After listening to a particularly rocking band at Mort’s Saturday night (OK, it was my husband’s Fly by Night group), I noticed that the QuikTrip at Douglas and Washington looked awfully dark.
In fact, the normally 24-hour convenience store looked so deserted, it was almost apocalyptic looking in its loneliness.
Turns out the store, which employs off-duty police officers as security guards, sometimes closes when bars are letting out and hordes of people wind up there.
“Out of respect for safety for our employees and customers, we just shut it down until crowds are dispersed,” says QuikTrip spokesman Mike Thornbrugh.
He says there’s no particular time the store shuts or reopens. It’s all based on the guard’s assessment.
“You’ve got to be very cognizant of what’s going on,” Thornbrugh says, “especially emptying out of bars.” He adds: “No offense. I know you would never do that.”