Champagne Supernova

I worked at a big box retailer back in 2009 as a cashier. The belts at the checkouts kind of jarred before they began moving.

In one transaction, this lady had a bottle of champagne. The belt jarred and the bottle fell off the belt onto the floor. It fell in such a way that the bottom of the bottle shattered out and the pressure launched the bottle’s neck and lid up to the ceiling. Suddenly, pieces of glass were raining down from the ceiling.

Then, the neck hit another bottle, knocking it off and causing it to shatter off at the bottom and launch upwards and over, three check lanes over.

The whole thing only took like thirty seconds, but there were glass shards everywhere, along with two bottles’ worth of sticky champagne all over the belt, the floor, the lady’s groceries, and her outfit. It was a mess.