Character Reprise - Italian Racist and Vagrant Vandal

So a couple of the characters I wrote about yesterday were back in the store last night/this morning.

First, one of the "Vagrant Vandals" (specifically the one who suggested I put sugar in someone's gas tank and shoot people with a frozen paintball bullet) came in and told me that his dad was throwing him a party at the Mission Palms hotel and I should sent any "ASU fillies" his way. I did not.

Second, the "Italian Racist" (still in the same pin stripe suit) came in, complete with black friend. He proceeded to brag about how his fart had followed him around the store AND burped in my face at the counter.

Characters - Vagrant Vandals

So a couple of my regular homeless guys came in for some Arizona teas tonight. And as I'm ringing them up, for some unknown reason they begin telling me what I should to people if I have a problem with them. Examples included:

---Freezing a paintball pellet and shooting somebody with it (which I'm pretty sure would be lethal).

---Putting bologna and mustard on someone's car to eat away at the paint job.

---Pouring sugar in someone's gas tank.

---Taking a ping pong ball, cutting it in half, and filling one half with powdered bleach, then putting that in someone's gas tank. According to this source, it would create a nice little bang.

I think I'm going to start riding my bike to work again.

Event - Drunken Indian Brawl???

From July 16 (with some additions to the tale),

Approximately 10:30PM: a couple of drunk Indians come into the store. One is in a sling and saying, "I just got outta the hospital. Can I get my prescription furred?" I assume he meant filled but his speech was pretty slurred. I tell him, "Sorry, the pharmacy closed at 10PM and won't reopen until 8AM.

Circa 5:50AM: They come back - still pretty drunk it would seem. The guy no longer has a sling on his arm. He agains asks for the pharmacy. I tell him again it still won't be open until 8AM. If he needs one sooner he can go to the CVS at Southern and Rural, where the Pharmacy is 24-hours. He insists he'd rather give us the business so he'll come back later.

6:07 AM: Another guy comes in, pretty beaten up (cuts on his face, swollen eye, etc.) and tries to buy some vodka. He's a dollar short. He says he has it in his car and leaves the store to go get the extra dollar. Rather than walk to the parking lot though, he goes around to the bus station, where, if I'm not mistaken, the Indians were waiting.

When he comes back in, he mentions that he was mugged the last night by a couple of drunk Indians.

***In my original post of this event, I suggested that the Indians who came for the pharmacy a couple times beat this guy up. Given the close proximity to their morning visits, I also suspect that they may have become friends and were going to share the vodka out at the bus stop at 6:15 in the morning while they waited to the pharmacy to open so they could get a prescription of pain killers.

Character - Thanks Sasha Baron Cohen

From July 12,

A guy who most likely just came from the movies around 1:30am, kept repeating (ridiculously loudly) "My name is Bruno." and "You better not put my autograph up on eBay." even as my manager removed him from the store.

Update on this: an evening shift supervisor (we'll call her Mona for potential legal reasons), whom I abhor working with, actually thought the guy was legitimate, and not just a stupid drunk. She's not the brightest bulb in the store.

Characters/Events - Music Night at the CVS

From July 10th.

In honor of my work in the arts, last night's top customers in not particular order: the frat guys singing to "I Want It That Way" by the Backstreet Boys, drunk guys dancing to "I'm So Excited" by the Pointer Sisters, and the stoners singing AND dancing to a Hallmark card playing "Superfreak" by Rick "Cocaine's a helluva drug" James.