Today I had a startling realization about my customers and ethnicity, at least of those who frequent my store at the late night hours. If this offends anyone I apologize.
Hispanics will only buy beer or cigarettes when they come in, but they are always polite and never obviously drunk when doing so.
Whites will more often come in drunk, loud, and running in at the last minute before the 2am cut off time. Younger they are the more drunk, loud, and more often than not, late they are. They also buy a lot of pizza and chips.
Blacks are pretty much the same with Hispanics, though a couple may come in with obvious signs of drunkiness, but not as bad as whites. They tend to still be vertical, but get particularly defensive if you ask for their ID, even though they drove to the store. Also they tend to load up on cheese and candy, and occasionally Cheetoes.
Asians are rare but almost every time they come in they always grab a Gatorade, either from the fountain area or from the cooler.
Middle Eastern folks usually just buy the newspaper.