Natalie Rose Flores, 5YO, red hair, brown eyes, 3'6", 40#s, last seen wearing blue stretch pants, a pink top and pink and white checkered sneakers. She has freckles and shoulder length hair.

The suspect is a stranger. He was seen taking pictures of children in the apartment complex at 19th Ave and Thunderbird shortly before he took Natalie.

He is a white male, white/blond hair, unk eyes, 30-40 years old, 5'8", 180#s last seen wearing a gray t-shirt, peach shorts and sunglasses on top of his head.

He took Natalie and left on 19th Ave in a brown Ford Ranger pick up, license plate similar to 3HG377, 3HG477, 3HG774N or other close combination. The truck has a ladder rack and there is damage to the front driver's side.

Picture of Natalie and official Amber Alert release here.

Hello, i'm a first time poster, long time lurker.  Thanks for all the entertainment you provide!

Anyway, I work at a certain petstore that is pretty "smart", as a petcare lead (fish, birds, small animals, yadda yadda).  I absolutely love my job, minus the bad customer part.  So far this year not THAT many customer sucks, however, I am really looking forward to the ones i'll surely get tomorrow - the day after christmas.

I don't really know if this is such a big day for other retailers, but for petstores, it is.  Before Christmas, customers buy all the animal habitats, equipment, so on so fourth, and then plan to come back with their children the day after Christmas so they can pick out their animal. With the exception of some that think buying their animal 3 weeks ahead of time and keep it in a closet until Christmas is fine, but this isn't about them..

So the standard day after christmas suck consists of:

1) Parents with a hoarde of children that don't really care where their children are or what they do, come and terrorize our animals by sticking their hands in fish tanks and pounding on the habitats. When politely told "Sweetie, the animals are really scared and need to rest right now, can you make them happy by not hitting the glass?" They act like you kicked a puppy, and cry to their parents what a horrible person you are for telling them to stop.

2) Parents yelling at me because they can't find their child. Yes I can page for them, but I have no idea where your child is, I believe that is your job as a parent..  According to you I should apparently know where every child in the store is.

3) God forbid if we sell out of a certain animal, or if we simply don't carry it. You say that we should have an unlimited supply of hamsters, and that we should never sell out.  You finally realize this (if you do), then proceed to make me call every store in your district, asking them if they have the said animal.. While I have 10 customers waiting for service at the fish wall, and various other habitats.

4) When presented with the questions: "How large is your fish tank?" "How long has it been set up?" we are asking you this so we can place our fish in an appropriate home, and make sure you have the best experience with your fish as possible. No, we are not criticizing you. If you have an unfit habitat, or refuse to answer these questions, we deny you our 14 day guarantee.. What does that matter? You said you've been keeping oscars (big, dirty fish) in 5 gallon tanks for 20 years, and they've all lived a "LONG" time (1 week is apparently a long time).  I mean, you of all epic fishkeepers shouldn't need a 14 day guarantee. Right? But you're yelling at me for refusing it.

5) When selling a dwarf hamster I warn you that they have a tendency to bite. That's fine with you, and you say you don't care if it bites.  Then you proceed to return the hamster the next day, since it miraculously bit you.

6) Yes, there is a Target next door, please don't leave your children here to go to Target. We are not your babysitter.

7) Yes, other customers are here, they do exist, and they do need help. Please, be patient.

So, after years of giving my bffl grief for a whitehead/cyst/thing under her eye, Santa decided to present me with my very own for Christmas!

It's literally right under my eye. So, TMI brethren, how do I handle one of these? Squeezing? Needles? Litha? I really want it gone because it's uggo.

BG: I work as a retail wench in a fairly new clothing company that's owned by a HUGE clothing retailer. Let's just say our initials have an M and an O in them.

Now, our mall hours, due to the holidays and whatnot, are significantly altered to handle the customers. At the time of this suckage, we were open until 11pm (as opposed to our original 9:30pm). So after we finally get all the customers out of our store and close the gates, we're in the process of cleaning, counting the tills, etc.

At around 11:20, we get a phone call. Usually, after we close, the only people that call are family members or friends calling to check up on us or make sure we're home on time, whatnot. This night was soo not the usual.

( Begin the crazy! )

tl;dr - If we say we can't ship outside the continental US, we aren't saying that just to ruin your holiday. And if you can find it online and they'll ship to you? Why did you call us?!

Current Location: Southern CT, United States

MINOR SUCK IN LETTER FORM

Dear Madame,

Thank you so much for ordering sandwich platters 3 days early even though only 24 hours notice was required of you. Thanks even more for paying in full right then without even being asked. I assure you it would have been ready the afternoon of the 24th for you to come pick it up just as you requested. But it sure was inconvenient for you to show up at 9:45 am Christmas Eve, 15 minutes before the store even opens, asking for your order. Saying you wanted to beat the crowd of last minute shoppers in the area wasn't anyone elses problem but yours, considering YOU chose when you wanted the order to be ready. The last time I checked, afternoon usually means some time after 12 p.m. The baker, my S.O., is so sorry he waited until that morning to prepare your bread with plans for assembling your order by noon, just so everything would be fresh when you came to get it. Next time he can bake it the day before and leave it sitting around for at least 12 hours in case once again you decide to pick everything up earlier than you tell him you will.

No Love,
Me

Current Mood: lazy
Current Music: GLEE Soundtrack # 2

Look, I know that the soft candlelight, fine wine, and gourmet cuisine at your local Wafflehouse can really set the romantic mood. Really, I do. It's late, your motel room is a whole 50 feet away (up a hill even!), and that bitterly cold Alabama winter outside can knock that boner down to size quicker'n you can say "Sheeit."

