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5 min readScary Stories: "Nightshift" — Summary
A gas station employee working his first unsupervised night shift finds himself trapped between a gathering mob outside and a mysterious caller who claims to be trying to save him. But as the night unfolds, the real question becomes not whether he will survive, but whether he can trust the person who claims to be helping.
The Setup: A Quiet Night Turns Strange
The narrator is working the graveyard shift at a gas station to save money for a move to Minneapolis, where a six-figure job opportunity awaits. After finishing his tasks early, he settles into a game on his phone. The trouble begins when he retrieves his name tag from the manager's office and discovers a box containing roughly a hundred name tags from previous employees. The store has a high turnover, but this many tags suggests something more systematic than ordinary quitting.
Then a customer appears outside the front door. A man in his late thirties, with a scraggly beard, bloodshot eyes, and a natural frown, stands so close to the automated doors that they should have opened — but they don't. He just stares. The narrator waves, calls out, threatens to call the police. The man does not respond, does not blink.
The Caller and the Crowd
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What you'll learn
- 1 (02:14) **Narrator Takes a Night Shift at a Gas Station** - The protagonist begins their first solo night shift at a gas station, driven by a need to save money for a move to Minneapolis.
- 2 (03:52) **Discovering a Box of Name Tags in the Manager's Office** - While fetching a forgotten name tag, the narrator finds a box filled with tags from over a hundred previous employees.
- 3 (04:57) **A Strange Man Appears Outside the Front Door** - A man with bloodshot eyes stands inches from the automated doors, which fail to open for him.
- 4 (06:41) **A Mysterious Call from "Angie"** - The narrator receives a call from an unknown number; the caller identifies herself as Angie, a former employee.
- 5 (07:39) **A Dozen People Gather Outside** - The narrator realizes that the man is not alone; a crowd of about a dozen people has emerged from the woods across the road.
- 6 (09:57) **The Front Door is Locked; The Back Door is Open** - The narrator discovers they are locked in the store, while the back employee entrance swings open freely.
- 7 (11:46) **The Narrator Suspects Angie is Lying** - The inconsistency of the unlocked back door makes the narrator distrust Angie’s story.
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