Imagine working at a grocery store that is closing two hours earlier than usual on Christmas Eve. If customers arrived at the last minute, would you let them shop, or would you turn them away so you could close the store on time?

In this story, one employee is in this situation, and the situation at the store sounds pretty dramatic with customers arguing with each other while the employees try to close the store.

Keep reading for all the drama.

People that come 5-10 min before the store closes is the worst.

I work at a grocery store and we are normally open 18 hours a day.

I normally work nights because I prefer it. So I’m always part of the closing shift.

Anyways TODAY on Christmas Eve like an hour ago we closed.

We normally close at midnight but we closed today at 10pm.

There were a lot of people who waited until the last minute to shop.

We had 40 people in the store at 9:45. So we were forced to lock the doors at 9:50.

I was outside gathering all the carts and my god so many people were coming in the last 10 minutes and fighting with my manager over the fact we closed the door early.

This normally always happens at midnight. People coming at 11:55 and we deny them.

What made tonight different is just the number of people cussing and trying to force their way in.

OP had to work overtime.

It got to the point where customers starting fighting with each other. The customers that defended us and the ones that were complaining.

We want to go home it’s Christmas Eve. We literally were open from 6am-10pm why come at 9:55 and fight us about it?

Anyways I didn’t end up leaving until 10:45 and my managers are still there closing everything.

People have no idea what we actually go through. It’s ridiculous. People see the closing time and take it as a personal challenge to come a few min before.

To be fair, the customers probably assumed they were open until midnight like usual and didn’t realize they were arriving at closing time. But other customers were probably just really inconsiderate.

Let’s see how Reddit responded to this story.

One person shares a story about their dad.

Another person can relate.

Here’s an effective way to get people to leave!

Another person can relate to this situation.

Don’t be a rude customer who waits until the last minute to shop.

Thought that was satisfying? Check out what this employee did when their manager refused to pay for their time while they were traveling for business.