SLEEPIN' IN THE BOYS ROOM
I TOOK A CALL AT ABOUT 10PM FOR A GUY THAT WAS APPARENTLY SLEEPING IN THE BATHROOM STALL. AS I ENTERED I COULD HEAR SNORING COMING FROM THE STALL. I ALSO SAW A LUGGAGE BAG ON WHEELS INSIDE. I BANGED ON THE DOOR WITH MY FLASHLIGHT AND THE GUY YELLED "WHAT DO YOU WANT?" I YELLED "SECURITY, IT'S TIME TO LEAVE NOW." HE REPLIED; "I'M SLEEPING." I TOLD HIM THIS IS A PUBLIC RESTROOM GET OUT OR GO TO JAIL. THE MAN PACKED HIS LUGGAGE AND WALKED OUT. HE LOOKED LIKE HE JUST CAME DOWN FROM AN ALL NIGHT DRINKING BINGE.BILLIONAIRE IN TRAINING
THIS LADY WALKED UP TO SELF CHECKOUT AND BEGAN RINGING HER ORDER. I CHUCKLED A LITTLE AS I READ HER SHIRT THAT SAID "BILLIONAIRE IN TRAINING". IT WASN'T UNTIL SHE BROKE OUT FOOD STAMPS TO PAY FOR HER ORDER THAT I REALLY STARTED LAUGHING. IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S REALLY COMING ALONG ON THAT MISSION.I'LL PUT IT ON PLASTIC
THIS LADY WALKED UP TO THE MEAT DEPARTMENT AND REQUESTED $255.00 WORTH OF FRESH CUT FILLET MIGNON STEAKS FROM THE BUTCHER. AFTER IT WAS CUT FOR HER AND PLACED IN HER CART, SHE WALKED AROUND FOR A WHILE. DUE TO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WE ALL FOLLOWED HER CLOSELY IN CASE SHE TRIED TO STEAL IT. BUT DON'T WORRY, SHE PROCEEDED TO THE FRONT OF THE STORE AND WHIPPED OUT HER ILLINOIS L.I.N.K. CARD (FOOD STAMPS) AND CHARGED THE ENTIRE ORDER TO HER FREE MONEY ACCOUNT.ALTHOUGH YOU MAY FIND THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR SHOCKING, IN THE HOOD THIS HAPPENS EVERY DAY. WE ALL WATCH AS PEOPLE ABUSE THE STATE MONEY THAT WAS GIVEN TO THEM TO PROVIDE THEIR CHILDREN WITH FOOD AND USE IT TO MAKE LARGE DOLLAR PURCHASES OF SHRIMP AND LOBSTER TAILS. IT'S REALLY IRRITATING TO KNOW THAT THIS IS WHERE YOUR HARD WORKING TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING.
TURNIN' TRICKS AT THE FRONT DOOR
I WAS CALLED AND ADVISED THAT OUR KNOWN HOMELESS PROSTITUTE WAS TRYING TO TURN TRICKS IN THE PARKING LOT. I WALKED OUTSIDE AND SAW HER TALKING TO A MAN. WHEN SHE SAW ME (SINCE SHE AND I HAVE A LONG HISTORY), SHE YELLED "WE'RE JUST WALKING HERE" AND STARTED WALKING AWAY WITH THE MAN. THE MAN ALSO YELLED "YEAH, WE'RE JUST WALKING HERE." I SAID; "SHE'S HIV POSITIVE." AND THE MAN YELLED "OH NO NO NO!" AND TOOK OFF RUNNING. SHE TURNED AROUND AND WALKED UP TO THE GARBAGE CAN WHERE SHE BEGAN DIGGING AROUND. SHE PULLED OUT AN EMPTY PLASTIC CANDY CANE THAT USED TO HOLD M&M'S AND SAID "CAN I HAVE THIS?" I SAID; "WHATEVER, JUST GET LOST." SHE LEFT THE PROPERTY.CREDIT CARD DECLINED
