It's 5AM, do you know where your Crackheads are?

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Quillion

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It's 5AM. Even Kroger is closed. I woke up forty-five minutes ago to my cell phone ringing. Always a bad sign. First thought that runs through my head is "And I'm out of fucking coffee."

Carla from Siemens security, "David? We have a glass breakage alarm at your location. Police have been dispatched, they're requesting a keyholder."

fuck. But what else could it possibly be? I toss on the clothes I wore last night, as quietly as possible to avoid waking my girlfriend, I'll call her right around when my alarm is going off, so that she knows I'm gone, and I run out here to meet the Deputy. I'm leaving a beautiful woman in my bed to talk shop with the officer on night duty in the rough area of town.

I speed almost the entire way on the way to my location, probably the only time I have an extenuating circumstance good enough to get out of it if I get caught. As I drive I'm reminded of the last break-in. Two weeks ago. I wonder if it's the same people. It probably is, since when I arrive, the same pane of glass is broken by another chunk of concrete. It's even the same size.

But this time I foiled them. After the last break-in, and the merchandise that was taken (which I can't comment on given the ongoing investigation) I requested a laminate glass. You know, that spiderwebs instead of shattering through.

The bastards never got into my store.

I walk it anyway, to make sure they didn't hit any other locations, back door, whatever. It's tight as Richard Simmons shorts. Thank God. Thank Dupont.

Who's happy here? The insurance company isn't, they have to buy a new pane of glass. The Police aren't, they had an extra alarm call. The shopping center isn't, they're gonna hear it from my real estate department, and probably have to lower rent at the end of the lease. The glass guy isn't, sure he's making double time to come out this early, but he didn't want to leave bed either. The crackheads aren't, they got out of bed for nothing.

And me? I'm still out of fucking coffee.
 
I demand that you make more threads. I'm sorry that this happened to you, but I loved how this was written/typed.. sorta third person-ish, sorta not.

I wish I could've seen the faces on the crackheads when the glass didn't shatter.
 
[quote name='Scorch']I demand that you make more threads. I'm sorry that this happened to you, but I loved how this was written/typed.. sorta third person-ish, sorta not.

I wish I could've seen the faces on the crackheads when the glass didn't shatter.[/QUOTE]

Hey, thanks for the compliment. Don't be sorry, the glass will be replaced, I didn't lose anything but sleep coming out here. I just wish Kroger was open, they're not open until 6AM, and I really want some coffee.

The look on their face would have been classic, but I would much rather have them occupying a free bed in the county jail, than out to try to bust my window again.

Almost six, nearly time for coffee.
 
I've gotta agree with Scorch. A dry wit and a healthy dose of cynicism is a welcome boost this early.
 
[quote name='Scorch']I demand that you make more threads. I'm sorry that this happened to you, but I loved how this was written/typed.. sorta third person-ish, sorta not.
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I agree. Definitely a good thread to read. As for me, this is similar to what happened when my father owned a music store. It was on the corner of Old Town, a sort of historic district in the downtown part of Fort Collins. Anyway, the street running parallel to ours is the one where the missions and homeless shelters are, so there's always bums hanging out in those few blocks. Needless to say, we had ample security. We'd frequently get calls from the security people because a moth, or a falling falling article of clothing would trigger the motion sensor, although nothing was at the back door except a CD sensor.

Anyway, the bums would always be trying to get in the back door. We'd find the haddle and lock banged up and used crowbars left at the scene, but nothing all that extreme happened precisely to the store. Although, there was a coffee shop in the same building next door in which the guy pulled out a pistol asnd started threatening this fellow who walked it. He was arrested without incedent. All this has made me decided that I'll leave it to other people to own a business.
 
Update:

The glass man came at 6:30, but he had the wrong size pane, I had to wait until 8:30 for him to finally have the right size. After that, I went home and had my morning keyholder open for me.

Slept for three hours, curled up with my girlfriend. Wonderful woman. Returned to the store at one.

I would lay a dime against a dollar that I'll have a break-in either tonight, or sometime in the next week. After all, they didn't get what they wanted. I'm looking into shutters for the storefront.
 
[quote name='Tiphireth']Invest in a shotgun, ammunition, and sit at the cash register. :)[/QUOTE]
I concur.
 
That sucks so much. When I worked at a retail store the 1st manager I had we got broken into every 2 weeks for the first 2 months I worked there. They did the same thing the broke the glass with a hunk of concrete. And they always stole some DVD/VCR combo players. Some of those crackheads were so fast that they never showed up on camera.

I never understood why ppl break into the store. But when every store across the street has shutters. I think it's telling something to people that own stores around there. Getting broken into sucks so much. When you work at a place a long time you become a part of that place and getting stuff stole feels like it getting stolen from you.

Did you ever get that coffee?

Fanskads writing is always awesome. How he writes is how I think, but when it comes out I sound like I have no ability to be articulate at all.
 
That sucks dude, but I'm glad nothing was taken. I hate thieves. I recently had my car broken into, and $500 of MMA gear stolen, and live in a nice area.
 
