From CONVENIENCESTORiES Archive

I was working the counter last Thursday when three travellers came in looking a little lost. The threesome was composed of two young South African men and a young white woman with what I think was a New Jersey accent. One of the gentlemen and the young lady came up to the counter, and asked [...]

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Really. Yes, Really. We love our customers. If we didn’t, there’s no way we could make it through day after day of dealing with them without going completely insane. That doesn’t mean that we don’t get a few people every day that test our loving resolve. Take, for instance, the idiot that doesn’t know how to [...]

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A few years ago, I was in the liquor store section of one of my C-stores, hurriedly throwing up a just delivered order, while a wisened assistant manager was training a new clerk. A customer walked into the liquor store, with about a 10 year old little girl at her heel, and asked the new clerk, [...]

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A catchy story I came across Wisdom Sat 18 Nov 2006 “Terror at the Mini-Mart” Posted by Steve B under Creative Writing , Fiction , Work Avoidance “Do you take checks?” “I’m sorry, sir, no checks.”  He felt a sudden tightness in his chest, the first hints of a panicky fear.  Oh please, dear god, no. “Uhmm….Credit Card?”  he ventured hopefully. “No, [...]

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