You are being watched

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It always amazes me what people do and don't do in public. Nowadays there's cameras everywhere watching. We have our own security cameras at our homes. All stores have cameras. Light poles have cameras. Traffic lights have cameras. The list goes on and on. Someone is always watching. One young girl challenged me on " we, the management, can see what you are doing." She said "yeah but not in the bathroom." I replied back " that's right, however, I see you going to the bathroom and how do you know that someone else in the bathroom isn't seeing or hearing what you're doing?" The look she gave me....... One kid would ask to go to the bathroom several times on his 5 hour shift, 15 minute bathroom breaks, some thought" well maybe he has a medical condition that he hasn't mentioned." So....me being me..... I seen him clocking in for his shift and I expressed, loud enough that he would hear me in the office with the earlier shift of management about to go home, that I was sick and tired of the cashier's going to the bathroom to play on their phones for 10 minutes or more several times a shift. The other manager said how do you know that's what they are doing, I said I'm not stupid, it's either that or doing drugs because they didn't list any medical conditions when hired. Yes, the application asked if you have any medical conditions. Guess what? That night the kid had one bathroom break and it was 5 minutes. Plus they get their lunch break middle of their shift. Yesterday I had one cashier come in, I seen that look on her face, I asked " are you okay?" She said " I got tightness in my chest" I asked " anxiety?" She said " yeah" I asked " why?" She said " my grandma won't answer the phone and I want to tell her I love her." I told her " leave her a message." Next I told her to take deep slow breaths, she did for a minute or so and said she was ready to clock in. Another young man told me he felt sick and asked for a Pepto tablet. He got his till and went to work, next he began to limp, I asked him if he was alright " yes but my back hurts" a little later, while checking out customers I seen him hit himself in the head a few times, the store manager was in the office with me, I said " oh crap! He is about to lose it, he is hitting himself." I took off to his register and began to bag the groceries for him as he scanned them. In between customers I asked" you okay?" He said" no." After that customer I stood and talked to him. Come to find out he wanted to go home because his grandma was going to be there for a visit, she lives in New York, and he wanted to go out with them. So..... I told him to call and see what time they were going to dinner that I probably could let him off early, his face lit up, he did call, his mom told him to finish his shift and they would go then. Needless to say he was fine after that, back to his normal happy self. He didn't fake sick good anyways. I'm sure you understand that I have a night shift of teens and young adults. I didn't give birth to children of my own but God has given me many children along my journey in life. And that is what is seen, cameras or by someone. How do you feel about being seen?