Retail Sales Act 1

Interior of a retail beauty store, late afternoon.

A girl rushes into the store and practically throws her purse onto the counter,

"Hey, can I uh, can I leave this here for a minute, I need to go find my mom."

Before the sales clerk can answer the young woman turns on her heel rushes out the door.

Perplexed by what just occurred the sales clerk looks at the large tote style purse on the counter.

"Should I open this? No, it belongs to someone else, it is not my business, I will just set it aside until the young lady comes back to claim it."

Satisfied she has made the right decision, the clerk sets the purse onto the floor behind the counter and starts to walk away.

Suddenly, the sound of sirens fills the air and she looks up to see 2 squad cars race into the parking lot. It immediately dawns on the sales clerk what has just happened and, throwing all good intentions aside she grabs the abandoned purse and opens it.

Inside she finds numerous articles of clothing from the retail store next door, complete with price tags and anti theft devices. Being the good Samaritan she is, the clerk grabs the bag and rushes out the door toward the police.

"Hey, this belongs to that girl," she says, motioning to the young woman who is now walking very fast in the opposite direction of the store, "she left this in my store."

The officer takes the bag from the sales clerk and peers inside then yells at the young woman to stop.

"Officer, that white girl put all that stuff in my purse, that shit wasn't there, she put it in there!" the girl exclaims.

"Do you need me to stay out here for anything?" the sales clerk asks the police officer.

"No ma'am, I think we are okay."

Satisfied that she has done her good deed for the day the sales clerk walks back into her store to finish the remainder of her shift.

The following was based on actual events. Names and other identifying details were omitted to protect those who are not completely lacking common sense or self respect. Any similarity to any person living or dead is purely intentional. No animals, sales clerks or police officers were harmed in the making of this blog.