Ep.208 – I Hate Working at the Gas Station After Discovering Their Dark Secret

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We all have to have a job
in order to make ends meet. But

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what if your job isn't just a
little rude to employees, or or doesn't

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quite pay enough. What if they're
into something so sinister you would never even

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guess it, But now that you
know it, there's no going back,

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and they would do anything to silence
you. Anything. What's that you want

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speaking. Hello, my spookies,
It's Wednesday, and you know what that

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and narrator, Enrique Kuto, and
we have a terrifying piece of employment horror.

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I've lived a lot of employment horror
myself, and I'm sure many of

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you can attest to a similar experience, but this one it really takes the

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much more. But now, my
friends, I just check the time and

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my shift is about to start,
so I better get to it after these

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quick words. I hate working at
the gas station after discovering its dark secret

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by Michael Kelsel. Every morning it's
the same thing, people lining up at

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the pumps that seem to always be
full. I've seen fights erupt when someone

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cuts line at the pump, and
dear God, don't get in the way

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of them ordering their gallon sized bucket
of coffee to go with their pseudo egg

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wrapped in dough and deep fried part
of this nutritious breakfast. Every morning,

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it looks like an army of ants
on crack, running around grabbing whatever food

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type, substance and drinks they can, then taking their usual position of impatiently

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waiting in line. I love the
different poses the watch watcher. They must

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glance at their watch every two seconds
to show how much they're being inconvenienced.

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These are usually the ones getting into
a Mercedes or BMW when they leave.

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I don't know why they don't get
their breakfast catered. I'm sure they can

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afford it. The foot tapper usually
they have something stuck in their ear and

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can't hear their order being called.
The heavy sire exhales loudly every third time

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the watch watcher checks the time,
and when the foot tapper has to be

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told to move up in line,
as if anyone could hear him over the

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music that's blaring so loud over the
speakers, making it so easy for everyone?

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Did I mention I work here?
Sometimes I wonder why, after the

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things I've seen, not just the
idiots, but other things, much darker

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things. But we'll get to that. Every morning I have to deal with

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these idiots. Is it still called
road rage? If you feel it in

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a gas station? As much as
I hate them, customers are actually the

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easiest part of my job. I
mean, who wouldn't want to get out

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in the middle of the night when
the temperature is below zero and the wind

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is howling to change the bags in
the trash cans because it's the appointed time?

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And who appointed the time? You
ask? Why the manual? Of

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course, the corporate bean counters have
done studies and run focus groups or some

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nonsense to decide the perfect time of
day or in this case night, to

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empty the trash. It's all in
the manual. The manual is your friend.

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The manual is your god. The
manual must be obeyed at all costs.

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That's what the manual says. So
if it's cleaning the toilets, emptying

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the trash, washing out the coffee, the manual tells us exactly when and

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how to do it. That's a
load off my mind. I don't even

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have to worry about not knowing how
to clean a toilet. The manual tells

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me. What it doesn't tell me
is what happens when the power goes out

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only at our station every ninth at
exactly two fifty nine am and comes back

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on at three oh one. I've
seen this so many times. I watched

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the McDonald's beside us, and their
lights never go out. What's even stranger

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is the security cameras never seemed to
pick it up. I've reviewed the recordings,

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no loss of power ever shows.
What does happen is somehow the time

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stamp on the video suddenly shoots from
two fifty nine to three oh one,

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like those two minutes never existed.
The corporate techies call it a glitch and

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tell me to ignore it. The
rest of us don't mention it, not

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if we know what's good for us. But I know why it happens.

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I don't tell anyone for fear of
being sent to Is it corporate who keeps

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us shaking in terror at that potential
of letting outsiders know what happens during those

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two missing minutes every night? Yes, and no. It's something much closer,

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much darker, something that could I
guess. The best way to describe

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it would be to tell the story
of Kenny. I know when I first

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heard his name, I did the
famous line from South Park, Oh my

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god, they killed Kenny. It
used to make me chuckle. I don't

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do that anymore. He started working
here around five months ago. Wow has

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it really been that long? Anyway, He was just another goofy teenager starting

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his first job after high school.
Not that I was an elder scholar or

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anything. I started here a year
before Kenny did. He was fun to

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work with and we instantly became buddies. We loved to goof off during the

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night shift. Most nights it was
just us working together. The place was

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usually dead from midnight until five.
We would rush around to get all our

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chores done so we had some free
time. More than once we got into

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chicken nugget battles, which would have
us cleaning up right before the morning rush

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help came on. We found out
exactly where the cameras could and couldn't see,

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and hid from them while we held
our battles. We became so good

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at it that the night security guys
would call to ask where we were.

