We All Respond Differently When We’re Under The Gun

CONTENT WARNING: Dark Humor (Suicide reference)

Working with the public, sometimes the only way to make it through is with a sense of humor — occasionally dark.

At our grocery store, there are a limited number of handheld scanners that all departments share for duties like inventory and ordering. We call them guns. One day, I needed one for my department and went to hunt an idle one from elsewhere. I spotted one in another department. 

Me: “Hey, can I use that gun real quick?”

Coworker: *Joking* “Don’t do it! It gets better!”

Me: *Laughing* “No, it doesn’t! We work retail!”