Closing Shift - Dawn of the Decaf

I'm not afraid to hit a mother
Originally streamed/recorded on April 26th, 2022.
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[@Patrick.Weightman]

I love the idea of walking into a Starbucks and there's a man fumbling a bunch of items, frantically shouting "THIS IS LIKE RESIDENT EVIL"

[@gigi-riley]

i recently got a job at starbucks, and let me tell you. my first solo closing shift was exactly like resident evil

[@BigBoiCannon]

@@gigi-riley Did you have to backtrack a bunch and solve puzzles as you made the coffee?

[@gigi-riley]

@@BigBoiCannon yeah. that’s why the coffee takes forever to make

[@BigBoiCannon]

@@gigi-riley damn, respect!

[@RiverRockRecords]

​@Remming and put Rose back together. Man that night at Starbucks was insane. I remember it from my demon form.

[@KengaruZ]

I'll never get over his sheer excitement of getting to drop a cinder block over another persons head and the juxtaposition of the in-game character being horrified by it.

[@laggy3099]

Playing Devil's Advocate here, said person had been torturing the in-game character (and Jerma by extension) for days. I feel like for once his psychotic tendencies were justified

[@frostyelwood9898]

@@laggy3099he had been stalked while being forced to remember how to make coffee so he was probably happy to get rid of the lesser evil plaguing him

[@no_ones_home6345]

Imagine walking into a starbucks and everyone collectivly acknowledges that the jerma985 is ordering an iced macciato at 3pm on a monday

[@SRowntree]

They're too afraid to look him in the eyes. As they should be.

[@whatr0]

you know Jerma is going to Dunkin, he's a Boston boy after all I don't think you're allowed to get Starbucks

[@TylerNovakYT]

Why would he be doing anything on Monday at 3pm? That's our worship time.

[@christiancolon4308]

"Jerma Elbertson orders an iced macciato at 3pm on a monday" 2022, colorised.

[@shamdogg]

@@whatr0 they really do have a crazy number of Dunkins in boston, when i went there i saw 3 of them all across the street from each other

[@-Knave]

Jerma says cashews taste like meat and now milk. I'm starting to think all this human consumption has done a number on his taste buds.

[@Slop_Dogg]

to be fair, there’s a lot of protein in cashews so I guess I kinda get it??

[@ScaryBoiSupreme]

the scariest part of this game is being reminded of what it was like to work at starbucks tbh

[@liamp6491]

agreed

[@obiber1958]

no joke i closed tonight at starbucks, came home after barely making it out alive, to watch jerma play a simulator of my job lmfao

[@amtree6333]

I want to watch this stream but I'm scared the night terrors will come back

[@hairold5680]

Fr though

[@robjsmiles]

I have a friend who worked there and she said it was like just hanging out with a bunch of random people

[@expanddong3205]

Jerma is so insane I’m sure horror games seem like reality to him

[@dinkeykong]

Holy shit it's like our profile pictures were taken 5 seconds apart before and after donkey kong was punched in the gut

[@ytrogue6751]

@@dinkeykong donkeys dongs getting zerked

[@kalebwtk]

Schizophrenia 😢

[@membraine]

to the Jerma, horror games are just games….

[@e_knees8816]

I think he’s just finally seeing the other side of the whole serial killer thing.

[@projectgowther2562]

No wonder jerma is 5'4. he didn't drink his milk growing up and now drinks 2%.

[@luxill0s]

I’m 5’6 and my lactose intolerance prevented me from drinking milk (that and the fact I could never seem to properly open those godforsaken cartons)

[@projectgowther2562]

@@luxill0s fairlife choccy milk is pog I drink like 1.5 liters a day, lactose free as well. Not that I'm intolerant but it actually tastes better than regular milk. If not fairlife then I just get raw milk 👍

[@deadasfboi]

@@projectgowther2562 When I was young, I was gaining so much fat that the doctor told my mom I need to cut down to 2% milk. Now I'm very skinny lol I might try fairlife

[@projectgowther2562]

@@deadasfboi it's goated. Shane Hunt introduced it to me. Life changing.