AS I ARRIVED TO WORK, I HEARD A PAGE OVER THE STORE INTERCOM FOR A MANAGER TO GO TO REGISTER 1. I CALLED REGISTER 1 TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND I WAS ASKED TO COME UP THERE TO DEAL WITH A CUSTOMER SWEARING AT THE REGISTER ASSOCIATE. UPON ARRIVAL, THE SUPERVISOR INFORMED ME THAT THE CUSTOMER AT REGISTER 1 KEEPS YELLING AND SWEARING AT THE CASHIER BECAUSE SHE DECLINED HIS CREDIT CARD. I WALKED UP TO THE REGISTER AND STOOD BY SINCE NO WORDS WERE BEING EXCHANGED AT THE MOMENT. THE CASHIER CHECKED OUT THE CUSTOMER AND I WAS SOON JOINED BY THE MANAGER. I FILLED IN THE MANAGER ON WHAT WAS GOING ON AND THE CASHIER TOLD THE MANAGER THAT SHE IS TIRED OF BEING YELLED AT BY THE CUSTOMER. THE MAN SUDDENLY BLEW UP AND STARTED YELLING AT THE CASHIER AND SWEARING. I STARTED YELLING BACK TELLING HIM TO STOP. THE MANAGER TOLD HIM TO STOP AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID "I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU, PUNK"! I SHOT BACK "WELL, IM TALKING TO YOU"! HE CONTINUED TO YELL AT THE CASHIER AND I SHOUTED AT HIM AGAIN TO BE QUIET. HE THEN YELLED SAYING "ARE WE GONNA DO THIS THING OR NOT"? I SAID "NO, YOU NEED TO GET OUT OF THE STORE". HE SAID "FINE"!! AND THREW HIS SHOPPING CART INTO A BUNCH OF CHAIRS NARROWLY MISSING A CUSTOMER WHO WAS WALKING OUT. HE TURNED TO ME AND YELLED "WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT THAT, PUNK"!? I IGNORED HIM AND HE SAID "WHY DON'T YOU STEP OUT IN THE PARKING LOT, PUNK"?! I REPLIED "I QUIT THAT BACK IN HIGHSCHOOL". THE MAN STORMED OUT OF THE STORE.EASTER DRUNK
IT WAS THE SATURDAY BEFORE EASTER SUNDAY. EVEN ON SUCH AN INNOCENT HOLIDAY, THE LIQUOR DEPARTMENT IS PACKED WITH PEOPLE LOOKING TO HAVE A GOOD TIME. WITH CUSTOMERS MOVING IN AND OUT OF THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT 3-5 AT A TIME, SOME WERE PAYING FOR THEIR LIQUOR PURCHASES IN THE DEPARTMENT AND SOME WERE WALKING AROUND THE STORE WITH THEM. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I WAS VERY BUSY TRACKING CUSTOMER IN THERE AND ALL OVER THE STORE. I WAS MONITORING THE STORE'S CCTV SYSTEM FROM A SECLUDED OFFICE, WHEN I RECEIVED A SECURITY PAGE TO THE LIQUOR COUNTER. UPON ARRIVAL, I WAS ADVISED BY A CHECKER THAT THEY HAD REFUSED A MALE CUSTOMER THE SALE OF LIQUOR DUE TO BEING INTOXICATED AND HE WAS GIVING THEM PROBLEMS. I APPROACHED THE MAN AND I ASKED HIM HOW HE WAS FEELING. HE LOOKED AT ME WITH A BLANK STARE AND BLOODSHOT EYES. HE SWAYED BACK AND FORTH AS IF HE WAS ABOUT TO PASS OUT AT ANY MOMENT. I TOLD HIM THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO SELL HIM LIQUOR TONIGHT BECAUSE HE LOOKS INTOXICATED. A CUSTOMER STANDING BY ALSO EXPLAINED THIS TO THE SUSPECT IN SPANISH. THE SUSPECT LEFT THE 12 PK OF TECATE ON THE COUNTER AND LEFT THE STORE. APPROXIMAELY 2 MINUTES LATER THE SUSPECT WALKED BACK IN THE STORE AND SELECTED A NEW 12 PK. OF TECATE AND WALKED