Jan 06 2009
Please Watch Where You Puke
Okay, I was at my store today and it was a pretty quiet day. That is, until I had two customers come in complaining about a mysterious ’substance’ out by the gas pumps.
The first customer told me it looked like somebody vomited by the pump, and the second customer was an old man that barely spoke English, but I got out of him that there was something by the pump, and he could have slipped on it and then we’d have a lawsuit on our hands. (Watching someone slip on puke may have actually been worth it….)
So, let me explain about me and puke. I hate it. Puke makes me want to puke right next to the pile of puke I’m looking at. When my cats throw up, it makes me sick. I could seriously look at or clean up anything else in the world, just not vomit.
So, when I was told about this stuff near the gas pump, my coworker and I peered out there and could see something resembling chunks on the ground. I started getting queasy just looking at it from afar. I told my coworker to grab the binoculars and look at it just to make sure it was indeed vomit.
She did, and confirmed our suspicions. We argued back and forth who was going to go out there and throw some water on it to wash it away. I, of course, won the argument because even just talking about cleaning it up was making my eyes water.
So I decided to check our security tape to see who this lovely person was that blew chunks all over the parking lot. It was easy to spot, I just rewound the video until I noticed the splatter on the ground.
About a half hour before customers started complaining about it, I rang up a women who bought coffee. She made a few jokes with me, then went to her car. I watched as she set her coffee on top of her car, opened her car door, grabbed her coffee cup, then got in and closed her door. But oh, there she goes opening her car door again, sticking her head out the door and puking all over the ground.
Now, this pisses me off for a few reasons. First, nobody wants to see puke on the ground or potentially slip on it. Second, if you puke on the ground, that means some poor employee is going to have to clean your puke up. Three, she should have had enough courteosy to come back in the store, tell us she was sick or something, and told us about the puke so that we could clean it up. We’ve had people come in before and tell us of their indescretions. Hell, we even had someone crap his pants all over the floor, and even he had the nerve to clean it up instead of running out of the store like we wouldn’t notice.
So, to the woman that puked at Pump #6 today, I thank you for making my coworker clean up your chunky corn-filled mess. It really made our day to see the contents of your stomach all over the ground. Please come back real soon.
Ewwwww gross!! The least she could have done was come inside and say “Hey, I’m soooo sorry but I just threw up in your parking lot.” Gross, gross, gross. I’m the same way with puke, but for some reason my cats’ puke doesn’t bother me, maybe I’m used to it. Human puke, though….*shudder* I’m queasy just thinking about it.
That said, the mental image of you looking through binoculars to find out whether it’s puke or not is really, really funny.
Ewwwww. The “I don’t care about anyone else” attitude by most of society kills me. Yes, the woman was clearly ill. Yes, it would be very embarrassing to go back inside the store and let someone know your vomit is all over the ground. But you don’t just drive away and leave it for someone else to deal with. If you were sick enough to throw up, you shouldn’t have been out in public to begin with!
Angi: The worst thing on the planet is being home when one of my cats puke, and then I have to pick up their hot steaming puke off the floor, while feeling the heat of it through the thing I pick it up with.
My friend said she usually waits a day or two for the puke to harden, that way it’s easier to pick up. I wouldn’t be able to wait that long, knowing there was puke near me.
Kev: You wouldn’t believe what some people have done, or the messes they leave…usually involving bodily fluids.
The thing was, this woman seemed fine when she was talking to me in the store. Didn’t have a cold, not sniffling, or coughing…nothing. And it’s funny because there was another car parked right behind her at the next pump. I wonder if that person saw what was going down at pump #6.
oh that is so gross! I can’t stand looking at puke either. I can handle anything but that.
ICK ICK ICK! You just had to mention the feel of the heat when you clean up pet puke. UGH! That’s the worst part for me.
I like to puke at gas stations regularly, but after reading this I realize that not everyone appreciates me leaving my calling card
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yeah…it makes you wonder what her house looks like.
Soulmates95: Gross is right!
Sarah: Sorry lol. That’s what I always remember about cleaning it…hot puke.
Zlobe: Yes, please be more considerate.
CurlyDesign: I often wonder the same thing about people that leave the coffee counter a mess.
Yikes! I want to puke just reading this one. LOL - I was laughing the whole time! Great entry.