[@blasttyrant3228]

@@luxill0s how good milk is for you is very overblown, you can get more calcium from other things that aren't milk that don't taste gross and aren't things the human body literally wasn't made to digest

[@bigmantyrone4347]

I had dream yesterday where I was at a picnic with Jerma and I told him that I am too afraid to text a girl I like, and he just laughed

[@cyber_xiii3786]

He actually did give you advice after laughing but he erased it from your memory so he can keep up his psycho persona. Trust me. I was there.

[@mannmctrash]

He Inception-ed your dream just so he could laugh at your misfortune. Truly he's absolutely PSYCHOTIC.

[@silentchief2240]

INSANE streamer INVADES DREAM of innocent person and begins to MOCK their misfortune

[@JacobWHill]

We've all had Jerma dreams before. Just remember that they're all 100% real.

[@SFM_2]

We all laughed. Then the credits started to roll.

[@alexis2666]

when the four guys walk in and jerma immediately admits defeat before they do their insane routine

[@deez5344]

Jerma is lying, I just know he drinks whole milk like water

[@SRowntree]

Not before dunking entire sleeves on Oreos in them first. You know what happens next...

[@mint5438]

What's wrong with drinking milk?

[@Aidan977]

@@mint5438 NOTHING!!! WE ARE NORMAL

[@mannmctrash]

You're not doing it properly unless you have the milk hooked up to an IV drip.

[@eggbug2244]

No, he’s definitely an almond/skim milk chugger

absolutely love that, when terrified, he starts panic-making coffee at 21:25

[@Deadricblood]

As someone who worked at a Starbucks late night, which was also inside of an airport, this video game really hits hard.

[@basilliketheleaf]

Thank you for your service. No but seriously I worked at a sbux inside a grocery store and it was a nightmare I cant imagine how awful an airport one might be

[@Deadricblood]

@@basilliketheleaf It was pretty tough. Usually quiet right until 3-8 and it would be absolutely insane. Also had a few scary encounters.

[@OxyPox]

That sounds terrible. I'm so sorry. You are seen

[@Deadricblood]

@@OxyPox Sadly I'm not

[@cheefqueef6494]

In my whole life, I've never heard someone say "I want to work customer service forever."

[@jesse-415]

Reminds me back in 1974 when I was going over to the local Dunkin Donuts. I went in just wanting a bottle of water but as I was in the line, Jerma cut infront of me. I said hey at him to catch his attention and as he turned he had this horrible grin. He then went on for 10 minutes talking about how aliens would be confused by humans or something? The cops had to drag him out by his spiderman pajamas. Downright chilling.

[@neilgoldberg547]

So does Jerma break into song if a customer says its their bday when hes working a shift at a coffee shop?

[@sbilldmilk]

26:22 Jerma opens the door, sees absolutely nothing out of the ordinary, shits his pants in fear

[@CinnamonToastKing]

What makes this game scary is knowing people like that exist in real life....and things like this happen but to different degrees not all leading to murder. But anything like this is extremely scary and messed up to even go through. It's also sad police and many don't take things like this seriously till it's to late.

[@fartface8918]

The police aren't supposed to do anything until it's too late, it's not their job to prevent crime or protect anyone from it

[@sehguhnai8223]

@@fartface8918 ????????

[@fartface8918]

@@sehguhnai8223 that isnt what they get paided to do and not what they are trained on its not their job

[@MikeMan1060]

@@fartface8918 big brain

[@lovesiccat]

@@fartface8918 You're actually defending the police? The guys who stand around and write things down all day instead of helping people?

[@o_ber]

jermas the first person ive seen who had the first customer walk out on their order in this game

[@matthewwickline7962]

I once asked this barista for a small coffee and he gave me a hot nickel ball in water he's not to be trusted

[@gigi-riley]

as a barista at starbucks, i quote this video a lot. as i was doing dishes today i muttered to myself “this is just like resident evil!” and my co-worker (who was coming to have me help with the line of people we had) snort-laughed so hard her nose started to bleed.

