So Im on break and incredibly angry right now. I was coming into work and missed this by seconds. Two people were shot and one of them is dead. Police basically had most of the parking lot shut for at least two hours. NONE OF THE STORES EVEN CLOSED INCLUDING MINE!!! You think that if shots were being fired in the center of the complex that became a practical warzone, you would shut down no questions asked. https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/1-dead-1-hurt-in-shooting-at-wyomissing-shopping-center/article_e1469f4a-a7c6-11ec-8160-876a76fc015c.html
I identify with this
My dream for all of us
Love to see it
can we do something more?
Correct me if this is not approved by admins, but since we work in places that are, bad at best, why don't we share the names or locations of the establishments? Why don't we do something more? I get it, this sub is made for us to take things out of our chests but still, things will not change. There are a lot of us here, we can make a change. I know we can. Even a little pressure can help.
a customer once tried to sell me rocks.
I was working the shred pile at a scrap yard (the area where to public comes to drop off scrap for money). I'm used to junkies, regulars, random people but this was a different experience. They showed up in a little blue car and I start walking over to them. Right as I'm walking over I get called on the radio from the other department (the guys who take copper, aluminum, etc..) the other department informs me that these guys just tried to sell them rocks so watch out. So I finish walking up to their car and do my basic “hey guys how are you doing? What do you have for me?”. They respond with “oh man we got this whole bag of metal rocks, those guys in other department can't even tell what it is but we know it's steel so we came to you”. I'm like “ok……