Luke Park wonders if things can't get any worse (sg_luke) wrote in supergleerpg, @ 2011-09-12 12:55:00 |
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Open Thread -- Luke Hates Work
Who: Luke Park and IT COULD BE YOU!
Where: Wal-Mart, somewhere between Westerville and Lima
When: 12 September, around 5pmish
What: Luke got banished from the cash register and is doing dumb stocking.
Unlike a lot of people who go to his school, Luke did not come from an overly wealthy family. Sure, they were comfortable but when you add five kids into the mix and their schooling, which included both college and private school, the budget was tight. As a result, Luke was told by his dad that it would be "character building" to work a part time job for spending money. So here he was, working at Wal-Mart when he didn't have his after school activities that is.
It was a thankless job but it did pay enough for spending that is. He had a Warbler with a sweet ride usually drop him off after classes and when his shift ended at 8:30. Luke couldn't wait until he got his driver's license. Of course, any car he got would not be as cool as any of the cars that the boys had. It would be old and used. He'd still try to clean it so it shined like new but Luke still figured it wouldn't be as good as anyone else's. Not that anyone cared.
Digression aside, Luke usually worked cash register but on that particular day, he had a strongly irritating customer who complained about one thing or another. Luke broke the rule of telling the customer he was wrong. This resulted in a "chat" with his supervisor and banishment to doing stocking. At the moment, he stood in the candy aisle stocking an assortment of Halloween goodies. All this consumerism drove Luke nuts admittedly and now he really had a craving for Peanut Butter Cups.
Feeling especially bitter at the establishment, Luke decided to call dibs on a bag of them to buy later before he went off shift. He carefully looked from side to side for his supervisor before opening a bag and popping a mini-cup in his mouth and putting the bag in his cargo pocket.