DAY 115, SATURDAY, JANUARY
S: I haven't seen R in a while.
T: Me neither. Strange.
S: Yeah, they usually work anytime they can. Maybe they have a week off?
T: Didn't they have that, like, a month ago?
S: I don't remember. I don't keep tracks of other's weeks off.
T: Hmm.
S: Well if it isn't my new old friend!
H: Hi.
T: Hey. Long time no see.
H: It has been a while.
S: Welcome back. We're fortunate enough to have our dinner break together.
T: We're enjoying it before all hell breaks loose tonight.
H: All hell?
S: See that pallet over there? With the red crates?
T: All of that needs to get done.
S: Plus the two pallets behind it. It's us three plus the assistant manager.
H: Well, they're nice. Right? At least from what I've experienced.
T: They're fine, yeah. But you'll see the further we get into the evening, the more stressed they'll be.
S: There's no way we can do all of that work in... what's left? Two hours? Two and a half?
T: Oh, I'm already assuming we'll be here longer than that.
S: So it's good to have you. I first thought it would be the two of us with the assistant manager.
H: Luckily not.
S: For us at least.
H: Yeah, I'm not sure if I like all the work standing there.
T: Here, have a seat.
H: Thanks.
S: Since when are you so nice to people? Giving chairs and everything? I can't remember you ever doing that for me.
T: Well, get used to it.
S: A new you? What for?
T: Just because. Anyway, back to the topic we were on.
S: What were we talking about?
T: R's absence.
S: Right.
T: You look a little lost, H.
H: I don't work that many hours a week here, R has been gone?
S: We don't know about gone, but they haven't been here.
H: Aha.
T: Which is strange, because they're here a lot.
S: I haven't heard anything from them.
T: Me neither.
S: Do you think K would know what's up?
T: Probably. Should we text them?
S: We could. But what if R hasn't told us anything on purpose? Like, what if it's really personal? I'd feel bad for demanding an explanation.
T: True.
S: I do want to know, though.
T: What a dilemma!
S: Exactly. Let's wait for another week or so.
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The Stockers (Completed)
Teen Fiction'If I live through this, I can do anything I want. No experience will ever be as awful as this one. I'll come out the other way stronger than ever.' Six stock clerks fight against fatigue and boredom in the store they work at. It creates a bond stro...