UP TO THE SAME CASHIER. HE APPARENTLY COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THE CONFRONTATION WE HAD JUST MINUTES AGO. I WALKED UP TO HIM AND AGAIN TOLD HIM THAT WE CANNOT SELL TO HIM TONIGHT. HE STAGGERED OUT OF THE STORE, SO MESSED UP THAT HE SWAYED FROM ONE SIDE OF THE AISLE TO THE OTHER. IN THE PARKING LOT, I FOLLOWED HIM FROM A DISTANCE AND WATCHED AS HE WALKED ALL AROUND THE LOT LOOKING IN VARIOUS VEHICLES. HE EVENTUALLY MADE HIS WAY TO THE BACK OF THE LOT AND TO MY SURPRISE, GOT BEHIND THE WHEEL. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE POLICE ON MY CELL PHONE AND GAVE THEM ALL OF HIS VEHICLE INFORMATION. HE SLOWLY BACKED OUT AND THEN STOPPED. HE STARTED TALKING TO A WOMAN PASSING BY AND DID SO FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. HE WAS PROBABLY TRYING TO TALK HER INTO MAKING AN ALCOHOL PURCHASE FOR HIM. WHEN THE WOMAN REFUSED AND KEPT WALKING HE BEGAN DRIVING TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE MALL. I RAN ON FOOT IN ORDER TO KEEP UP WITH HIM. HE SLOWLY MADE A LEFT TURN TOWARDS THE MALL EXIT AND AS HE DID SO, HE COMPLETELY DROVE OVER THE ROAD'S MEDIAN. HIS WHOLE CAR SHOOK AS IT WENT OFF ROAD AND THEN HE PULLED INTO THE TURN LANE. I CONTINUED TO INFORM THE POLICE DISPATCHER OF HIS DIRECTION OF TRAVEL UNTIL HE WAS OUT OF SIGHT. I THEN HUNG UP THE PHONE AND RETURNED TO THE STORE.
FRESH BREATH
I RECEIVED AN EMERGENCY SECURITY PAGE TO THE HALLMARK DEPARTMENT. UPON ARRIVAL, I SAW A MALE CUSTOMER THAT HAD APPARENTLY FALLEN IN THE STORE AND WAS STRUGGLING TO GET UP. I GRABBED HIS ARM AND PULLED HIM TO HIS FEET. I IMMEDIATELY SMELLED A SCENT ON HIS BREATH THAT RESEMBLED VICK'S. AS HE STOOD UP STRAIGHT, HE STARTED STAGGERING AND FALLING IN TO DISPLAYS. HE LOOKED AS IF HE WAS READY TO FALL OVER. I GRABBED HIM AGAIN. HE APPEARED TO BE HEAVILLY INTOXICATED. HE STARTED TALKING TO ME REALLY SLOW WITH SLURRED SPEECH. HE WAS TELLING ME THAT HE IS NOT DRUNK AND THAT IT IS THE PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE THAT HE IS ON THAT IS CAUSING HIM TO ACT STRANGE. HE INSISTED ON WALKING TO THE PHARMACY TO GET HIS PRESCRIPTION. I TOLD HIM THAT I WAS GOING TO STAY WITH HIM WHILE HE IS IN THE STORE TO MAKE SURE THAT HE DOESN'T FALL AGAIN. HE STARTED STAGGERING DOWN THE AISLE, SWAYING FROM ONE SIDE OF THE AISLE TO THE OTHER AND KNOCKING THINGS OFF THE SHELF. HE FINALLY MADE IT TO THE PHARMACY AND STOOD IN LINE. I MADE THE DECISION TO CALL THE POLICE FOR HIS SAFETY. AS I FINISHED THAT PHONE CALL, HE WAS LEAVING THE PHARMACY BECAUSE THEY HAD REFUSED HIS PRESCRIPTION. HE STARTED STAGGERING DOWN THE AISLE AGAIN AND STOPPED TO PICK UP A BOTTLE OF LISTERINE MOUTH WASH. HE STAGGERED UP THE AISLE FURTHER AND THEN