But this is the time of year when it's important to remember the less fortunate, which includes everybody who hasn't yet found their One True Love. Remember, not everybody is getting the Applause laid tonight. Please also remember:

1. The condom.
2. Your panties.
3. The fact that there is no such thing as a subtle handjob under the table. We can see you.
4. There are other drunk people waiting for the bathroom, and they have to pee/poo/spew. For the lovachrist, git 'er done and get out.
5. Ass marks on the mirror = super classy.

This is Alabama, there is no public transportation, I know you have a car. The parking lot is --> that way. Seriously, do I come to your office/store/construction site and screw on your desk? I kind of really want to now...
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...speaking of carnal urges and those who can't or won't control them--

I know I'm hot.
And by hot, I mean under 40, female, and in possession of all my own teeth. (no offense to those into older women and/or gumming) I understand that it's 3am, you're lonely or whatever, and the fact that I'm paid to smile at you and bring you food can make it easy to confuse friendly conversation with flirting.

But it is not friendly, funny, or legal in any state for you to:

1. Touch me in any way. I have a name, thank you very much, and it is "Excuse me."
'I was just grabbing your shoulder to get your attention!' NO!
'All the other girls like it. You must just not want a tip' BAD!
'What's wrong with a friendly pat on the behind?' So... many... things...

2. Invite me to blow you in the bathroom. Again, super classy.

3. Offer me money to have sex with you. Then again, I may have misinterpreted "Hey baby, I got eighty dollars for you" with a suggestive head-tilt towards your truck. Not sure what eighty dollars gets you these days, but from me it gets an EW EW EW look and your check. "But I wasn't done!" Basically I told him to get out or I'd report him.

4. Threaten not to pay for your food unless I give you my number. Cause it's so. damn. hot. when guys try to coerce me into giving out personal info. And threaten to steal.

Usually though, I'd just pull out my best antipickup line ever: "I'm seventeen"
and that would be the end of it.

I worked a 9-6pm shift today and hated it. It wasn't too busy but the customers were just horrible. It didn't help that I had a lack of sleep and was just not all "there" at work (still said "hi", "did you find everything ok?", and wished everyone a "happy holiday" in a plain tone- not uber happy/chipper fyi). I had this lady come up, I said all the above things, and everything seemed fine until she went to leave. She told me to have a "Merry X-mas" and I replied "you too". She got angry, and I believe she didn't hear me (I do not have a quiet voice- I'm the one usually yelling that their register is open at 17 & the people at 1 can hear me), and repeated herself in the rudest tone she could muster "I SAID 'MERRY X-MAS!' " I was startled at first and then replied "Ma'am I don't know if you didn't hear me or what but I did reply to you and had said 'you too' ". Guess what? She called in and told our store manager I had an "attitude problem". WTF?

FYI I get about 10-20 people similar to this a day (not all call in). I'm surprised I haven't lost my job yet because of them.... I've just been with the company so long that I've done almost all the jobs possible at a WM and this is the only one I can barely tolerate. And people wonder why I dislike my job...

It's not a huge suck by any means, but when the store I work in closes just one day a year, I don't think customers have much room to complain because we are not open on Christmas Day.

Also, cursing at employees when they inform you that the store is closing at 6 PM and that they can not come into the store is unacceptable.

And, to the individual who asked if he could go in the store via the other entrance.... No, both entrances were locked at six sharp, except for one so that employees could leave. Oh, and lest I forget, I remember staring blankly at the woman who protested loudly that a store that is open 24/7 should not close for any reason at all. Not even taking into account the fact that employees have lives and families, and might even want to celebrate the holidays with said family.

All of that being said, I hope that everyone here has a wonderful holiday.

1. I made over twenty sandwich trays in seven hours, lady. No, I can't just 'pull something together for you since it's Christmas Eve.'  Oh, why is she getting a bunch of party platters and you're not? MAYBE BECAUSE SHE ORDERED THEM THREE WEEKS AGO.

2. To the lady who ordered a tray for Wednesday and CANCELLED it, no we can't make you another one today. You cancelled- that means we marked down the price of your already made tray and sold it yesterday. Stop calling back, talking to each of my co-workers, trying to con someone in making you a last minute tray.

3. Dude, when I say 24 hour notice that doesn't mean I'm making you a tray. It means it sucks to be you. The correct response when I say "Sorry but you need to pre-order your tray 24 hours in advance" is NOT "So what time can you have it for?"

4. My co-worker does not talk too much just because you had to wait in line. She's GREETING her customers- the four who showed up before you. It is not her fault they're ordering a lot of cold cuts. Telling me that she's too much of a chatty bitch only makes me smile and point out that she has excellent customer service and that Head Office loves her.

5. My OTHER co-worker is not being rude if he asks who's next and you don't speak up. See the line-up behind you and the people on the side waiting to get their trays? We're BUSY. You can't expect him to remember the exact order everyone lined up in.

6. Just because I am in the line for the self-check out while dressed in my uniform doesn't mean you can push your OVERFLOWING shopping cart in front of me and cut in line. Dont give me a dirty look when I point out that I am next either- you look like a douche.  

Dear lady.

Yes, we are out of a popular item just to specifically inconvenience you.
Yes, we just purposely sold out of them since Black Friday...just to inconvenience you.

No, we can't make one just pop in under your tree.


Did you figure trying to buy a POPULAR ITEM ON CHRISTMAS EVE AN HOUR AND A HALF BEFORE CLOSING IS A BIT RIDICULOUS?



Please be trying earlier! Like say, SEPTEMBER.


Everyone else ordered theirs before you, they will get them before you.


Yup, you do have to wait in that black friday line sometime just so you get the item you want.




Throwing a fit will not get you the item. We offered you a special order at the sale price.

Our advertisement states that all stores have a limited quantity.

It's not false advertising.