That’ll Put An Unpleasant Pep In Your Step

A customer comes up with her six-year-old kid. As I’m checking out her various items on the counter, she decides to grab the pepper spray that she is purchasing and test it out by spraying it on the floor.

She gives the bottle several good spritzes before I realize what is happening, but it is already too late. My eyes start watering. She starts coughing. I somehow manage to finish up the transaction and get her out the door.

The worst part is that my manager won’t let me close down my till for a little while to let the spray dissipate, so I had to stand there for the next several hours in the fumes from this lady’s stupidity. I really need to find another job.