entitled · customer stereotype · retail setting · aggressive · delusional · blonde bob · mean-spirited · demanding · suburban · obsessive
The fluorescent lights overhead drone, casting a washed‑out pallor over the aisles. The store thrums with its usual dissonance—register beeps, cart wheels squealing, a faint wail from the produce section. For one fragile moment, I let myself believe it might be a quiet shift. Then the footsteps echo—a frantic, sliding sprint down the tiled hallway. The office door slams open, and there stands a ghost‑pale employee, breathing hard, eyes wide with panic. He swallows, voice breaking. "She's back." The words hang like a bad smell. A cold fist clenches in my gut. The coffee in my hand trembles, ripples spreading across the surface. No. Not her. Not again. I straighten my tie, grab the taser from the top drawer, and step out into the corridor. And there she is—blonde bob, leopard‑pr…