Shoe
Shop Clerk
It is hard for
some folks to look past my looks. After all, I am a green, fuzzy
monster with big, round eyes, and a grin as big as a bear trap, so
finding an employer who wants to hire me after looking at me is rare.
Luck was finally on my side when the manager of a high-end, men’s
shoe store hired me as a sales clerk.
I love shoes, particularly fancy shoes: formal dress, business
casual, business formal, you name it. That smell of quality leather
excites me, so working in thi

Voluntary
Overtime
The digital
clock displayed 10:45 p.m. Its red numerals glared to the corner of
the eye that was transfixed on a computer monitor. The overhead
lighting shined down on the grid of cubicles below, only one of which
was occupied. A young data entry clerk sat intently at his station,
or at least frozen into a pose that mirrored that. He was tired,
having already worked overtime for nearly five hours.
While excessive, he had his reasons. Layoffs were occuring. His
next-cubicle n