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Yes, the corporate being counters monitored
us day and night. Big Brother was

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always watching. More than once we
discussed the option of tearing down the cameras

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and visiting corporate headquarters to shove them
well in some very interesting and anatomically uncomfortable

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areas of management's collective persons. But
as for what happened to Kenny, we

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were having one of our nugget battles
when Kenny gave a shout. I went

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over to see what was wrong and
found him holding his cheek. He said

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something sharp hit him. I told
him I was just throwing nuggets. When

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he looked down and found the offending
object. He picked up a nugget that

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was broken in half, but there
was something sticking out of it. There

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was what looked like a woman's diamond
engagement ring. We debated back and forth

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how it could have gotten lodged in
there when Kenny pulled it out and found

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the meat perfectly formed around it.
I don't think it got stuck in there,

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Kenny said, I think it was
processed this way. That would mean

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I said that someone was accidentally processed
in the meat machine. Are we sure

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it was an accident? Even as
the words came out of my mouth,

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I knew how ludic Chris they sounded. That kind of thing only happened in

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the movies, didn't it. Kenny's
eyes locked on mine, and I could

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tell he was thinking the same thing. I looked up and saw we were

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in the camera's view. Stick that
thing in your pocket, quick, I

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said. Kenny obeyed, and we
went about cleaning up as usual, but

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I could tell it was bothering him. Forget about that thing, man.

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I told him it was just some
weird coincidence. How many chicken nuggets have

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you eaten from this place? He
said, with a haunted look in his

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eye. I thought for a moment, knowing the answer was much higher than

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I wanted it to be. In
fact, thinking about the ring and the

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potential source for the meat and the
nuggets made me feel ill. Doesn't matter.

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I won't be eating anymore. What
about that poor woman and her family?

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What about her? I said,
my eyes nervously, darting towards the

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nearest camera. Doesn't she deserve more
than that? What do you want me

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to do? Hunt down her family
and tell them where we found the ring?

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Kenny's eyes lit up. That's exactly
what I'm going to do. Count

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me out of that, man,
I said, hoping it would be enough

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to give him second thoughts about it. He shrugged and went about his cleaning

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duties. But from that moment on
he changed. Every time he was on

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break he would be looking things up
on his phone. More than once I

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glanced over and he was looking at
missing person sights and making notes on ones

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that were in the area. The
longer he investigated this, the less he

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was interested in anything else. I
swear it was like he was slowly turning

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into a zombie. All he did
was stare at his phone and make notes.

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One day I came in the break
room and he was just sitting there,

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motionless, his eyes were open,
but focused on some point off in

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the distance. It was the creepiest
thing I'd ever seen. You Okay,

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Kenny, I said. He slowly
turned toward me, like some possessed doll.

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I'm fine, okay, I said, I know who she is?

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Who? Who is the woman who's
ring? We found? Okay? Who

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is she? She worked at the
distribution center. You mean the company's distribution

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center where we get all our products. He nodded slowly. How did you

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find that out? I asked a
lot of questions, asked who? He

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stared at me with an intensity in
his eyes. I'd never seen before.

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People? What people? He turned
slowly and looked up at one of the

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cameras. It's not important, he
said, looking away from the camera and

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resuming his unfocused stare. Are you
okay, man, Yeah, I'm fine,

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he said in a monetary, own
voice. It's just I waited for

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a long moment for him to finish
his sentence, but he just sat there

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like someone at his pause button.
Just what I said, He jumped,

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like I had startled him awake.
What what do you mean what I said?

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You were talking and just stopped?
I did, Yeah, what was

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I saying? That's what I was
trying to find out. What? Yep,

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yep, No, what what?
I shook my head in frustration.

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Never mind, I said, walking
away, leaving him sitting there staring into

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space. I couldn't figure out if
he was messing with me or if something

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had happened. Had he really been
tracking down where the ring came from?

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Had he really run across some people
who had scared him so bad they turned

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him into this zombie. I decided
it was time for some answers. After

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our shift was over, I followed
him home, only he didn't go home.

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He drove to the distribution center and
parked on a secluded spot outside the

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fence where his car wouldn't be seen. I waited for him to get out

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of sight before I parked my car
and followed him. He stalked through the

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woods outside the fence for a while
until he came to a section that came

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apart when he pulled it. He
slipped inside, and I followed suit.

