I was at work tonight helping some customers out when this lady came over with a cell phone, it was clear she had issues her hands were shaking and she was dragging her brat offspring with her. Someone I worked with helped her out, and what takes at most a 10 minute transaction stretched out to a grueling two and a half hours. All she wanted was a prepaid cell phone. Thats it. Nothing fancy heres where the long ass help comes into play.

She had some questions about GPS units, webcams, computers, and cell phones. Weird questions about monitoring, tracking, programs stuff like that. Pretty much questions that any casual electronics user would know right?

Long story short, her husband was monitoring every aspect of her life. The whole nine yards, he was monitoring where she was going, with a GPS including wacthing her on a hidden cam in her car when she would leave. He had a stay at home business so he just sat around watching her. Even her phone calls were being recorded. She was in a fucked up relationship.

So we set her up and said ok, just don't give him this cell phone number, and don't let him know you have it. And if you're really scared about him then go stay with your family, or go to a womans shelter if you really are scared that something will happen.

Sounds reasonable right? Apparently not to her, she had to go home to make dinner. I gave her a blank look said "Ok... well good luck with that then." I don't deal with people who won't help themselves.

An hour later.

4 police show up asking questions, shes freaking out, my hand is bleeding from opening her cell phone box (it was one of those plastic ones) and they're trying to figure out what happened, her hand is shakey as fuck, her kid wants to go home, its almost midnight now. I'm off in less then 5 minutes, and the fucking police show up to ask whats going on.

I ALMOST felt bad for this woman when the police said they wouldn't do anything for her. And I say ALMOST because she was such a fucking moron. First off the husband was the sole income of the household so everything he bought he had every right to use. She just sat on her ass all day. Did nothing, just sat around with the kid, while the husband was working in the next room.

She had no security, no outside life, no family to turn to, and all because she got wrapped up in some lame jealousy bullshit. And when she freaked out at me for the phone not working, for not being able to exchange it because nobody was around to do it... She got pissed, and began ranting about how her husband hacked into it. WITHIN AN HOUR. Nevermind the fact that the phone had barely been charged for a half hour when she turned the damn thing on.

Lesson learned folks, don't be a douchebag in a controlling relationship. If one person is waaay controlling the warning signs are there its not like it will happen overnight. And when it does happen when you find yourself trapped in fucked up marriages with a kid around your neck remember. ITS YOUR FAULT. No one elses. Deal with it, and don't bring the police around me and expect me to be all happy and cheerful. And don't have them (the police) meet you at where I work, have them go bother you and your husband at home. Not me, I don't care about you. Fuck you.