As many of you know one of my jobs (other than porn) is at a local mini mart. Those that know me also know I have a very sarcastic wit. When you work in the customer service industry this can be good or bad, depending on who you are ;) Well, the local mini mart is located in a very diverse neighborhood. In any given day one might have a hooker or a priest or a mom all in line together as customers. It is a favorite haunt to the homeless, gang banger wanna bes, and skateboarders.
It's owned by a really sweet couple who are just trying to make a living for themselves and their children, but they have reached that point in their business where it either has to grow past just being a "mom and pop" business, or stagnate and die. So, they needed an employee. They had hired several, and either were stolen from or started getting robbed, or other problems (they found one asleep in the cooler). Thus, being their friend, they came to me. They said they needed someone honest, dependable and tough enough to stand up to the idiots, sweet enough to keep the good customers coming back...and they thought of ME?????? Ok. I and sarcasm are REALLY good friends. They know this. I am also a BLOND...they know this too. They also know that I have been in this community wwwaaayyy too many years and know who's trouble, and who's not. They know that I am honest and at least passably nice to most :) What they needed was someone with my common sense and hard as nails no shit attitude. (Ok...so they got that part right ;) After a few weeks of being there, I started telling friends about my experiences and they said I should write a book about them. Instead I have decided to write about it all in my blogs. Some of the incidences really are worth sharing! So stay tuned for more "tales from work"
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