Anyone who has ever worked a retail closing shift knows the dread that sets in the second the front doors get locked. Imagine you shut down the registers, see the overhead lights go dark, and you’re mentally halfway onto your couch. But just then, a frantic customer materializes out of thin air, treating working hours like loose suggestions.
Most shoppers eventually catch on when they see a dark hallway and a deadbolt. Yet every once in a while, you get someone who thinks sheer persistence can bend the store’s doors open. But when one such shopper crossed phone store employee and TikTok creator Gabe (@gabectomy), he made sure to teach her a lesson.