Intro to Grocery Dayz

January 6th in 01 Timulators Stories n Thoughts

You might want to read this before you start reading the other crazy Grocery Daze category posts. I give a little background to the stores, crazy ass characters (bulleted list), and general randomness that occurred during this period of my life.

I’ve only done two things for a living in my life.

The first was working in grocery stores from the age of 15 through 20. And the second is what I do now… design/advertising. I did work for my dad as a masonry labor for two weeks, but that ended when I trew out my back so badly I was bed ridden for 3 days… Dad wanted to teach me what not to do with my life… it worked.

A brief introduction of the stages and cast of players

Below I’ll give you a little info on the grocery stores and a brief description of each of the players. If you ever forget who someone is you can come back here for reference, i’ll provide link backs as well.

I got my first legitimate job with Kroger at 16, I met some interesting people and soon realized how organized crime worked. Considering minimum wage was 4 dollars an hour it was no wonder people were “sampling” from goods the store had to offer… not to mention reaping and pillaging the booze and cigarettes section. I was only here a year and the names wont mean as much tied to the stories, so I’m omitting them.

From Kroger I moved over to Brookshire Brothers. My friend Trey’s older brother was good friends with the general manager. Trey was already working there and got me an interview, I got the job on the spot. This store was like nothing I had imagined, the Kroger I was working at was extremely high volume and busy as hell. This store was the complete opposite, it was slow, small, and laid back with a country feel.

The Charecters

Below are some of the characters I met during my 4 or so years working here. You dont need to read all of these if you dont feel like it… I’ll link back their names here from any posts i make.

These names have been altered to spare peoples privacy.

Trey
Trey and I were friends through Jr. High and best friends in highs school… there will likely be posts all over this blog with him in it.

Mike
Grocery store general manager, big boss. This guy could be the hugest dick if he didnt like you, fortunately for me i was juiced in. He was cool with us eating shit off the shelf too.

Shaun
General manager after Mike got let go. This guy hated me and tried to fire me every chance he got, but I was actually really good at what i did so he could never actually let me go. He was short, fat, and bald with a butch wife that ran his shit.

Steve
He was the assistant general manager he was alright at times, but could be a real pain in the ass too.

Lester
Was one fo two assistant managers. Lester was a cool old black guy that loved to smoke and eat ham sandwiches in the back. he alway had to be smoking, even in the store. We got along great.

Sharleen
She was an assistant manager too. She was a good ol’ country girl that had life a little rougher than most. We got along great and she’d buy us beer when we got off work.

Walter
He was the stock crew chief that trained me to replace him. Aside from Trey he was my best friend there. He too would buy us beer.

Boyce
Managed the dairy department. He was a really nice guy but not all there, he tried hard but we would often have to pick up slack for him. He would always say “fiddlesticks” and push his glasses up like a typical nerd in a movie making that face.

Eddie
Bought us beers and shared great stories, he was the meat dpt manager

KC
This guy was fucking crazy, he was a white guy that thought he was black, or at least acted like it. He had a white Cadillac with a sunroof that wouldnt close, so he duct taped the whole thing. He listened to Phil Collins screwed and chopped and always had lean.

Buster
This guy looked mean as hell. He was some “gangster guy” from St. Louis. Once you got to know him though, he was a big teddy bear and one crazy fuck. He’s the only black guy (maybe guy) i know that liked the back street boys. He had the poster.

Rob (AKA Little Stalky)
This guy ran with Buster and KC. He’d just got out of prison and had some crazy stories. Again, he was one crazy mother fucker you did not want to fuck with unless he liked you, they didnt call him little stalky for no reason. He was also one hell of a cook and took care of his friends; being me, buster, kc, and nefty. I told you he just got out of the pen. Rob would also buy us beer.

Nefty
He was a high school friend of Trey and I, also hung out with the rob, buster, kc crew.

Kenny
He was a few years younger than us but would drink beers with us occasionally, he’d also let us go to his house to drink beers since his mom was hardly ever home. He was a good guy.

Lewis
He didnt work there long, but Nefty and I got really close with him. He was one of the most care free funny mother fuckers i’ve ever met. He lived life his way and didnt bow down to anyone, I admire that about him. Lewis, you know who you are, if you ever read this hit me up man…

Hector
I think that was his name. I worked the night shift with this crazy fucker. He’d sneak beer in and drink in the back. He hardly spoke english but we always managed to communicate just fine. He worked 3 jobs and hardly ever slept. I heard he fell asleep drunk behind the wheel and died in an accident. If it’s true… pour some on the curb for him.

Baby
I dont remember this guys name but he called everyone baby. He was the Guatemala guy that cleaned the floors at night, and also served as our chef for dinner. He was an odd charecter and spoke little english, hence the “baby” he would call everyone.

Malik & Jessica
They dated. This was an odd relationship, he was a skinny small guy and she was a full figured woman. She wore the pants… and they would often argue. He married her, joined the armed forces, took her with them, they separated shortly after i think

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Those are the main people, I’ll update as I fill stories out if some more key players come into the picture.

-Timulator

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