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Exactly three customers come in. For most of the time, with only two men on the floor—a cashier and a security guard—the two-story pharmacy feels creepy and lonely. As Assistant Store Manager Michael Madden explains, “The midnight shift is always very quiet. 90% of our customers at this hour are students, always to buy food...
...have one student from Dublin who comes in here on a regular basis, sometimes even a couple times in one night, just to buy beef jerky,” Madden says...
Most customers that come in find what they need on the first floor, and the pharmacy on the second floor is closed. “It wasn’t going to be enough of a money maker to keep it open,” Madden explains, “and CVS didn’t want to be held liable if something happened with drugs bought from their pharmacy at this hour...
While he says that he is not scared of working at these silent hours, Madden admits “there is definitely more danger during this shift than during the day. There are criminals out there who know we’re open 24 hours a day and take advantage of that.” And although the cash is almost never threatened, they did have a man come in here and steal five cartons of cigarettes. “That’s the kind of thing that happens at this hour, but the cashiers and the security guards...
...Madden said the Bush campaign would highlight Kerry’s Senate votes should he win the Democratic nomination...