Adventures in Being a Private Eye (Bed, Bath, Beyond & Cocaine)
By HS21 50 Comments
After that whole fiasco with the dame and the nipple clamps I realized that being a private eye wasn't the most lucrative career path for me. I still have the thirst for a case and eking out the truth, that hasn't changed. Only now I work nine to five eking out great prices on beddings, bath towels and kitchen electronics. I suppose it is fulfilling giving people great deals with low prices on anything from bath soaps to kitchen tiling but there's a part of me that just yearns for something more. Just a few weeks ago I considered myself a private eye but now I'm employee #214263 at storefront #0313. Looking back on my days as a private eye I find myself wondering if I ever really was one. Not a single case for months on end and when a beautiful broad walks into my life and from her lips I hear the sweet song of a case what did I do? I kick her in the stomach and tell her to get the fuck out.
I know its no use dwelling on the past so I concentrate on the job at hand. Its 10 to 11, I'm working the night shift and I'm closing up. I head into the locker room at the back of the store, put on my coat and fedora just like Bogart would wear and just as I'm closing the padlock (A red elephant, the trunk is the bolt and it goes through his two big ears to lock) to my locker I hear the warehouse door open, the one used for loading merchandise off of trucks and into the store. I'm the only one in the store and that's the way it should have been for the next nine hours. Deliveries of stock usually come in on Saturdays, today was Wednesday. I remain in the staff room and listen.They stop at the royal navy blue duvet covers. They're luxurious duvet covers set with a crisp, clean design that offers elegant simplicity to your decor. The solid color is a great way to revitalize the look of your bed. 100% cotton satin,400 thread count. Machine wash. Imported. Fucking beautiful. Now they're taking them, one under each arm and returning to the loading bay at the back of the store. I remain in the staff room. I watch them repeat this process 5 times, they've cleaned out our entire stock of royal navy blue duvet covers. I was planning on getting a set myself on my next paycheck. Utilizing my employee discount what would normally cost me $64.53 with tax would only cost me a cool $50. Those cunts.
I hear the sound of an engine being turned on and I realize they're leaving. I move quickly out of the staff room and approach the doors leading into the loading bay in a sort of crouched sprint. I see a black beat up pickup truck beginning to pull out of the loading bay and into the back alley of the store. The loading bay doors are closing and I run for it, I make it under with the doors just a couple of inches above my head and closing. The alley is full of potholes and the truck is moving slowly. I'm able to run up behind the truck and climb in. From all the bumping around I bite my tongue as I'm climbing in. The pain is excruciating but the fall into the flatbed of the truck is broken by those beautiful duvet covers, which although covered in a protective plastic casing so that you can take home your purchase unscathed, was still quite comfortable.
The truck pulls a right and we are now in the streets. The back window of the cab of the truck is slightly open. From inside I can make out the conversation between the two men, laughing man is in the passenger seat and asks, "You know where you're going right? We can't be late with this shit".
The irate driver responds, "Yeah I know, we'll get the blow there stop worrying".
"Why does this guy put his gear in duvet covers? What's with that?".
"Well, compared to a little Puerto Rican boy's asshole this is probably less of a hassle".
"More hygienic too".
"What do you know about hygiene?".
"Fuck you".
My tongue is bleeding and has gone numb, I've just found out that the Bed, Bath and Beyond that I work at is a front for cocaine smuggling, I have no idea where I am or where I'm going and I'm going to miss 'Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia" tonight. I hate hump days.
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