The Universe Is Full Of Intelligent Life: It's Just Been Too Smart To Come Here

This was awesomeeee! I liked the cat analogy too!

Lol! This reminds me of the one time I got robbed working at 7-Eleven. The manager at that time was the only one for whom I'd worked for whom I had zero respect. (At one point he had told me that Farley, a frequent customer at night when I worked, was no longer allowed in the store. With deep regret I informed him when he came in that he would have to leave & come back in the morning while the manager was there to straighten things out. I was certain there had been some misunderstanding. In the morning Farley returned &, as I was standing right next to the two of them cleaning the post-mix before ending my shift, the manager insisted that there must have been some misunderstanding, that of course he was always welcome in the store. The moment Farley was out the door he turned around to me & said, "That man never comes in the store again." Then they became drinking buddies. He was the only manager out of something like five--the other four having ranged from good to terrific--who got promoted by Southland Corporation.) At any rate, this guy who was quite obviously strung out loitered around the store until no one was out front but the two of us, at which point he pointed something under his sweater at me (more than likely his finger) & demanded all the money from the cash register. Working at 7-Eleven, you could get fired for having more than $30 in the till at any time. Anything larger than a $10 bill was automatically dropped in the safe which could only be opened by the manager or assistant manager 20 minutes after it had been keyed. I was pretty good at my job. He got a few food stamps, some coins &, when that was all I handed him he insisted I hand him the entire cash drawer, leaving a nice set of prints behind. The $1 he retrieved which I had left behind would have taken his picture if our assistant manager hadn't hung decorations right smack dab in front of the camera. What an opportunity I had missed in all this. The 20 minutes he had loitered in the store were the same 20 minutes our manager had waited to be able to open the safe. He always hauled it into the back to count it in his office, never bothering to lock the door since we had to have access to the supplies that were back there. Typically there would be over $5,000 (back in 1985). Why, when my strung out hapless friend asked, "Is that all there is?" did I not answer, "Yeah, in the till. But if you knock on that door back there..."?

They laugh and shake their heads at our antics. I believe there have always been here, but we just cannot see them. Too smart indeed. Good one.

Haha. Nice one. I liked the cat analogy. 💙Anneliese

...and ask them to send pictures.