The Legend of Altug: February 2010

I think I wouldn't be the first to admit that at my beloved workplace, like many retail enterprises, have many an occasion where there are uncontrollable queues. Indeed, it is truly daunting and very easy to empathise with the customers having to wait to be served. Indeed, even with the spectacle and effective display of the attendant (ie. yours truly) using two registers, it can still be chaotic and still busy.

Yesterday something interesting occurred in the midst of the chaos, as I was serving I was very lucky to have the long arm of the law inside the store. Indeed police officers choose the 'Express for their fuel requirements because of our obvious superior service and our strong, almighty, patriotic adherence to the law and/or regulation. So as I was served the customers are an increased pace, I could not help but notice the police officer constantly checking into his intercom. All of a sudden the police officer stated to me, "Hey we'll pay for the petrol later. Something has come up" I was shocked....First time ever a customer has unilaterally declared that they were not paying for petrol. Obviously I understood and happily let the good officer to do so without apply the standard, bureaucratic "Cheapo-can't-pay-Or-forgot-my-wallet" drive-off policy.

The customers were also bewildered, some dangerously stating "Gee, I didn't know you could do that!??!?!" Though I assured the customers that the Po-lice would return because I wouldn't want NWA's views of the Po-lice being vindicated. "Folks, just a standard thing of authority, I am sure there are some clever bandits somewhere robbing a near by bank or something knowing that the sometimes slow pace of service would help to hinder the long arm of the law!" One customer lovingly replied to my improvised explanation with, "My house better not have been robbed because of this queue" Off-course 25 minutes later the Po-lice did show up and paid.

Is there a moral to this story? Perhaps it's that notion the Po-lice hold a very special place in our society...Though some pinkos would easily acknowledge that the Po-lice's actions represent yet another conspicuous display of "state-power machismo" overriding the common person of his/her civil liberties in the name of beating the "terrorists". Although there is a special poetry attached to NWA's "Fornicate the Po-lice" that allows common citizens to use as a barometer to gauge the behaviour of the Po-lice.

Keep it real y'all

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On to another quick note. I must say that I am very lucky on occasion to be spotted by a well-known customer in a street, the gym, the movies but on Saturday night at about 3:30am in the city; I was on my merry way home after a wonderful night and as I was walking toward my car. As I passed this nightclub queue, someone yelled out "Hey its Altug! Yo Yo Yo" I was bewildered at first and then I proceeded to say hello when another bunch of folks also said the same thing..."Yo its Altug!" "Look its Altug!!" I said "Hello Y'all it's truly great and unique to see customers at 3:30am in the City yo, shaking the booty I presume?"...Though I do not recall some of the conversation, I do remember also stating "Well folks I think that this is a great time for a group hug" and to my wondrous amazement about 8 people starting hugging me...it was speciallll as Br-uce M-aca-Vaney says it. There you are folks, if you see yours truly please ask for your own complimentary hug! It's always good to get a great group hug in the middle of 3:30am!