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An unnamed convenience store worker is given the store's security tapes by his boss and told to watch them to determine if his co-worker [[EvilLaugh Jeremy]] is stealing gallons of oil. After seeing things start to repeat themselves and finding that Jeremy doesn't show up to work the next day he and his boss make plans to call the police...again and again and [[GroundhogDayLoop again.]] And things only get worse from there.

* MundaneUtility: Considering the vast powers to control time and space he possesses, its kinda anticlimactic that Jeremy uses his abilities to just steal a few gallons of oil from the store.

-->[[spoiler:I have some errands to run today, and then I have to go in to work to [[HereWeGoAgain pick up some tapes.]] My boss and I think this new guy [[GroundhogDayLoop Jeremy (he's a complete creep)]] is stealing motor oil and I have to watch the security footage to see if I can catch him doing it.]]

-->"Oh Christ, [[spoiler:we've got another one on our hands]]."

* HereWeGoAgain: The story ends with the protagonist complaining about a weird new coworker named Jeremy, meaning that he has succeeded in trapping the protagonist in a time loop. [[FridgeHorror Then you wonder how many times he's done this to him...]]

** [[spoiler: After the narrator explains the situation to the FBI agents interviewing him, one of them says, "Oh Christ, we've got another one on our hands."]]

* {{Anticlimax}}: Considering the vast powers to control time and space he possesses, its kinda anticlimactic that Jeremy uses his abilities to just steal a few gallons of oil from the store.

* TimeStandsStill: Happened to everyone except for the narrator, who wondered about the gas station before heading home. When he was halfway home time started back up again.

* WhamLine: [[spoiler: After the narrator explains the situation to the FBI agents interviewing him, one of them says, "Oh Christ, we've got another one on our hands."]]

* SlasherSmile: Jeremy gives a pretty unsettling one when he realizes he's being filled by the security camera.

* UselessSecurityCamera: Considering that Jeremy is a TimeMaster anything involving him and security cameras becomes this.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: He certainly ''looks'' human, but his godlike power over time itself makes one wonder about [[spoiler:Jeremy]]. Not helped at all by what the FBI has to say about him...

* {{Anticlimax}}: Considering the vast powers to control time and space he possesses, its kinda anticlimactic that [[spoiler: Jeremy]] uses his abilities to just steal a few gallons of oil from the store.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Jeremy]] is the story's antagonist and the reason the protagonist ends up in a GroundhogDayLoop.

* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:Jeremy]] is implied to have murdered his family by setting their house on fire.
* TimeMaster: [[spoiler:Jeremy]]

* UselessSecurityCamera: Considering that [[spoiler: Jeremy]] is a TimeMaster anything involving him and security cameras becomes this.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[GroundhogDayLoop "I'll just watch the tapes, catch him in the act, and that will be that."]]]]

You can read it [[https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/u0ymh/the_strangest_security_tape_ive_ever_seen/ here]] or
listen to a narration of it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMPt7kCNAuc here]].

You can listen to a narration of it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMPt7kCNAuc here]].

"The Strangest Security Tape I've Ever Seen" is a {{Creepypasta}} written by [[{{Website/Reddit redditor]] ''powerhawkmash'', originally posted to the Nosleep subreddit in May 2012.

"The Strangest Security Tape I've Ever Seen" is a {{Creepypasta}} by powerhawkmash about a convenience store worker who's given some tapes to watch and determine if his co-worker [[EvilLaugh Jeremy]] is stealing from the store. After seeing things start to repeat themselves and finding that Jeremy doesn't show up to work the next day he and his boss make plans to call the police...again and again and [[GroundhogDayLoop again.]] And things only get worse from there.

* UselessSecurityCamera: Considering that [[spoiler: Jeremy]] is a TimeMaster anything involving him and security cameras becomes this.

"The Strangest Security Tape I've Ever Seen" is a {{Creepypasta}} by powerhawkmash about a convenience store worker who's given some tapes to watch and determine if his co-worker [[TheQuietOne Jeremy]] is stealing from the store. After seeing things start to repeat themselves and finding that Jeremy doesn't show up to work the next day he and his boss make plans to call the police...again and again and [[GroundhogDayLoop again.]] And things only get worse from there.

"The Strangest Security Tape I've Ever Seen" is a {{Creepypasta}} by powerhawkmash about a convenience store worker who's given some tapes to watch and determine if his co-worker Jeremy is stealing from the store. After seeing things start to repeat themselves and finding that Jeremy doesn't show up to work the next day he and his boss make plans to call the police...again and again and [[GroundhogDayLoop again.]] And things only get worse from there.