u/Entire_Classroom149

So this happened a while ago, but it still bothers me. I frequent the gas station by my house. I get coffee often, buy food for myself or my kids. My kids are in there with me a few times a week. We are familiar with the employees and are pretty good friends with one of them.

During this incident, my kids weren’t with me, thankfully. I am at the soda machine getting lemonade for my 6 year old. A man, looking to be mid 40s walks in and announces to the entire gas station “The guy in the blues got a gun!” then he starts chuckling and it becomes apparent that they are together and he was trying to embarrass and make a joke at his buddies expense.

I holler out (I didn’t see who had said it, only the guy in blue) “That’s not funny!” I start thinking about my girls (6 and 4) and how if they had been there, they would have been terrified and probably traumatized.

After getting my drink, I find the guy and he is obviously surprised someone is going to say more about this. I told him that it is not okay to make jokes like that in today’s world and that I was having a panic attack because for a moment I thought there was actually a gunman. I don’t remember everything that was said but the guy tries to initially pretend he didn’t say it. Then when he sees that l’m not as stupid as he is and know he’s lying, he starts to say “oh I meant he has big guns.” That pissed me off because if that was the case, I’m a crazy person for having this response. I then start yelling at the guy and told him fuck you, that’s not what you said. I mentioned that I bring my kids in here and I don’t appreciate humor like that. Meanwhile no one is making this guy leave, or me ( as I was making a scene.) I’m not someone to make a scene, but my mama bear came out and I was so mad at this man that his carelessness could have hurt my children.

The manager comes out and I tell her what he said, and he tells her his new version because he’s clearly embarrassed by being such an incredible idiot. Basically manager does nothing, I end up sobbing to her and one of the employees disclosed that he has experienced a shooting of his family member and that he agrees it’s not cool.

Anyways, I know this manager, she’s horrible. She’s a bitch to my friend and she has an all around bitchy vibe. I was upset that she did nothing for me in that situation. I didn’t go back for a while because I was embarrassed by my behavior, but also I called the corporate office to complain and felt like it wasn’t somewhere I wanted to give my business to.

I eventually to go back and tell my friend what happened. She tells me the version that she heard from her manager. She said some guy made a joke about how his friend had big guns and that I started yelling at the guy about how you don’t joke about guns. I was so mad because I told her what the guy said and clearly she either didn’t believe me or her job was easier if she went with his story.

I find out that corporate told them there was a complaint and that the manager was coming down on the employees because customers were complaining about their experience in the store. I was specifically complaining about how she handled (or lack there of) the situation. I was also upset because I heard her telling her employee on the day of the incident that they would get in trouble for kicking someone out.

It just seemed like she was sending the message that anyone can go in there and do whatever and she clearly had no balls to handle anything inconvenient. If my friend had been working, she would have kicked the guy out right away and I would never have had to say anything.

I later find out that the employee who did say something to the guy about how it wasn’t cool got written up for it. I never got a response from corporate, who I called twice and requested a call back from. I’ve let it go. Mainly because the guy who was written up said it was corporate who wrote him up and I understand that the way the manager handled it is exactly how corporate would have wanted her to. Most recently my friend told me it was the manager who wrote him up, not corporate. I felt a little crazy through the whole thing, but everything about it has rubbed me the wrong way. This was at Maverik if anyone is wondering.

So this happened a while ago, but it still bothers me. I frequent the gas station by my house. I get coffee often, buy food for myself or my kids. My kids are in there with me a few times a week. We are familiar with the employees and are pretty good friends with one of them.

During this incident, my kids weren’t with me, thankfully. I am at the soda machine getting lemonade for my 6 year old. A man, looking to be mid 40s walks in and announces to the entire gas station “The guy in the blues got a gun!” then he starts chuckling and it becomes apparent that they are together and he was trying to embarrass and make a joke at his buddies expense.

I holler out (I didn’t see who had said it, only the guy in blue) “That’s not funny!” I start thinking about my girls (6 and 4) and how if they had been there, they would have been terrified and probably traumatized.

After getting my drink, I find the guy and he is obviously surprised someone is going to say more about this. I told him that it is not okay to make jokes like that in today’s world and that I was having a panic attack because for a moment I thought there was actually a gunman. I don’t remember everything that was said but the guy tries to initially pretend he didn’t say it. Then when he sees that l’m not as stupid as he is and know he’s lying, he starts to say “oh I meant he has big guns.” That pissed me off because if that was the case, I’m a crazy person for having this response. I then start yelling at the guy and told him fuck you, that’s not what you said. I mentioned that I bring my kids in here and I don’t appreciate humor like that. Meanwhile no one is making this guy leave, or me ( as I was making a scene.) I’m not someone to make a scene, but my mama bear came out and I was so mad at this man that his carelessness could have hurt my children.

The manager comes out and I tell her what he said, and he tells her his new version because he’s clearly embarrassed by being such an incredible idiot. Basically manager does nothing, I end up sobbing to her and one of the employees disclosed that he has experienced a shooting of his family member and that he agrees it’s not cool.

Anyways, I know this manager, she’s horrible. She’s a bitch to my friend and she has an all around bitchy vibe. I was upset that she did nothing for me in that situation. I didn’t go back for a while because I was embarrassed by my behavior, but also I called the corporate office to complain and felt like it wasn’t somewhere I wanted to give my business to.

I eventually to go back and tell my friend what happened. She tells me the version that she heard from her manager. She said some guy made a joke about how his friend had big guns and that I started yelling at the guy about how you don’t joke about guns. I was so mad because I told her what the guy said and clearly she either didn’t believe me or her job was easier if she went with his story.

I find out that corporate told them there was a complaint and that the manager was coming down on the employees because customers were complaining about their experience in the store. I was specifically complaining about how she handled (or lack there of) the situation. I was also upset because I heard her telling her employee on the day of the incident that they would get in trouble for kicking someone out.

It just seemed like she was sending the message that anyone can go in there and do whatever and she clearly had no balls to handle anything inconvenient. If my friend had been working, she would have kicked the guy out right away and I would never have had to say anything.

I later find out that the employee who did say something to the guy about how it wasn’t cool got written up for it. I never got a response from corporate, who I called twice and requested a call back from. I’ve let it go. Mainly because the guy who was written up said it was corporate who wrote him up and I understand that the way the manager handled it is exactly how corporate would have wanted her to. Most recently my friend told me it was the manager who wrote him up, not corporate. I felt a little crazy through the whole thing, but everything about it has rubbed me the wrong way. This was at Maverik if anyone is wondering.