TEXT; UN: lionheart

[silentnarration]

I don't understand why these customers behave like assholes. It's just an expensive grocery store.

A woman slapped me because we ran out of the good avocados. This place is stupid.

Don't shop at Premium Foods.

Edit: who's censoring this

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[sociallychallenged]

UN: dpdhank

I'd guess they either never had to work hard or they're overcompensating. Pick the little guy around so they feel important.

That's weird. Paraphrase what got censored there?

[silentnarration]

They earned all their money somehow. I think they're out of touch with reality.

I just said not to come here. The store.

[sociallychallenged]

Huh.

Alright. You know what? I think actually want to come to that store. How about you tell me the name next time you're back here.

In the meantime, earning money doesn't always require working hard as a requirement. I don't know how it is in your world. Pretty sure overcompensating happens everywhere, though.

[silentnarration]

You're always welcome at Premium Foods.

[Hey, it worked.]

You're right. It does. I guess I've never seen it at this scale. I don't mind taking the abuse but it's not fair to everyone else working here.

[sociallychallenged]

[He makes some notes to himself. Literal notes, on his collection of post-its, and shoves them into the paperback novel he's been using to keep track of his information. "See if they censor television to. If they censor television, see if it gives a clue as to how the network was hijacked."]

[He puts the book away again.]

You should mind taking the abuse. Anyone should.

[One of the things he'd found most intolerable about Connor in the beginning was that he completely ignored Hank's angry unease with him, like an emotionless sociopath who threw a fake, friendly face on. Seeing him care went a stretch to change Hank's opinions.]

I think 'the customer is always right' policy no longer stands when 'the customer (ie: asshole) is being inappropriate'.

[silentnarration]

[Hank, Squall's world runs on mostly 90s-equivalent tech and that is still way too old school.]

I don't like it. Luckily she sucks at slapping.

Management doesn't care and I can't afford a pay cut right now.

[Just wait till he finds out he's underpaid. And also trapped by some fancy wording on the contract.]

[sociallychallenged]

I'm just saying most employers don't like patrons slapping the customers. Sort of makes it look like an unsafe environment for other patrons.

I'd find a good way to bring it up.

Sorry to hear that's the line of work you ended up with. Maybe they can shift you to being a stock boy. Do they have you on register? Or are you a stock boy?

[silentnarration]

Fine. I'll bring it up. We'll see what happens.

[He still doesn't think it's worth doing but it might be a bonus if they end up firing him.]

Register. Stocking and unloading when needed.

[sociallychallenged]

Wish you could get put on stock duty. It sounds like it'd be easier. But usually managers like to take anyone with a relatively young face and all of their teeth and put them at the register, even if they fucking suck at it.

[Even if you're remotely attractive the service industry causes you to suffer.]

[silentnarration]

You might be right. I told them I don't want to do anything with customers so they lied about the storehouse jobs being filled.

Are businesses always this shady?

[sociallychallenged]

Pretty much. Capitalism is a bitch.

[silentnarration]

I'm going to be a bodyguard after this.

[sociallychallenged]

Being the shmuck in a dunking booth is more humane than working retail. It sets the lowest bar.

[silentnarration]

War makes more sense than this.

[sociallychallenged]

Where I'm from capitalism and war have a lot to do with each other. It might be the same here. I wouldn't count on it getting better, I'd just start looking hard for that bodyguard job.

[silentnarration]

I'll take your word for it.

[It's not like they studied much about economy. Just whatever level of general education to keep them functional as soldiers.]

Thanks.

Do you know if the girl's all right? The one we helped that day.

[Not even questioning if this is the same Hank he met that day. Or remembering to identify himself beyond his username.]

[sociallychallenged]

Yeah. They found her parents pretty quick. She was fine.

[She didn't ask any bothersome questions that bothered the watchers. Which, apparently, even watch here to an exasperating (but not exactly surprising) level.]

They were grateful she got help.

[silentnarration]

[Oh. That is a relief.]

Good. That's all I wanted to know.