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MrScorpio

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Fri Nov 25, 2016, 12:25 PM Nov 2016

2 Black guys walk into store asking if they sold sliced cheese, workers run and hide and call cops [View all]

Not The Onion.

‘All I asked for was sliced cheese’: Richmond roommates bewildered after store employees hide, call the police
By Jonathan Costen and Will Armbruster
Published: November 23, 2016, 8:49 pm Updated: November 24, 2016, 9:53 pm



RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — What began as a spontaneous trip to the store ended up being one of the most bizarre experiences of Ricky Berry’s life. He and his roommate went to purchase a grocery item and ended up having the police called on them.

Berry and his roomate told 8News they walked into the CVS in Carytown and asked an employee if they sold sliced cheese. The worker kindly replied that they did not.

A few minutes later, the employee — all of the store employees, in fact — were nowhere to be found. Berry and his roommate, Philip Blackwell, said they were in the store with another customer for more than 30 minutes alone before an officer with the Richmond Police Department showed up.

“We looked around for probably 30, 45 minutes and we couldn’t find anybody,” Blackwell said.

As for the third customer who was as confused as the two roommates, Berry said, “he was in the store before we were actually. He had a bad tooth, all he wanted was some Orajel. That’s all he needed.”


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Welcome to Trumpistan. Moostache Nov 2016 #1
This is just so sad. redwitch Nov 2016 #2
I have no words. madaboutharry Nov 2016 #3
What's wrong with those employees? Someone needs firing for pisspoor judgment. nt MADem Nov 2016 #4
And CVS is now on my boycott list! neeksgeek Nov 2016 #5
How does this not violate anti-Jim Crow laws? Crunchy Frog Nov 2016 #6
You will NEVER go into ANY CVS again based on this story alone.... philosslayer Nov 2016 #16
"... the employee who called the police will be interviewed and possibly retrained." WTF? etherealtruth Nov 2016 #7
I'd like to hear the other side of this story dumbcat Nov 2016 #8
It's pretty clear that the CVS employees fucked up and they know it. MrScorpio Nov 2016 #9
I read somewhere that the employee they saw was also black AngryAmish Nov 2016 #13
I agree. It's too bizarre to not be more complicated. LAS14 Nov 2016 #12
Agree. Somewhere there's a piece of this puzzle that's missing. WillowTree Nov 2016 #20
Black men are SCARY. Crunchy Frog Nov 2016 #21
people shoot at black guys because they get scared, why is this hard to believe ? JI7 Nov 2016 #22
I am embarrassed for the city of Richmond where we reside. SCRUBDASHRUB Nov 2016 #10
What year are we living in? 2016 or 1852? Initech Nov 2016 #11
Ah, come on. It's clear the good looking young black guy intended to smother the clerks with Kraft Vinca Nov 2016 #14
most drug stores carry refrigerated food products, including sliced american cheese. pepperbear Nov 2016 #15
Those people need to be fired. PRONTO. AgadorSparticus Nov 2016 #17
Bizarre is right ck4829 Nov 2016 #18
SURE, BUT "SLICED CHEESE" IS WELL KNOWN GANG CODE FOR .....SOMETHING Warren DeMontague Nov 2016 #19
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