The Closing Shift

I worked at a Subway in a small town from ages 16 to 19, the owners and manager always made sure we had two closers and asked us to make sure each of us got to our cars safely after closing. Often the manager would visit around closing just to make double sure we were okay. I didn't realize how lucky we were to have people looking out for us as kids. It's horrible how common these kinds of crimes are.

Only slightly more terrifying than actual closing shift.

This video is 2% horror, 1% Sanpei being mad, and 97% Markiplier being a frankly amazing barista

The interaction with the woman at 45:34 was such a wholesome breath of fresh air tbh. Even though the bracelets were a scam, she gave something she believed was genuine.

"Am I in danger or am I just gonna be annoyed?" That is the true question of customer service

"Am I in danger or am I just gonna be annoyed?" is pretty much THE experience of working any type of customer service especially in late evenings and nights.

1:07:34 I felt sick to my stomach right here, when I immediately realized that Mark didn’t check the back seat. I knew in that moment what was most likely about to happen to him.😭

26:45 gave me vibes of: "Instead of running away, you're coming right at me?" "I can't beat the shit out of you without getting closer."

There’s the horror aspect of having a stalker after you but there’s elements of psychological horror related to dealing with creepy costumers, a fast paced job and a boss that doesn’t care about your well being at all.

I didn’t think I’d hear Mark say “senpai” and “bussin’” within 2 minutes of each other but here we are

I think the worst part is at 1:04:18 due to what happened, like its not explicity stated but you can tell by the dmg effect and nois ewhat the man is doing to the woman, it fucking terrifys me.

I want someone to animate this with Mark doing the entire "take this take this take this" bit he had when making some of the drinks for him to be handing one person a bunch of random things

42:56 For Mark, and anyone else who didn't know, the guy who turned around on the bus wasn't looking at the girl. He was looking at the stalker sitting behind her.

Imagine being such a dedicated barista that all the lights go out and scary demon people come in to your store while you're all alone, and you just continue to make latte after latte like an absolute champ

Jesus christ that rape scene at 1:03:55 was just horrible. I haven't seen anyone mention that in the comments besides the fact that it's a jumpscare.

Mark: "Oh you're approaching me!" Customer: "I can't place my order unless I come closer."

The barista element is a clever way to accentuate the fear. There's nothing scary about it, but it's designed to require a lot of your attention, so your brain gets distracted with that and any horror elements thus stick out like a sore, uncanny thumb. Great design: give the player something to occupy their mind and give them a "normal" so that the weird stuff is weird to the game itself, not just to what we'd expect from real life.

as a starbucks barista this game really hits hard because we deal with creeps so often. its our job to be overly nice and a lot of customers misread that as flirting. i currently have a customer im about to report to my manager because he will not stop harassing me. its gotten to the point where he gets upset if anyone else but me takes his order. this game is so scary because its so so unfortunately realistic and i hate that this is the reality we live in where this is an actual possibility

Omg the fear of taking the trash out alone at night- especially after you just had a creepy interaction so you’re on edge/high alert- literally a feeling I haven’t felt in a minute and it was as an absolute gut-punch to remember how terrifying it is.

This game is so terrifyingly accurate in capturing the feeling that so many women get at work, or even just going to their car. I switched to a mid shift at work and now that it gets dark by 4pm, I stay near a camera when I'm outside on my break, and I walk to my car with my keys between my fingers--Wolverine style. Where I work we get a lot of creepy guys, and due to multiple interactions with multiple of these types, I often find myself thinking of exit routes in the store. "How fast can I get to the break room? Will anyone be in there to help? What about the Manager's office, or the utility room? If I need to, I can hide behind these large boxes in this shelf..." The managers don't do anything about these customers, because a sale is a sale...