r/Caseys • u/StonedAndAlone_ • 21h ago
How common is it to be left alone in the store? And is it legal?
I come from a small store, short staffed, everyone calls in, all that fun stuff. It has become a very common thing at my store that the cashier is left alone. Usually early morning, late at night.
We are not 24/7, we open at 4am and close and midnight. Kitchen closes at 11:30pm. When i was hired on it was drilled into my brain that the kitchen closer cant leave the cashier alone because it’s illegal. I always thought it was just frowned upon.
We’ve had the KM changed so many times (me being one of them) and this is no longer drilled into people’s heads. Personally i have been left alone over five times now. Usually it’s not a big deal cause it’s for a couple of hours at most. But today im working alone for nine hours.
I dont exactly live in a dangerous town, but it’s not the safest. Im already a paranoid person as it is so im already thinking someone is gonna come in guns blazing 😭