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Zach (zch) wrote in stringtheory, @ 2008-01-15 00:47:00

TITLE: Morning Shift
TIME/DAY: January 15; Morning
TAKES PLACE AFTER: Everything
CHARACTERS: Zach; OPEN
WARNINGS: Defaults

He wouldn't have taken the morning shift if he didn't have classes later, already up and about by six in the morning to head to work. It wasn't like he did much - restocking, bagging once in a while, maybe even walking around the store to do inventory and replace all those things customers didn't put back in their proper places. Easy job, all things considering. Running a hand over his head as he passed through the isles with a cart in front of him, Zach kept his eyes out for anything out of place - grabbing products here and there that were obviously out of place and tossing them in. People were lazy, but it wasn't like he could complain about it. It was his job after all; a way to make some money that would be sucked up by bills or tuition and books.

"Oh, you've got to be kidding me." He said, stopping to look to a shelf of boxes that someone had knocked into without bothering to pick up. Probably a kid who wasn't being watched by his parents -- Those were the usual suspects; their time at the store spent running and screaming down the isles, all kicks and giggles, until they realized their parents were across the store. Then they'd start crying and someone would have to take them up to the front registers in order to get the parents' attention which should've been on them in the first place. Rounding the cart with a disgruntled sigh, he knelt down to start to pick up the cereal boxes and place them back on the shelf. He already had his work shift pegged for a long five hours.