STOPPED. I WAS STANDING BEHIND HIM NOW APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET AWAY. HE PROCEEDED TO CONCEAL THE MOUTH WASH IN HIS JACKET POCKET. IT TOOK HIM APPROXIMATELY 20 SECONDS TO COMPLETE THE TASK. HE THEN TURNED AROUND AND STARTED TALKING TO ME AGAIN AS IF NOTHING HAD HAPPENED. I PLAYED DUMB WITH HIM AND WE CONTINUED TO WALK UP FRONT. AFTER WE PAST THE REGISTERS, I ASKED HIM IF HE FORGOT TO PAY FOR ANYTHING. HE GAVE ME A BLANK STARE. I TOLD HIM TO TAKE THE LISTERINE OUT OF HIS JACKET AND PAY FOR IT AT THE REGISTER. HE SAID THAT HE WOULD GIVE IT BACK. I ASKED HIM WHY HE WOULD GIVE IT BACK IF HE NEEDED IT. HE SAID HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY MONEY. I ASKED HIM WHY HE WAS STEALING FROM THE STORE. HE SAID THAT HE HASN'T STOLEN ANYTHING UNTIL HE LEFT THE STORE. I TOLD HIM THAT ACTUALLY SINCE WE ARE PAST THE LAST POINT OF SALE, THAT HE IS A SHOPLIFTER. HE AGAIN SAID THAT HE WOULD GIVE IT BACK AND PROCEEDED TO REMOVE IT FROM HIS JACKET. I TOLD HIM TO SIT DOWN UP FRONT. THE POLICE ARRIVED ABOUT 3 MINUTES LATER. IT WAS DETERMINED THROUGH POLICE QUESTIONING THAT THIS MAN WAS DRINKING THE LISTERINE TO GET INTOXICATED. BECAUSE LISTERINE MOUTHWASH CONTAINS 25% ALCOHOL, IT WAS ENOUGH TO GET HIM REALLY MESSED UP. I PRESSED CHARGES FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION AND HE WAS ARRESTED.
I DON'T HAVE MY I.D.!!!
ONE THING THAT OFTEN CAUSES A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN MY STORE IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO CARD PEOPLE FOR ALCOHOL. ALTHOUGH THIS AGE OLD LAW HAS BEEN AROUND FOR EVER, PEOPLE CONTINUOUSLY THINK THAT IT DOESN'T APPLY TO THEM. HOWEVER, THE REPERCUSSIONS FOR THE STORE AND THE ASSOCIATE WHO IS SELLING TO AN UNDERAGE PERSON ARE SEVERE.................ONE EVENING AS I WAS GUARDING THE LIQUOR DEPARTMENT, A MAN APPROACHED THE COUNTER WITH A CASE OF LIQUOR. THE MAN LOOKED LIKE HE WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 25 YEARS OF AGE. HE LAID THE LIQUOR ON THE COUNTER AND THE ASSOCIATE AT THE COUNTER ASKED HIM FOR AN I.D. HE SAID THAT IT'S OUT IN THE CAR. THE ASSOCIATE INFORMED HIM THAT SHE CANNOT SELL TO HIM WITHOUT AN I.D. HE STARTED RAISING HIS VOICE AND SWEARING AT HER SAYING THAT HE IS 41 YEARS OLD AND HE'S TIRED OF THIS BABY SHIT. THE ASSOCIATE CALLED THE SUPERVISOR WHO REITTERATED WHAT THE ASSOCIATE HAD SAID. THE SUPERVISOR ASKED HIM IF HE HAS AN I.D. WITH HIM AND HE SAID THAT IT'S ALL TE WAY OUT IN THE CAR. THE SUPERVISOR APOLOGIZED AND SAID THAT WE REALLY NEED IT IN ORDER TO CONDUCT THE SALE. HE TURNED AROUND AND CONTINUED TO YELL PROFANITY. HE THEN SWUNG HIS HAND AND KNOCKED SOME INSTANT CAMERAS OFF OF THE COUNTER. I TOLD HIM THAT HE NEEDS