[@LOW_natL]

"-her nose started to bleed", reminds me of Jerma randomly going "I'm just gonna inhale the fucking universe".

[@tinglesrosyrupeeland]

Then everyone clapped

[@gigi-riley]

@@tinglesrosyrupeeland something something have my gold kind stranger something something

[@MrThatguyuknow]

Jerma food preferences are completely defined by the "only a psycho would/wouldn't enjoy this" category.

[@robertsides3626]

Jerma is literally the Home Alone kid as an adult.

[@imBailout]

As much as we poke at his little stories, I would love to sit for days on end and have a conversation with Jerma, I don’t think he’d ever run out of tales

[@willylim1200]

"Am bussin. Am bussin am bussin."

[@thomashowe855]

Ambasing

[@xXxthe_epic_gamerxXx]

He can finally experience the feeling of a real job through this game!

[@griffbo2470]

Every person I’ve watched play this game has been scared by the trash bags

[@Bajigaloo]

missed 2 jerma videos so now i'm missing out on approximately 300% of his lore

[@Alec_Reaper]

Jerma likes his coffee how he likes his victims. Bloody, minced and salty

[@Mikeystonet]

Ukraine flag

[@SRowntree]

@@Mikeystonet Ukraine flag is based

[@Kakatetepupu]

And tasting like beef

[@grongulus3667]

@@SRowntree 🤓

[@Louganda]

@@SRowntree crimge

[@c1nnamodoll]

it's genuinely refreshing to see someone play a horror game who isn't trying to play off the scares with "that wasnt that scary" or purposefully not reacting to jumps lol

[@cranburrey]

Everyone reacts to jumpscares differently. My little cousin played all sorts of horror games on roblox yet is unphased everytime he comes across a jumpscare

[@amoose8439]

The game is exactly how retail feels. I even got a stalker.

[@UltravioletNomad]

I'm actually kinda pissed about that ending. It was like a real, visceral depiction of having a horrible stalker (and working the dead shift), and it was so horrifying yet cathartic to end it with being force into seclusion on the roof, using the very ladder the stalker used to get in originally, and defend yourself with the brick. It didn't need the stalker to go full Michael and magically appear in your apartment. And if it really wanted to give an ambiguous or scary ending it could have just subtly implied that the guy you killed was just a homeless person and your real stalker was someone else.

[@Luzzz96]

i fucking agree my man

[@nicetsukki]

I believe the stalker at the end is an entirely different guy - watching other playthroughs shows there's multiple instances where you're being stalked outside of work (like on the bus etc).

[@RobotScarlet]

@@nicetsukki While true that the character gets stalked and leered at, intensily, by other characters (the guy in the coffee shop with your photo, the guy on the bus etc...), the one you knocked out on the roof and the guy in your closet was the same guy. The model is identical while the other characters were different ones. In fact, I think the guy that stares at you when you leave the bus is also the guy you knock out.

[@chickemns1304]

Why is he still trying to convince us that he only has 2 legs

[@yourhighschoolenglishteach8405]

i love how jerma’s brain works

[@hiimAigis]

You know, I never bought into Jerma being a psycho. Then he said whole milk tasted like beef?

[@waterbottle6644]

He's absolutely right though, it tastes like BLOOD

[@alexandra21478]

NA moment probably

[@Mi_mcmuffin]

Well this’ll be a great game to constantly have in mind whenever i work the night shift Jesus Christ

[@jakeman52]

God damn I jumped so hard at that lady with the baby. Jerma should've come out swinging.

[@cupriferouscatalyst3708]

The atmosphere in this game is definitely tense, but it's funny to me that Jerma thinks the coding is sophisticated enough for someone to chase him when coffee cups can only be placed in fixed locations on the counter, pouring milk doesn't have an animation, cups models don't change to reflect their contents, and every unique event requires a fade to black.

[@poghand]

this is the second stream jerma has said whole milk tastes like meat to him.

[@Daniel19998]

Last time Jerma served me a cup a Joe it was before the plague hit.

