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Drive offs? Is that what he was worried about? He may have a murdered employee whose blood is on his hands now because he couldn't be bothered to install cameras for the safety of his customers and employees. That is why you install cameras. NOT for drive offs.
I am so confused by this case. Are we sure that a van was, in fact, the vehicle she was abducted in? And if so, did anyone get a good enough look at the driver to create that sketch? Are we chasing a red herring here?
I don't think the statement meant she was closing early, I think it meant that she was going to get out as quickly as she possibly could once the store closed.
You can do a lot of pre-work to assure that you get out as fast as possible if your closing. I've closed businesses before, you can clean ahead of time, and then just spot clean after anybody comes in. You can even count your drawer out ahead of time, and then just keep track of money coming and going on new transactions. Saves you time from counting the entire drawer when you close, now you just deal with the last half hour or 15 minutes of transactions.
Drive offs? Is that what he was worried about? He may have a murdered employee whose blood is on his hands now because he couldn't be bothered to install cameras for the safety of his customers and employees. That is why you install cameras. NOT for drive offs.
But how many people actually count the drawer a half an hour before closing? I have been in retail for 3 decades, and not once did I or my coworkers count out the money about a half hour before closing. If there was counting the money out before closing, it was done right before closing.
I used to work 3-11pm. And they told me I could "close out my cash" at 10pm.
But how many people actually count the drawer a half an hour before closing? I have been in retail for 3 decades, and not once did I or my coworkers count out the money about a half hour before closing. If there was counting the money out before closing, it was done right before closing.
I used to work 3-11pm. And they told me I could "close out my cash" at 10pm.
Many businesses are failing still during this recession. He had to cut corners to survive.:seeya::seeya:Ok, I get the owner now. He has tunnel vision. Never in his life did he imagine that this would ever happen to one of his employees, at his business. Muskegon is not crime ridden (by some standards), it's a relatively sleepy town. Abductions happen elsewhere. Robberies, too. So the owner was dozed into complacency. Routine. Any talk of installing security cameras was scoffed at because it would cost him money and no one was really in any danger. Not in Muskegon. I feel sorry for him. But not as sorry as I feel for Jessica and her family. No security cameras? They paid the price for that.
Also what gets me, is I understand multi-tasking, but it is strange that the cleaning supplies were left out at the same time the money was left out. That sounds like a 2 person job, meaning maybe she had a helper with the cleaning, while she counted out the money? Or was in the process of counting the till.
Where I worked, the cleaning was done, then put away, then lastly the cash register, Z tape, and credit card machine were then totaled up.
I worked retail 15+ years. It was common to start counting drawers early, especially when your slow. All jobs at major chains.
And I got to thinking, with the last transaction being at 10:55pm, and the call to police being at 11:15pm, then she was probably taken pretty close to 11pm, if I recall correctly that the 911 caller actually arrived at 11:07pm, and that is way early, to me to be counting the money, if she weren't planning to leave before close, because she could do all the cleaning and such before closing and leaving the counting of the money to be the last thing as who would know how many customers would be showing up, and my recollection is that the gas station stays open until 11:30pm on a Friday night, so if it stays open a half hour longer than during the week, then possibly it is busier on Friday nights after 11pm. My Opinion Only.
Ok, I get the owner now. He has tunnel vision. Never in his life did he imagine that this would ever happen to one of his employees, at his business. Muskegon is not crime ridden (by some standards), it's a relatively sleepy town. Abductions happen elsewhere. Robberies, too. So the owner was dozed into complacency. Routine. Any talk of installing security cameras was scoffed at because it would cost him money and no one was really in any danger. Not in Muskegon. I feel sorry for him. But not as sorry as I feel for Jessica and her family. No security cameras? They paid the price for that.