Where Do I Stand?

So after 2+ months in this job, I've come across some situations in which I've been having trouble being completely objective. It's true that for the purpose of this blog I'm an observer, but I never thought about possible interferences with the law. This job requires me to maintain a safe shopping environment for the customers, which means my moral stance needs to be on the side of the law should something happen. For instance, I've had multiple occurrences in which my moral fiber was tested. A month or so ago a customer dropped some marijuana on the counter by accident. At this time I was still new to the system so I decided to tell him to put it away immediately (because the cameras might or might not have picked it up) and let him leave. However, this question of legality would not be the last. And keep in mind, I don't want the cops in the store. Not because I'm doing anything illegal, I just don't want to deal with the process. So for the most part I will "let it slide." But today, I witnessed a situation that left me wondering if I did the right thing. Three -let's call them "rugged" types- entered the store and bought their chips and sodas while discussing Hemp fest. The third guy to come up to the register pulled out a vile and offered his friends something. Assuming that the contents of the vile were as substance more criminally offensive than marijuana, I told them to get out. I know the camera picked it up but I'm not sure if my managers will check the footage. I also didn't want to get them in trouble for a non-harmful crime that didn't directly affect the well-being of the store. So once again, I "let it slide." I'm not sure if I did the right thing legally but I know I did the right thing personally. Please comment if you feel I did the right thing or not, and as always, have a nice day.

Interesting Traveler...

So not much activity in the last few days. Mostly the usual college students and local transients coming through to buy their drinks and ice cream and such. But today a very special and sufficiently awkward conversation happened between me and a fellow who would not shut up about the train ride from LA to Eugene. Maybe conversation is giving it too much justice. He talked; I nodded. Because what he talked about I had almost no interest in. He began with his approval of the sleeping cars in the train from Eugene to LA, which transitioned into expensive living in LA, which transitioned into Eugene restaurants, which transitioned into lamb chops, which transitioned into family. After about 15 minutes, when a customer finally came in to interrupt the "conversation", he left. The woman that followed him, who walked inside mid-argument with her son, offered some humorous insight. I told her that the guy before just talked my ear off. She replied, "It's cause he's gay, and he likes you." Laughter all around. Enjoy the nice weather and as always, have a nice day.

Little's Frequent Customers

I'll be listing a number of frequent customers. Mostly I won't use names (because I don't know them) so I've used excessively descriptive nicknames. If you're a frequent customer and don't see yourself on this list, don't think I don't recognize you, it just means these people are noteworthy for some reason. If you are someone from this list, please don't take offense. I'm merely trying to be a transparent eye. So to kick it off...

Little's staff:
Kim- owner, ruthless yet kind, good to have on your side
Sue- Kim's wife, funny (perhaps unknowingly), sweetheart
Mike- manager, meticulous, numbers man
James- beer guy, Mike's brother, genuine
Will- cashier, experienced, funny
Andy- cashier, straight-laced, a bit shy
Matt- me, attractive, strong/silent, intelligent
Jeff- cashier, new guy, unknown


Max's Customers/Staff:
Soda- thick sideburns, Pabst jacket, bouncer?
guy that looks like Mitch Hedberg- owns a Vespa, cool
other random Max's employees

High Priestess Staff:
Tall guy with guages- likes Orbit wintermint, almost annoyingly nice
Cute girl with tattoos- flirty?, looks younger than she probably is
Tall guy with guages' lacky- buys his gum
Guy with Pabst hat- I have the same one, cool
Shorter guy with guages- really into whatever I say, but not in a weird way

Other Random Staff Members from Local Businesses:
Aaliyah Brothers guys- kind of old, tradesmen
Tall old guy with sweet moustache- buys a 22 of Bud and that's it, always
Guy from Bijou Theater- way too friendly, but still nice

College Students:
Girl with nose piercing- cute, raspy voice
Girl who always buys fortune cookies- cute, always buys fortune cookies
ok the rest are kind of boring so I'll cut to the exciting portion...

Transients (or homeless people, bums, whichever you prefer):
The guy who always buys four maxed
The lady who mumbles so much that it sounds like she's speaking something other than English
Carrie- (Crazy Carrie) red head, veteran?, not allowed in the store
My favorite transient- I don't know his name but I want to call him Joe, always alone, friendly, appears to make a profit from the cans he returns
Frogg- yes, the same Frogg who sells the "world's funniest joke books" on 13th
Sweet Pea- decent fella, makes artwork, follows Oregon sports, nice guy
Pepper- gay?, transgender? not quite sure, probably going away for a while...


UPDATE: NAKED MAN SPOTTED OUTSIDE THE STORE
I look outside and catch more than an eye-ful of a tripped out college student wearing his birthday suit. So, like any rational cashier, I open the door and politely ask him to put some clothes on. Ten minutes later I spot him outside Max's next door. He followed my orders as if he were a stubborn 2-year-old. He put on an apron. That's it. And not the kind that goes all the way around... I really hope he leaves.