Midweek update

So following up from the previous post, on Monday I was informed that while I was at lunch, the local high school's principal came in and told all the kids that they are now banned from our store! This is actually quite a surprise turnaround, as they'd only done that once for one semester a few years ago. [Previously they'd shrugged and said 'our hands are tied' as some parents had probably complained.] Come to find out, Head Boss had done the right thing in making a very long and detailed list with receipts of all the trouble they'd caused (mostly stealing, being super noisy and blocking the aisles, but also tagging the men's bathroom and the outside elevators and possibly breaking them) over the last couple of semesters. And yes, even the cops were called once or twice, both for kids stealing and starting fights outside.

Sure, it was only thirty to forty kids out of however many go to that high school, but the line was consistently crossed with such regularity that it was finally agreed that said kids ruined it for everyone else. WELP! Mind you, as far as I can tell they can still come in after school and after-school activities let out, but by that time we have more coverage. The fact that they can no longer inundate us for half an hour, five days a week at precisely 12:15pm is definitely worth it. Not having to dread that half hour of chaos every day takes a lot of stress off everyone else's shoulders.