The narrative is about a woman named Samantha who works at a Walmart in Jackson, Alabama. She often works overnight shifts, which are usually quiet due to the store's location in the countryside. One night, she encounters a strange man in the store who seems to be following her. He appears in the dairy cooler and then again in the electronics department. Samantha feels threatened and hides in the bathroom. When she leaves the bathroom, she finds the man gone. She calls her boss, who believes her story but can't do much without video evidence. The next day, she learns that the cameras in the store returned static footage from the night before, suggesting that the man might have tampered with them. This is the only night shift Samantha has ever had where something truly unexplainable happened.
1. The speaker's name is Samantha.
2. She is 20 years old.
3. Samantha works at a Walmart in Jackson, Alabama.
4. Due to her part-time school schedule, she often works overnight shifts at Walmart.
5. The store she works at is a Supercenter and operates 24 hours a day.
6. Samantha's shift on the night in question was from 10 PM to 7 AM.
7. On this particular night, she was one of only a few employees working.
8. Most of the other employees were at registers up front.
9. Samantha started her shift by folding pants in the men's department and tidying up.
10. The customer she interacts with is the same one from two hours earlier.
11. The customer asks Samantha if they have any more of the specific pants he found in a different waist size.
12. Samantha realizes the same customer is still in the store two hours later, which is unusual.
13. Samantha eventually confronts the customer, who denies any wrongdoing and leaves the store.
14. The next day, Samantha's manager, Margaret, confirms that there was no visit from corporate the night before.
15. Samantha's manager also informs her that there was no record of anyone from corporate named Tom, who the customer claimed to be.
16. The store's security camera footage reveals that the man had been stalking Samantha for the better part of the first few hours of her shift.
17. Samantha no longer wants to work night shifts due to this incident.
18. The speaker has experienced a series of strange events, including a man who insisted on buying a laptop from her at Walmart and a car alarm going off outside her house.
19. The man from the car alarm was later found hiding behind a couch in her house, and was arrested.
20. The speaker has chosen to work as a day stock person or a cashier at Walmart since the incident.
21. The speaker is currently working the night shift at Walmart as a night stock person on the weekends.
22. The speaker has experienced a series of strange events, including a man who insisted on buying a laptop from her at Walmart and a car alarm going off outside her house.
23. The man from the car alarm was later found hiding behind a couch in her house, and was arrested.
24. The speaker has chosen to work as a day stock person or a cashier at Walmart since the incident.
25. The speaker is currently working the night shift at Walmart as a night stock person on the weekends.