TO LEAVE THE STORE. HE TURNED AROUND AND ASKED IF I WAS GOING TO MAKE HIM LEAVE AND I TOLD HIM THAT THE POLICE WILL AND PROCEEDED TO CALL ON MY CORDLESS. HE YELLED THAT I BETTER GET THEM BECAUSE OTHERWISE HE WILL BEAT MY ASS. HE THEN PUNCHED OVER A DISPLAY OF FLOWERS AND FORCED OPEN THE ENTRANCE DOOR IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AND EXITED THE STORE. I FOLLOWED HIM IN THE PARKING LOT WHILE TALKING TO THE 911 DISPATCHER. AS HE DROVE BY, I GAVE HER THE LICENSE PLATE, MAKE AND MODEL. THE POLICE ARRIVED AND INFORMED ME THAT THEY WILL NEED ME TO I.D. THE SUSPECT. I RODE WITH THE POLICE OVER TO HIS HOUSE AND THEY HAD HIM IN HANDCUFFS. I POSITIVELY ID'ED HIM AS BEING THE ONE RESPONSIBLE. I PRESSED CHARGES AND HE WAS ARRESTED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
NEW STORE DETECTIVE
ONE AFTERNOON AS I WAS WORKING MY STORE, I BECAME AWARE OF A MALE SUBJECT WHO WAS SITTING UP AT THE FRONT OF THE STORE. THE THING ABOUT THIS GUY IS THAT I ARRESTED HIS GIRLFRIEND FOR RETAIL THEFT JUST LAST MONTH. IN ADDITION, THE POLICE HAD ALSO ARRESTED HIM FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THAT HAD OCCURRED OUTSIDE OF THE STORE. ON THAT DAY, BOTH HIM AND HIS GIRLFRIEND WERE HEAVILLY INTOXICATED AND IN ANY CASE, NEITHER OF THEM WERE A REAL PRIZE. SO ON THIS DAY, THIS GUY CAME UP TO ME AND SLAPPED ME ON THE BACK. HE STARTED ACTING LIKE WE WERE OLD BUDDIES. I TRIED TO BLOW HIM OFF AND JUST KEEP WALKING, BUT HE STARTED TO FOLLOW ME ALL OVER THE STORE. HE THEN WENT TO MY PARTNER AND STARTED TREATING HIM THE SAME WAY. HE THEN TOLD ME THAT HE WAS GOING TO HELP US IN CATCHING THE BADGUYS. HE SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO WORK IN LOSS PREVENTION FOR FREE AND THAT HE WOULD BE WALKING ALL OVER THE STORE UNDERCOVER WITH A SHOPPING CART. MY PARTNER AND I TRIED TO IGNORE HIM AND WALKED AWAY. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO SIT UP FRONT FOR ABOUT 1 HOUR. THEN AS I WAS PATROLLING THE STORE, I SAW HIM WITH A SHOPPING CART WATCHING CUSTOMERS. WHEN HE SAW ME, HE TOLD ME THAT ALL IS QUIET AND HE HASN'T CAUGHT ANY THIEVES YET. AT THIS TIME, I CONTACTED MY PARTNER AND INFORMED HIM THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO THROW THIS GUY OUT OF THE STORE. MY PARTNER AGREED DUE TO THE FACT THAT IF THIS GUY TRIES TO STOP SOMEBODY, OUR DEPARTMENT COULD BE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE. MY PARTNER AND I APPROACHED HIM IN THE STORE, ONLY TO FIND HIM WITH AN OPEN CONTAINER OF FRENCH ONION DIP. HE WAS DIGGING HIS HAND IN IT AND EATING IT PLAIN. WE ALSO FOUND AN EMPTY BAG OF CHIPS IN HIS CART. WE TOOK HIM UP FRONT AND FORCED HIM TO PAY FOR THE MERCHANDISE AND THEN TOLD HIM TO LEAVE THE STORE.
