The Tall Slender Man

It's short story Thursday again. I know I haven't posted a story in awhile. This is a story from when my brother and I were children. A true story, or the overactive imagination of two children? I'll leave that up to you.

My brother and I used to live in a small town in California. We used to play in an area we called the Canyons, a bunch of trails in the woods, all covered with what seemed to be a massive amount of red clay, which was always staining our clothes. We often played there into late in the night. It could be very scary, there was often prints in the mud from mountain lions. My brother and I were very brave, and even this couldn't scare us. This night, however, there was something that did scare us.

We were walking along one of the darker paths. The sun had already gone down and the only light was from the stars and the moon. It was then that it got deathly quiet, as if all the sound had been sucked out the air. I could swear that I couldn't even hear my own heartbeat. We then saw a shape emerging from the woods.

It was too dark to see well, but he appeared to be a man. An abnormally tall slender man, whose limbs seemed as if they were way too long. I couldn't see his face, it was too dark. My brother and I stood transfixed, afraid to move or run away. The man beckoned to my brother, and my brother started to move closer to him. As I was watching, the man seemed to grow even taller, his arms becoming too long to even be considered human. I grabbed my brothers arm and dragged him away from the man, whose arms seem to be getting closer and closer to us. As we ran, sound returned in a crashing boom.

That night I couldn't sleep. I kept thinking I could hear the sound of something tapping at my window, but I was too afraid to get up to look.

Later on, one of the other children in the neighborhood went missing. I'm not sure what happened to him, as we moved to Pennsylvania shortly afterward. I sometimes still think I can hear something tapping at my window. I'm still too scared to look.

Happy Birthday to me!

That's right, today, speak like a pirate day, is my 23rd birthday! I feel old now.


I'm gonna do something I don't normally do in this blog. Talk about my real life. I recently broke up with this guy. A guy I've loved for many years. The thing is, we are no good for each other, but we have a bad habit of hooking up every time we see each other. Now that I'm 23, I've decided to make a change. I'm going to do things differently now. I've deleted him from my Facebook, I've deleted his number from my phone, I'm deleting him out of my life. It hurts, but I can't continue to do this to myself. I need to be independent now. I need to start my life without him. Today, I begin my new life. This year is going to be better.

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Worst Song Ever

It's random Youtube Monday again! This song is so awful you'll have no choice but to listen to it till the end.

Customer is Not Always Right.

I've been reading a blog called Not Always Right. It's about how customers are not always right, even if they think they are. I've decided to write up some of my own. Note, I'm a manager at a Taco Bell

Customer: I want a Mango freezie thingy

Me: Ok one Strawberry Mango Frutista, that will be $2.00

Customer: Can you make it with more ice? It was too slushie last time

Me: I can't do that, it's a machine, it only has one setting

Customer: Can't you just add more ice?

Me: No...I can't really do that.

Customer: I really want it to not be as slushie, just add more ice, ok?

Me: *giving up* Sure thing

(I pour his frutista, it's the same consistency it always is)

Customer: Wow thank you! This is so much better than the last time!

Me: Yeah...you're welcome.

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Customer: I'd like some breadsticks.

Me: Uh, what?

Customer: BREADSTICKS!

Me: We don't sell breadsticks here

Customer: Yes you do! I got them here last time I was here!

Me: Uh, are you sure you are at the right place? We are Taco Bell. We've never sold breadsticks.

Customer: YES! I got them here last time! GIVE ME MY BREADSTICKS!

Me: Really, we don't have them. I'm not lying.

Customer: YES YOU DO...Oh yeah that was a different store. *drives off really fast*

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Customer: I'd like a coffee.

Me: We don't serve coffee here, but there is a Tim Horton's right next door. Do you want anything else?

Customer: *getting angry*: How about a six piece crispy chicken?

Me: Umm...We don't have that here either. There is a KFC right next to the Tim Horton's though

Customer: *really angry* FINE JUST GIVE ME A SMALL FRY!

Me: You're all kinds of confused, but if you want a french fry there is a McDonald's right across the street.

Customer: *storms out*

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Customer: What comes on a cheese roll?

Employee: Ummm...cheese?

Customer: YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE RUDE ABOUT IT! *drives away*

Me: Did that really just happen?

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Customer: I'd like a Volcano Taco

Employee: Sure, anything else?

Customer: Do you still have tacos?

Employee: What?

Customer: Tacos, do you still have them?

Employee: You...just ordered one?

Customer: Oh I thought maybe you stopped serving them.

(a little while later)

Different customer: Do you still have cheese?

Me: What is going on!?

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Customer: (From outside the drive thru window) OH MY GOD! I WANT TO TALK TO YOUR MANAGER!

Me: I'm the manager how can I help you?

Customer: THERE IS A SPIDER ON MY TACOS!

Me: Well, we can replace it for you. But didn't you buy those tacos 4 hours ago? (I have a good memory for customers)

Customer: YES I LEFT THEM IN MY CAR! AND WHEN I WENT TO OPEN THE BAG THERE WAS A SPIDER!!!

Me: Maybe it came from your car?

Customer: NOOOOOOOOO! AHHH *screams incoherently in the parking lot about spiders for about a half an hour*

Another employee: Did she want a refund?

Me: I have no idea...

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Customer: I'd like to talk to the manager

Me: Yes, I'm the manager.

Customer: NO! I want to talk to the other manager.

Me: I'm the only manager on duty right now.

Customer: What about that guy? *points at one of our older employees*

Me: No really I'm the only manager. He's not a manager.

Customer: You are too young to be a manager. (I look like I'm pretty young, but I'm 22 years old)

Me: *points at my nametag that says I'm a shift manager*

Customer: Hey you over there! Can you help me? I need a manager!

Employee: She's the manager.

Customer: WELL I DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THIS SHIT! *storms out*

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Customer: I came here the other day, and they put cheese on my chicken tacos! I want chicken tacos with no cheese for free!

Me: No problem sir.

(I help the employees make the order, making sure there is no cheese on the tacos)

Customer: I am allergic to cheese, you sure there is no cheese on them?

Me: I made them myself. There is no cheese sir.

Customer: Ok.

(He leaves. The next day I hear a familiar voice over the headset)

Customer: I bought chicken tacos last night and they had cheese on them!

Me: Please pull up to them window.

Customer: THERE WAS CHEESE ON MY TACOS! I want them again for free.

Me: No, there was no cheese on them sir.

Customer: YES THERE WAS.

Me: No there wasn't. I made them last night. I didn't put cheese on them.

Customer: But there was cheese on them

Me: That's impossible. I made them and I know for a fact I put no cheese on them.

Customer: I thought there was cheese on them...

Me: Yeah, there wasn't cheese.

Customer: Well I won't be coming back here AGAIN!

Me: Yeah, that's probably for the best.

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