Alright, today at work (I work at McDonalds and go to school full time) a place I’ve been working for over a year, I’ve gotten my first death threat.  It’s something I never saw coming. I work the drive thru, and yes I’ve dealt with my fair share of angry people, but nothing like this. 

The lady had ordered two coffees. I handed her the first and then the second. The way the lids are set up, there is a little spot that will sometimes get coffee on the lid. Being stupid, she turned the coffee on its side enough that it had a little drop on her jeans. She FLIPED OUT. I start to help her, trying to calm her down. I don’t even get the manger thinking I can handle this. However, when she turned to me with a calm but angry look in her eyes and said “I’m going to fucking kill you” I didn’t know how to react. So I stood there with this lame smile on my face, trying not to really take in what just happened. My brain thought to get my manger right away, but I didn’t want to freak out. I wanted to handle it myself. 

A moment later she drove off angrily and I turned to my manger and told her I just got a death threat. Just telling the manager, seemed to send my emotions into a kick. I started to tear up. It wasn’t that I was scared, but I was freaked out. I see myself as an overly nice person, never got in fights, hates conflict, a people pleaser. 

So my questions are, have you ever gotten a death threat? How did you react? Also feel free to comment on what happened in my story as well.

~Touch of Insanity.