A Minnesota Hy-Vee worker was caught on video doing what most of us who have worked in retail have probably thoroughly fantasized about doing at one point, and simply walked away from a situation he did not get paid enough to deal with.
The retail worker is shown on video coming upon flames caused by a fireworks display lit inside of the store.
With flames raging around him, he hardly even reacts as he simply turns around and walks away.
WATCH: A group of kids reportedly set a fireworks display on fire in the aisle of a Hy-Vee grocery store in Eagan, Minn. Monday afternoon. \nhttps://fox9.com/news/police-fire-breaks-out-at-hy-vee-after-fireworks-display-lit-by-juveniles\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/LyduaRLjmG— FOX 9 (@FOX 9) 1624368260
He doesn\u2019t get paid nearly enough to do that.— Justin\ud83c\udf39\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfd\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@Justin\ud83c\udf39\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfd\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08) 1624392068
No way in hell he should try and stop that fire while making minimum wage with no insurance. I love that he obviously found it hilarious thoughpic.twitter.com/o3ssKI4uim— Deidrich Bader appreciator (@Deidrich Bader appreciator) 1624468511
I am crying at the employee just casually standing there in front of the blaze like \u201cgod dammit I just stocked that display\u201d— ~ esperanza ~ (@~ esperanza ~) 1624368428
\u201cYou think you hate this place more than me? I. WORK. HERE.\u201dpic.twitter.com/Re1IG6gkin— Patrick Barron (@Patrick Barron) 1624502162
Twitter recognized something in the aloof defiance of the young man in the video: likely that he was not being paid nearly enough money to go and address an ongoing fire in the store.
Minimum wage in Minnesota remains at $11 an hour until July 1st, barely enough for Minnesotans to scrape by.
Employee in red just showed the biggest \u201cI don\u2019t get paid enough for this sh*t\u201d facial expression and strut https://twitter.com/fox9/status/1407328602371330050\u00a0\u2026— ((( Dann Bibas ))) (@((( Dann Bibas )))) 1624552091
my mans like 'i don't get paid enough for this'https://twitter.com/FOX9/status/1407328602371330050\u00a0\u2026— Brad Polumbo \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u26bd\ufe0f \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@Brad Polumbo \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u26bd\ufe0f \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08) 1624550343
Recently a guy was murdered chasing someone down who stole a key. It\u2019s dangerous and silly to put yourself at risk for a job.https://twitter.com/fox9/status/1407328602371330050\u00a0\u2026— freepalestine (@freepalestine) 1624548461
this dude be me at workhttps://twitter.com/FOX9/status/1407328602371330050\u00a0\u2026— zach from the produce department. (@zach from the produce department.) 1624547677
The culprits responsible for lighting the fireworks display were caught and taken into custody by the Eagan, MN police dept. Officials say they arrested three minor boys for the incident, ages 14, 15 and 16 years old; while the Dakota County District Attorney's office considered charges.
The store quickly filled with smoke, causing it to close for the day on Monday.
The face of retail worker trauma lolhttps://twitter.com/fox9/status/1407328602371330050\u00a0\u2026— Alessandra (@Alessandra) 1624547445
as a former grocery store employee this is how i too would react if someone just set the building on firehttps://twitter.com/FOX9/status/1407328602371330050\u00a0\u2026— Femboy Fisticuffs (@Femboy Fisticuffs) 1624546580
Ladies and gentlemen we are gifted and to us a new #Memes even though what the teenagers did was terrible we truly know what the dude is feelinghttps://twitter.com/fox9/status/1407328602371330050\u00a0\u2026— Shawnie \u201cK.C\u201d Peck (@Shawnie \u201cK.C\u201d Peck) 1624546377
if \u201ci\u2019m not getting paid enough for this\u201d was a videohttps://twitter.com/fox9/status/1407328602371330050\u00a0\u2026— kar kar pt3 (@kar kar pt3) 1624545036
His reaction is about how I feel at my job rn \u201cnot my chair not my problem\u201dhttps://twitter.com/fox9/status/1407328602371330050\u00a0\u2026— Trilla (18+) \ud83d\udda4\u2728 (@Trilla (18+) \ud83d\udda4\u2728) 1624545035
The look on the man's face in the video is one any retail worker, restaurant worker, or customer service worker truly recognizes: the face of complete and utter disbelief mixed with "how on earth do I continue to work at this place?"
And that man is a hero to us all. May we all walk away from stuff above our pay grade.
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