SLEAZY GIRL FIGHT
ONE DAY AS I WAS WATCHING THE STORE FROM THE SECURITY OFFICE'S CCTV SYSTEM, I RECEIVED AN EMERGENY PAGE FROM MANAGEMENT TO PROCEED IMMEDIATELY TO THE MEAT SHOP AREA OF THE GROCERY STORE. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I OBSERVED TWO WOMEN SCREAMING AT EACH OTHER VERY LOUDLY. THEY WERE IN EACH OTHER'S FACE AND WERE VERY CLOSE TO BECOMING PHYSICALLY VIOLENT. THE MANAGER ON DUTY (MOD) WAS STRUGGLING TO KEEP THEM APART. I IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED MY PARTNER FOR BACKUP. I THEN ASSISTED THE MANAGER WITH SEPARATING THE 2 WOMEN. WE EACH PULLED 1 ASIDE AND SPOKE WITH THEM. THE WOMAN I TALKED TO SAID THAT THE OTHER WOMAN WAS DATING HER FATHER. SINCE THEY WERE THE SAME AGE, THE REASON FOR THE FIGHT WAS QUITE OBVIOUS. SHE SAID THAT ALL SHE WANTED TO DO WAS SHOP IN THE STORE AND THE OTHER WOMAN WANTED TO START A FIGHT WITH HER. I TOLD HER TO GO AND DO THAT AND DON'T COME ANYWHERE NEAR THE OTHER WOMAN. I THEN WALKED TO THE FRONT OF THE STORE AND ASSISTED MY PARTNER AND THE MANAGER WITH TALKING TO THE OTHER WOMAN. SHE GAVE A SIMILAR STORY EXCEPT THAT SHE WAS THE ONE WHO WAS TRYING TO SHOP AND THE OTHER WOMAN WAS STARTING A FIGHT WITH HER. SUDDENLY, THE WOMAN THAT I HAD SPOKEN TO ORIGINALLY SHOWED UP AND RESTARTED THE ARGUMENT. THEY BEGAN SCREAMING VERY LOUDLY AT EACH OTHER. WE KNEW THAT WE HAD TO END THIS QUICKLY AND MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY GETS HURT. I STEPPED IN FRONT OF ONE WOMAN AND MY PARTNER STEPPED IN FRONT OF THE OTHER WOMAN. WE THEN ESCORTED THE WOMAN WHO ACTUALLY HAD GROCERIES TO THE CHECKOUT AND THE OTHER ONE OUT OF THE STORE. THE FIGHT HAD FINALLY SUBSIDED.
PROTECTING ANOTHER SHOPLIFTER HUNTER
ONE LATE NIGHT AS I WAS WATCHING MY STORE, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM CUSTOMER SERVICE. THEY INFORMED ME THAT A CUSTOMER HAD REQUESTED A SECURITY ESCORT TO HER CAR. THE DETAILS OF THE CALL INDICATED THAT THE CUSTOMER WORKED AT A SHOE STORE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE PRIOR WEEK SHE HAD STOPPED A SHOPLIFTER FROM STEALING A PAIR OF SHOES FROM THE STORE AND HAD CALLED THE POLICE. THE POLICE DID NOT ARREST HIM DUE TO LACK OF EVIDENCE. THE ALLEGED SHOPLIFTER WAS NOW IN THE STORE WITH SOME OF HIS BUDDIES AND WAS MAKING THIS CUSTOMER FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. WHEN I ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, I OBSERVED THE MALE SUBJECTS WAITING AT THE DOOR AND LOOKING AT THE FEMALE CUSTOMER. I ESCORTED HER TO HER VEHICLE WHERE SHE BEGAN LOADING HER GROCERIES. I THEN OBSERVED THE MALE SUBJECTS EXITING THE BUILDING AND COMING TOWARDS US. I STOOD AND WATCHED AS THE SUSPECT'S FRIENDS WALKED PAST US AND GOT INTO A CAR. THE SUSPECT, HOWEVER, BEGAN TO STALL AND ASK THE CUSTOMER IF I WAS HELPING HER LOAD HER GROCERIES. SHE SAID YES. THE SUSPECT THEN STARED ME DOWN AND ASKED IF I WAS SECURITY. I TOLD HIM THAT I WAS. HE THEN THREATENED TO COME OVER AND BEAT MY ASS. I TOLD HIM THAT UNLESS HE WANTS A DENT IN HIS HEAD FROM MY MAGLIGHT THEN HE SHOULD GET INTO HIS VEHICLE AND LEAVE. HE CONTINUED TO STARE AT ME AND I PULLED MY MAGLIGHT. HIS BUDDIES GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND TOLD HIM TO GET INTO THE CAR AND JUST FORGET ABOUT IT. HE LISTENED TO THEM AND THEY DROVE OFF OF THE PROPERTY.