[@cyber_xiii3786]

+2

[@JacobWHill]

Veteran discount

[@nejinaji]

1% is literally the water left over after dipping your paint brush.

[@charismaticinsanity9576]

man such a bogus ending. it could have been like an interesting look at how even though they survived a traumatic experience, they are still scarred for life, but instead it was a TwIsT where a guy survives a cinderblock to the face and ends up killing and r***ing you no matter what you do in the story

[@nietzschefriend]

Who would have thought generic horror game #7096 had a boring a predictable ending

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

Yeah for the realism of the game thats disappointing. Ik all the 80s slasher games have this sort of ending but this was at least tackling something real, would’ve been nice if they had an ending with similar tone

[@karonuva]

FWIW it seems the game actually has 2 stalker characters, still annoying all the endings end with the protag dead though.

[@niersu]

most of these horror games have the same damn artstyle, so the story won't be any better

[@faitttth]

@@karonuva folga wooga imoga womp

[@alexis2666]

people are like that sometimes though, charging out at 400 mph with their baby carriage just to be like, "watch where youre going! thats the problem with your generation!"

[@ImpishCreations]

Jerma beating the final challenge in the most looney toons way possible

[@HBunited12]

The beginning of this video feels exactly like one of those dreams where you're at your job but every single task is incredibly hard and stressful or when your driving but your car is out of control and you're crashing into everything. Thanks Jerma, I hate it 😁

[@creepy620]

I've been watching jerma for almost 5 years and I am amazed how I haven't descended into insanity yet

[@emowill]

i recently quit working at tim Hortons after being there for a year and this is literally how it feels working those late shifts before the overnights come😭

[@Big_Sloppa]

This is really good therapy for Jerma, to help him understand what his victims feel

[@StarPortable]

Man raised on milk steaks equates whole milk flavor to beef. Why am I not surprised?

[@Patrick.Weightman]

8:34 Look at the sheer amount of *terror* on his face

[@holymackerelthethird2478]

Above average day in retail simulator

[@starling1226]

Watching him play this chaotically vs having watched Manly play it calmly is so funny.

[@mango2450]

Ive worked at a Dunkin Donuts and this is an accurate experience

[@strawberrylemonadelioness]

Horror games feel less scary when Jerma's playing them

[@ethanwhitman7956]

I love the part where he explicitly tells chat he punches anyone who comes within 10 feet of him what an absolute psychopath 😂

[@squidopedia_]

Jerma does not know what actual milk tastes like

[@Himbotical]

As a starbucks barista, Jerma is living the true experience of customer service

[@PedroKing19]

Cute pfp

[@larryhoover2541]

13:08 This is exactly what Jerma would say if this happened to him IRL

[@chuckbatmangaming]

The chill music and mundane activity of this game contrast so hard with Jermas mania, it's really funny

[@hooty8703]

2% milk is just water. Whole milk is delecious, anyway, footmilk is not something I wanted to think about. Thanks jerm

[@urbiznesnunuv6938]

Jerma is the only person not to die going out the back door and it’s honestly more sus he didn’t fall for it

[@stipfedart]

15:52 Jerma is bussin

[@Leper_Messiah1123]

he really do be kinda bussin tho fr

[@marmiteghost]

*Drake:* 21, can you do something for me *21 Savage:* 25:21

[@sw3aty_forte]

It's so funny that Jerma predicted being able to hurl a cinderblock at someone from above

[@markusknuutila2354]

This is just most normal shift at an minimum wage fast food reastaurant

[@kiwo579]

from 20:12 i was a teensy bit spooked so i decided to plug in the leds i have in my bedroom that of which i do not know where the remote is and they turn on red which is a little bit weird so i start to look for the remote and they start strobing and all of the lights are off in my apartment and my two dogs are going apeshit and when i look outside the fucking porch light is flashing and im in a panic and i call my friend and thye wont pick up until the third dial and i think im scarred for life now. Very engaging video though, give it an 8.3/10.

