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I work at a restaurant in a small town, and I have been locking up at the end of the night for a year now.

It's nice, easy money, and I usually get paid an extra hour while doing simple tasks like cleaning or rolling silverware.

It's actually calming after a hectic night in the kitchen.

I never checked bathrooms or anything before locking up.

Usually the restaurant is empty well before I am finished,

and I have a lot of time to myself.

There is something so eerie about being in a restaurant alone after closing.

What was once a bustling place full of people is now empty and silent. The sounds of the machinery kicking on can be heard

across the restaurant. The sound of the ice machine dumping ice usually makes me jump.

With the layout of the restaurant, the main light switches are on the opposite side of the

restaurant from the door with the alarm.

So I usually lock the back and front doors and then turn off all the lights.

Then I make my way through the dark restaurant to the side door, which has the keypad.

In order to arm the system, all doors need to be closed,

and there needs to be no movement in the restaurant. If there is an error, it will tell me the

door that is open, or infrared, and the area where there is movement. When I first started locking

up, I needed the flashlight on my phone to navigate

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