Late night store Clerks, what is the strangest things that's happened on the job?

I worked midnight shift at a local convenience store for close to 5 years, so I saw my fair share of oddities. There's one though that I will always remember.

This store has a Pizza Inn built in as well, which was great because as long as I paid for anything in the morning (50% discount) and cleaned any dishes I dirtied, I was allowed to make whatever I wanted on my shift. Well, the store closed at 11pm, so from 11pm - 3:30am the store was locked down and the only folks I would let in are those who would deliver early in the morning, like gas or newspapers. I finished all outside work before the store closed so I wouldn't be outside alone.

One night I'm in the middle of making myself a small pizza since I ended up sleeping right past dinner when the phone rings. I answer in case its morning shift letting me know they won't be in or they'll be late.

"Hi, thank you for calling GB, the store is currently closed." "I want to order a pizza." "Uh. Sorry, sir. The store is currently closed." "What the fuck do you mean the store is closed? I want a pizza and I see you making pizza right now. So you better make me a pizza."

We turned the parking lot lights off after closing, to try and send the message the store is closed. It didn't do much good because people would see lights on inside, see me inside, and assume store is open then get pissed when door is locked and I wouldn't let them in.

Needless to say though, it made it pretty difficult to see outside due to the bright indoor lights. I'm getting a little irritated though, because the guy on the phone sounds drunk or high.

"Store is closed, sir. I'm not allowed to sell anything until after the store opens."

At this point guy on the phone curses me out and hangs up. Don't think anything else of it, so I finish making the pizza and put it in the oven. While it's cooking I'm finishing up mopping the floor on that side of the store when I see car lights turn on across the street and the car rolls into the parking lot, off to the side where the dumpster is where you can't see because the door on that side of the store is solid with no windows near it.

Immediately I think of the guy on the phone, but I'm also thinking it could be someone coming to use the payphone because thats near the dumpster.

Nope, next thing I know same guy starts banging on the door.

"I KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE MAKING PIZZA. I WANT A FUCKING PIZZA RIGHT NOW."

Nope. I immediately called 911 and they said someone is on the way. Here's where it gets funny, as it turns out this guy had just robbed the Red Box machine across the street, saw me making the pizza when he got in his car and decided he wanted a pizza to take home with the movies. He's sitting in the car when the Cops show up, he tells the Cops he's not leaving until he gets his pizza. Dozens of Red Box DVD cases in the back seat still.

My manager didn't believe me when I told her in the morning, had to give her the case # off the police report before she would.

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