UPDATE: They caught the bastards, and they're working the way through the system now. That is to say, they caught the bastards responsible for the first break-in, and theft. We weren't able to recover my two LCD TVs, but insurance has already paid for them.

That is to say, they weren't recovered in resellable condition. I'll expand: When the initial break-in happened the prior week, the crackheads smashed my window, grabbed two LCD TVs near the front of the store, and threw them off the top shelf. In the process, the RF jack on my 17" LCD sheared off, taking with it part of the circuit board. The screen shattered when the TV struck the ground, causing deep wounds in the hands of the crackhead unlucky enough to throw the TV down. Tendon damage, nerve damage, no medical treatment, partial loss of use of his hand. Karma is a bitch.

The 15" LCD was traded to a drug dealer who works at a local BP for a few crack rocks. (I told you they were crackheads). The crackhead was rolled on by someone who wanted a Crimestopper(TM) cash reward, the crackhead proceded to roll on the dealer who received stolen property, and he may even be in the process of rolling on someone higher. I don't know, they haven't informed me of the rest of the case. My involvement is done other than potentially an "impact statement". Hell, the prosecutor says it probably won't even go to trial.

Thank God for happy endings. Or maybe thank Greed.

Either way. Goddamn crackheads.
 
The smart crackheads realise that robbing churches is the smartest option, no alarm and the colored glass windows always shatter with ease. :D
 
[quote name='Mono`']The smart crackheads realise that robbing churches is the smartest option, no alarm and the colored glass windows always shatter with ease. :D[/QUOTE]

"Smart crackheads" is an oxymoron.
 
[quote name='Quillion']UPDATE: They caught the bastards, and they're working the way through the system now.Tendon damage, nerve damage, no medical treatment, partial loss of use of his hand.
Either way. Goddamn crackheads.[/QUOTE]

:rofl: Bout time one of them assholes get caught. Now we only got to find 38 more.
 
[quote name='psiufoxx2']OP you need to write a novel. Seriously. fucking great.[/QUOTE]

Yea what an epic story of a manager getting woken up to a call about his store being broken into. THAT SHITS GONNA WIN EMMYS.

Retards = easily amused. :booty:
 
[quote name='zionoverfire']There are Krogers in Seattle now?[/QUOTE]

No he's In Dayton, Ohio. I worked with him. He just can't admit to being gay so he uses the Seahawks as a front.
 
Move to Las Vegas. There is a crackhead on every street. Even the streets with million dollar homes that are guard gate have a resident crackhead.

I would say about 25% of our local crackheads work on the strip in a casino doing some kind of high end service job with tips, the other 25% are your standard entertainer/stripper/escort/prostitute sort, another 25% are real estate agents, and the last 25% are tourists or bums who just never went home from where ever they came from.
 
[quote name='Scorch']I demand that you make more threads. I'm sorry that this happened to you, but I loved how this was written/typed.. sorta third person-ish, sorta not.
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Thats exactly what I was thinking when I was reading through it.



[quote name='Quillon']It's tight as Richard Simmons shorts.[/QUOTE]

:rofl:
 
[quote name='Graystone']No he's In Dayton, Ohio. I worked with him. He just can't admit to being gay so he uses the Seahawks as a front.[/QUOTE]

I'm not certain if that is a knock on the Bengals or not.

Oh, no, it isn't.

I think I'm heading up to Dayton roughly 1/27 (or some close Saturday) for a pro wrestling show at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds. If you think I'd be interested in the wares for sal in your shop, of course, you ought to PM me your address.
 
"And I'm out of ing coffee."man, this is what dunkin donuts is for! or a 24 hrs starbucks, or a tim hortons or something even a 7-11, oh thank heaven...

but Quillion, what kinda of store do you have, if you don't mind me asking...
 
Very good writing! Forget owning a business, you should write!

Sorry about your break ins, at least you caught some of the bastards.
 
Thanks for all the positive feedback, and the not-so-positive stuff. Banned, nice.

I should answer some of the questions. I don't own my store, I'm the manager. It's a RadioShack in Dayton, OH. PM me if you actually care which one. I've been running this location a little over a year. Born and raised in Seattle, I moved out here in '89 when my father was promoted. He's an enginneer for Kenworth Truck Company.

That accounts for the store, and why I no longer live in WA.

Specific questions, some Krogers close. Especially in the bad areas. There are no 24 hour places around here, and I couldn't have left the store for long enough anyway. Kroger is four doors down, so I simply walked after six.
 
[quote name='Graystone']No he's In Dayton, Ohio. I worked with him. He just can't admit to being gay so he uses the Seahawks as a front.[/QUOTE]
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I miss you Graystone
 
[quote name='beerguy961']Tell us where your store is, I'm sure some CAGs would be willing to buy stuff there...[/QUOTE]

I'm sure some CAGs would be willing to join in a stakeout/crackhead-bashing session. :bouncy:

Glad to hear things are working out for ya!
 
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