MOTHER/DAUGHTER FIGHT
ONE MORNING, I RECEIVED AN EMERGENCY PAGE TO OUR IN-STORE PHARMACY IN DEALING WITH AN IRATE CUSTOMER. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I OBSERVED A FEMALE CUSTOMER SCREAMING VERY LOUDLY AT THE PHARMACIST THAT SHE WANTS HER MEDICINE RIGHT NOW. I STEPPED IN FRONT OF HER AND ASKED HER WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. SHE SCREAMED AT ME THAT THE PHARMACIST WAS REFUSING TO GIVE HER, HER MEDICATION AND THAT SHE WANTS IT RIGHT NOW. I TURNED TO THE PHARMACIST AND HE EXPLAINED THAT WELFARE WOULD NOT COVER THE MEDICATION AND AS A RESULT, IT WOULD COST HER EIGHT DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS. SHE SCREAMED THAT SHE DOESN’T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY AND THAT IF WE DIDN’T GIVE HER, HER MEDICINE THAT SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE A SEIZURE. THE PHARMACIST THEN EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THE MEDICATION WAS A PAIN KILLER AND LACK OF IT WOULD NOT INDUCE A SEIZURE. SHE THEN YELLED OUT SOMETHING IN SPANISH AND RAN OUT OF THE STORE WITH HER DAUGHTER (ABOUT 25 Y.O.) RUNNING AFTER HER. I WALKED UP FRONT TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. I VIEWED THE MOTHER GRABBING HER JACKET FROM HER CAR WHICH WAS PARKED IN THE FIRE LANE. SHE THEN GOT OUT AND SLAMMED THE DOOR. SHE THEN STARTED YELLING SOMETHING AT HER DAUGHTER AS THEY BOTH MADE THEIR WAY BACK TO THE ENTRANCE. SUDDENLY, THE MOTHER GRABBED THE DAUGHTER BY THE HAIR AND SLAMMED HER INTO THE SHOPPING CARTS. I RAN OUTSIDE AND THE MOTHER TOOK THE DAUGHTER DOWN AND CONTINUED TO PULL VERY HARD ON HER DAUGHTER’S HAIR. THE POLICE WERE IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED AND I TOLD THE MOTHER TO LET GO. SHE SCREAMED “NO”!! THE DAUGHTER WAS SCREAMING VERY LOUDLY BECAUSE OF THE PAIN OF HAVING HER HAIR PULLED. I PUSHED DOWN ON THE MOTHER’S HANDS SO THAT SHE COULD NOT PULL THE DAUGHTER’S HAIR. I CONTINUED TO TALK TO HER AND TRY TO GET HER TO LET GO OF THE DAUGHTER’S HAIR. THIS WENT ON FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES BEFORE THE MOTHER FINALLY LET GO AND BOTH THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER LAID THEIR AND CRIED. THE POLICE ARRIVED APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES LATER. I FILLED IN THE OFFICER’S ON WHAT HAD HAPPENED. ONE OFFICER APPROACHED THE MOTHER WHO HAD HER FACE BURIED IN HER HANDS. HE ASKED HER TO STAND UP. SHE STARTED YELLING STUFF OUT IN SPANISH. HE TOLD HER TO SPEAK ENGLISH. SHE CONTINUED TO YELL STUFF OUT IN SPANISH. THE OFFICER AGAIN TOLD HER TO STAND UP. WHEN SHE DIDN’T MOVE, HE GRABBED HER HAND. SHE TRIED TO BITE HIM. HE MOVED BACK AND THEN DID IT AGAIN. SHE TOOK A SWING AT HIM. BOTH OF THE OFFICERS THEN EACH GRABBED A HAND AND WHEN SHE TRIED TO BITE, THEY SLAMMED HER TO THE CONCRETE AND FORCED HER DOWN WITH HER HANDS BEHIND HER BACK. SHE STARTED YELLING THAT SHE WAS SORRY AND SHE WOULDN’T FIGHT. SUDDENLY, SHE STARTED HAVING, WHAT APPEARED TO BE, A SEIZURE. THE OFFICERS LET HER UP AND SHE CONTINUED TO HAVE THE SEIZURE. THEY CALLED E.M.S. AND HAD HER TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. 