I’m a car park attendant. I’m sure my job title is different but who’s fooling who? Anyway, it’s a customer only car park. If we let everyone park here and wander in to town; there would be no space left for customers.
You can see me standing outside the shop, it’s not that big a car park (~70 spaces). You’re not fooling anybody by walking into the shop, exiting it 30 seconds later without buying anything and then wandering in to town. I might have a shitty job but I’m not a fucking retard.
That goes for those of you who obviously only buy the cheapest thing they can find in order to qualify for ‘free’ parking. Yes, technically you’re a customer. You still only get 45 minutes though. If it’s long enough for Saddam to deploy nuclear missiles into the heart of London then it’s enough for you to find somewhere else to park.
And people who let their dogs shit outside the shop and don’t clean it up. Yes it’s a pet superstore with its own vets but since when did that give you the right?
And that women who drove past me twice, while on her mobile phone, with a kid in the back of her car. Get with the times already.
I meet a lot of interesting people. There was a wonderful middle-eastern-looking guy the other day. He comes over and talks to me, he just wants a smoke before entering the store. Fair enough. He knew the guy who worked here before me. Things started off okay, he asked me how I liked the job, if it was lonely. I do work alone but I enjoy that, when the car park is quite I can retreat to my hut and listen to the radio, it’s nice.
Then he dropped the bomb… A train went by (the store is right next to the train track) and he commented that he can’t catch a train any more because people give him funny looks. I sympathised (sincerely). Then he started educating me on how silly it was because the 7/7 bombings were a conspiracy by the government. How the CCTV footage was all doctored and the guys with the backpacks were probably just shopping.
“You’re not Jewish are you?”, “You sure you’re not Jewish?”. I wish I’d said “Yes”. Apparently the Jews caused 9/11. “Don’t you think it’s funny that on the day the planes flew into the buildings, 30,000 Jews decided to take a holiday?”… I just let him rant. He knew where I worked and while he seemed bat-shit insane he didn’t seem that dangerous. There is no such thing as Al-Qaeda, everything has been orchestrated in order to get Saddam’s oil and to destroy Iran. The world, and country, is turning to shit because the Jews control all the money and can do whatever they want and blame it on the imaginary terrorists. The media is more than complicit, it’s controlled by them! That’s why we never get the true story. Apparently.
I’d never judge all Muslims by that crackpot. I don’t even know his religion. I met another Muslim guy that day. This guy was definitely Muslim. He had the traditional Muslim name and full beard, heh. He was walking towards the shop with two kids, I smiled and said ‘Good Morning’. He approached me, smiling, and introduced himself. He was incredibly warm and inviting and asked to shake my hand. He said it was good to see someone so happy and kind, I reciprocated. We parted ways and I felt great for the rest of the day. I wish more people were like him.
The crazy dude said he wanted to move to Greece. Good riddance to him. I hope he takes whoever polluted his brain with him.
Edit: I really don’t mind my job. It’s quite a lot of the time, easy. It’s much better than nothing and will tide me over until Christmas at least, after which I can find something better (or go back into further education without fucking it up this time). I do meet a lot of assholes but the good people more than make up for it.