[@TrumanFritz]

Jumpscare at 13:09 and 25:46

[@colin5227]

Thanks

[@aaingr]

there's a constant jumpscare from 0:01 to 28:54 on the top right

[@GaigeGrosskreutzGunClub]

uh yeah I'll have an orange cranberry S C O R N

[@kokirihest]

Sometimes I wonder how much of a crackhead any kid Jerma manages to spawn will be

[@mongrel_97]

why the fuck am i so anxious watching this? holy shit i feel sorry for people in busy cafes or pubs

[@ColovianFurCap]

3:40 this is how Anthony Todt spoke at the cross-examination

[@szamii]

Jerma bussin

[@peppykippen]

forgot it was a horror game the beginning, thought it was like a bartender simulator again

[@faveryy2080]

Jerma is Bussin

[@hongkongdad928]

Whenever I play or watch horror games like this, I like to imagine Kiryu curb stomping the monsters

[@davebob4973]

yakuza dead souls

[@sparrow_solas]

coffeeeeeeee cheetooooooooos CHICKANNNNNNNNNNN

[@kondratiukdaniil6040]

I just started the video and he's already talking about milk

[@succulentcod]

games like this make me thankful jerma is a twitch streamer and not working in customer service

[@NicholasLeft4Dead]

20:05 Mr. Libido, doing the hustle

[@Z4KK]

Full cream milk is much better than any other type. Jerma truly is insane.

[@clairebear-723]

ironically I was stalked at the coffee shop I worked at so Jerma playing this game is oddly poetic lol

[@sunnyd9884]

this is a bad omen im supposed to go decaf rn temporarily by doctor request and i just cheated on it to relieve withdrawal and saw this video pop up

[@cyber_xiii3786]

Jerma WILL be in your home at 3 AM within the next week to stop you from drinking caffeine

[@sunnyd9884]

@@cyber_xiii3786 NOUGHHH

[@deterritorialisatised_slot]

Drinking a pint of whole milk while watching this

[@tori-zs7lk]

this is my 4th time watching this video its literally the funniest shit ever

[@kaizerdeath12]

Jerma runs his Goat and whole milk through Dave's bare feet apperantly and he complains they taste bad

[@cinnamonoa]

The Jerma985 Home Alone 2'd a murderer

[@sugreev2001]

Jerma, your milk addiction is harming the lives of people around you.

[@captainrex2775]

8:35 Lights go out 13:08 Stroller lady jumpscare 16:19 Security cam guy 16:56 Creepy note 17:31 Creepy note 2 18:10 Senpai scream lol 21:10 Lights go out again 22:26 Timer reaches 0 22:46 Shadow jumpscare 25:44 LET ME IN. LET ME INNNNNN (jumpscare) 27:00 Get cinderblocked, chucklehead 27:54 End cutscene

[@Atomiiku]

when he say "oooOOOOooooooo" i clenched

[@RijaMo]

Why does he know so much about dropping blocks on peoples heads.

[@Datoda]

This guy puts mayo into his coffee instead of milk

[@yoitsme06]

bro jerma was caring me more than the video game

[@555qquinn]

"i had whole milk, like, recently" *in the same sentence* "idk, i havent had it in a really long time"

[@RealFelony]

Jerma is a confirmed skinwalker

[@mannmctrash]

I took a picture of Jerma lumbering into the woods like Bigfoot but no one believes me.

[@SRowntree]

I hate it when he plays horror games. They only give him more inspiration.

[@girlemployee]

had the first nightmare of my life after watching this stream wtf

[@dyllgood]

I'm a little concerned about Jerma's whole milk tasting like beef. 🥴

[@alexis2666]

jerma makes some courage the cowardly dog noises when he gets scared

[@Haileys_school_review]

Bro I was trying to fall asleep found this.. can’t sleep in my dark room..

[@wiiasua2507]

the way he said 'one' at 21:58 made me think my browser was crashing

[@waxblast7528]

He's live and he's playing Splatoon 3 rn!

[@Livingroomset799Dep]

How is Jerma doing [REDACTED] with his mouth chat 😳

[@trixsomethingsomething2095]

I love the Scott Pilgrim intro! ❤