them with a standard “How you doing?”113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5DVnSL2rg
A hood covers their face, they nod in response.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1UbrVYIyb
A shovel. beep.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvILNq3hjRM
A roll of duct tape. beep.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzWJ9nHtTR4
Rubber gloves. beep.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFzuVFcUAX
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.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡam2Bn6X2iz
A hunting knife. beep.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNhh6IfwB6
A pack of Ziplocks. beep.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLi0r4WvVDk
A flashlight. beep.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxor5VmbsD
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.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUvE4jPZDE
Welp. Gotta do my job.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoodRErgNN
Three gallons of bleach. beep.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5YKTYcyMUV
A box of garbage bags. beep.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ifHIPODWN
A meat grinder. beep.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjclQruBKcN
What. The. Fuck! I risk yet another glance. He’s looking at me. Shit!113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbc8FcfI0ER
“That’ll be two hundred forty three dollars and eighty cents.”113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XIZlgF6Dj
He pays in cash. Of course he pays in cash.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1VnAQrdwp
“Have a good one.” My voice cracks.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsojzP52F0
He nods and walks away. I realize I never heard him speak.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUABsYbdXL
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.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6uw95e1cQh
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.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrV5vHUu5QH
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.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZLZo0RKKB
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.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbo7vSySLTa
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.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTjEVwrwKQ
“Hey can you walk me to my car? I think I saw someone hiding over there. . .”113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7acS3pR6oa
“Hiding?”113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKbCj6ml3f
“Yeah, like someone ducked down behind my car.” My teeth are chattering, I regret not bringing a jacket.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaYk4lZqor
“Yeah, I’ll walk you.” He finishes locking up and we briskly walk to the employee parking lot.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcxcL44xqg
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.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYupemQwCG
“I’m not seeing anything. If there was someone out here they’re gone now.” I can see Rick’s breath.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8reEHoJMU
“Thanks for checking.”113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUny50bGGJ
Inside my car I check the back, just in case. Empty, other than the fast food wrappers. I breathe a sigh of relief.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tm0Tpp7GY
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)113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8e6CJ0dIxX
I scan the list of items and my heart stops.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRV17QpDA9D
:SHOVEL: :CTTAPE: :GLOVES: :EKNIFE: :IPLOCK: :HLIGHT: :(3)BLEACH: :GEBAGS: :RINDER:113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxF85iYw4k
There’s something written on the back. I turn it over, my hand shaking.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROpb4GQZ6b
You forgot to check the trunk113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzw3qb8DnCp
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and then Add to home screen.