last night was insane
okay, so last night i worked at borders. closing is gwen (the lady training me) and val (one of my good friends) and i. everything is going good, manager training stuff, this is how to take down a register, check the alarms, etc. gwen tells me that she's worried her car won't start after work and that val and i might have to jump it, cuz she left her lights on for like 20-30 min earlier. so anyway, it's 10.30 and we're done so we double check everything and set the alarm and walk out.
and the door won't lock. like seriously. and we realize that the alarm is going to go off soon, cuz we only have a minute to get out of the store and get the door locked before it arms. so gwen goes in and turns off the alarm and val and i keep fucking with the lock trying to get the damned thing to work. so after about 15 min we all just give up and go back inside. gwen goes to call the store manager to find out what she wants us to do and val and i keep messing with the door. we finally decided that it's hopeless.
we walk to the back and our store manager told gwen to call the locksmith and see if we could get one out to the store that late and how long it would take so we knew how long we were stuck there. gwen's on hold with the locksmith people and val realizes that we can go out a back door that locks we just wouldn't be able to set the door alarm for it (it has one so that even if the main alarm isn't set that door is armed) so we test the theory and yes the door locks from the outside and can be unlocked from the outside. we're saved! or not quite. remember that whole thing with the minute to get out the door? that alarm is all the way in the front of the store and this door is like hidden in the back. so val volunteers to set the alarm and haul ass back there. we lock the door and walk around to our cars. and as we're passing the front doors we realize that the alarm is going off.
we walk back in and try and think of what to do. at this point it's 11.30 and we just want to go home. so we call the store manager again and ask her if we can just go out the back door and not set the main alarm. she tells us ok and we finally leave. we get to gwen's car and of course it won't start. so val pulls her car over and gets everything set up to jump it an we realize that both batteries are on the right side of the car and the cables wont reach. so we push gwen's car back and val parks in front of it to jump it. gwen gets out of the car to tell val something and when she goes to get back in realizes that she closed the door to her car. which would be fine if it weren't for the fact that her car automatically locks the door if the keys are in the ignition. that's right. after everything that's gone on we're locked out of the car with the dead battery. and gwen doesn't have a spare key.
we flag down mall security and they were nice enough to give us the number for a tow truck and wait with us for a while since at this point it's like midnight. so mr. tow truck man gets there and pops the lock after some difficulty and we jump the car. finally. it was 12.45 when i left the mall. but it was just so random and absurd and funny that i had to share it with everyone.
and the door won't lock. like seriously. and we realize that the alarm is going to go off soon, cuz we only have a minute to get out of the store and get the door locked before it arms. so gwen goes in and turns off the alarm and val and i keep fucking with the lock trying to get the damned thing to work. so after about 15 min we all just give up and go back inside. gwen goes to call the store manager to find out what she wants us to do and val and i keep messing with the door. we finally decided that it's hopeless.
we walk to the back and our store manager told gwen to call the locksmith and see if we could get one out to the store that late and how long it would take so we knew how long we were stuck there. gwen's on hold with the locksmith people and val realizes that we can go out a back door that locks we just wouldn't be able to set the door alarm for it (it has one so that even if the main alarm isn't set that door is armed) so we test the theory and yes the door locks from the outside and can be unlocked from the outside. we're saved! or not quite. remember that whole thing with the minute to get out the door? that alarm is all the way in the front of the store and this door is like hidden in the back. so val volunteers to set the alarm and haul ass back there. we lock the door and walk around to our cars. and as we're passing the front doors we realize that the alarm is going off.
we walk back in and try and think of what to do. at this point it's 11.30 and we just want to go home. so we call the store manager again and ask her if we can just go out the back door and not set the main alarm. she tells us ok and we finally leave. we get to gwen's car and of course it won't start. so val pulls her car over and gets everything set up to jump it an we realize that both batteries are on the right side of the car and the cables wont reach. so we push gwen's car back and val parks in front of it to jump it. gwen gets out of the car to tell val something and when she goes to get back in realizes that she closed the door to her car. which would be fine if it weren't for the fact that her car automatically locks the door if the keys are in the ignition. that's right. after everything that's gone on we're locked out of the car with the dead battery. and gwen doesn't have a spare key.
we flag down mall security and they were nice enough to give us the number for a tow truck and wait with us for a while since at this point it's like midnight. so mr. tow truck man gets there and pops the lock after some difficulty and we jump the car. finally. it was 12.45 when i left the mall. but it was just so random and absurd and funny that i had to share it with everyone.