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After he was out of sight,
I came around the corner of the massive

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building and found him sitting at a
picnic bench smoking a cigarette. I stayed

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back and watched, shocked that I'd
never seen him smoke before. I wondered

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why he would break in here just
to smoke a cigarette. The answer came

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quickly. The door of the warehouse
opened and three people stepped out. I

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held my breath, thinking he'd been
caught, but he was calm and continued

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to sit at the bench. In
fact, the people who had come out

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out began talking to him. He
even offered one of them a cigarette.

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It was then I realized they were
in the same outfit he was wearing.

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The company didn't have different uniforms for
those who worked at the stations and those

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who worked in the distribution center.
They chatted for a few minutes, then

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they all got up and went back
inside. Kenny, you included. It

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was brilliant. He slipped right inside, no fuss, no muss. I

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figured what the hell it worked for
Kenny as I walked up and sat at

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the same picnic table. I didn't
know how long it would be until the

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next break, so I tried a
different approach. I knocked on the door

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for a few minutes. No one
answered. Each time I knocked. I

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became more anxious that a security guard
would show up and arrest me for trespassing.

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Finally, after knocking. The door
opened. I stepped back when I

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saw a security guard standing there.
I hesitated. Well, the large man

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said, in a deep voice,
Well what was all I could think to

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answer back, Well, are you
going to come in or not? It

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took my brain a moment to comprehend
what he'd said. Sorry, yeah,

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I said, diving through the door. He shut it behind me with a

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loud bang. It sounded like my
doom. I knew he was onto me.

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He was just getting me inside so
he could contain me, and I

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couldn't get away. I stood there, vapor locked, unable to move for

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fear of what the guard would do. He stared at me, his eyes

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boring into mine, as though sucking
every secret out of me. What do

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you think you're doing? He said? I don't know what you mean.

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Yes you do, he said,
folding his arms in front of his massive

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chest. No, I promise,
I don't know anything, I said,

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hoping my knees wouldn't start knocking.
All right, enough of this, he

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said, I started to shake.
I'd never been to prison. In fact,

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I'd never gotten in serious trouble in
my life, and now here I

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was breaking and entering, even though
I didn't really break, I just knocked

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and entered. I wondered if the
judge would take that into account. You've

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had your break, Now get back
to work, he said. I stared

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at him, dumbfounded. Excuse me, you heard me. The company doesn't

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pay you to stand around. Get
back to work, yes, sir,

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I said, feeling the weight of
a prison sentence lift from my shoulders.

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I took a step, then stopped. Which way is it to where they

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processed the chicken nuggets? The guard
rolled his eyes. Freaking newbies, he

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muttered, Follow the red line.
He pointed at the floor, where several

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different colored lines ran down the middle
of the hallway and disappeared into the distance.

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Thanks, I said, quickly following
the red line away from him.

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It led down a long hallway and
right up to a large set of double

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doors that read processing. I looked
left and right, but there was no

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sign of Kenny. I stepped in
through the double doors to a huge room

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full of conveyor belts. I looked
around, but it was impossible to tell

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anyone apart when they were wearing hairnets
and face masks. I hadn't made it

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two steps until I heard what do
you think you're doing. Don't go away

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weekly, Spooky will be right back. A woman dressed in a white lab

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coat accosted me. You know you're
not supposed to be on the floor without

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your hairnet and mask on. She
shoved a hairnet on my head, then

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hooked a mask around my ears.
Now, where's your station, I said,

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my eyes darting around as she watched
me impatiently. How long have you

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worked here, she said, seeing
my indecision first day, I lied,

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She sighed heavily. You're not even
supposed to be on the floor, yet

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you have videos to watch. I
shrugged. Wait here, she said,

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I'll go find someone to take you
upstairs and start your videos. I waited

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long enough for her to leave the
room. Then I roamed around trying to

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find Kenny. I walked past line
after line of people sorting through the chunks

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of meat, tossing aside parts that
weren't usable, or at least weren't usable

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for the main product. The bad
parts were tossed into plastic bins. As

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I walked by, I saw some
interesting things in those bins. There were

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little pieces of shiny objects, dark
blobs I couldn't identify, rocks, loose

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change, and I swear I saw
a finger as I passed. The people

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on the line took a second away
from their work to shoot me nasty glances.

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I guess. Having someone stare over
their shoulder who wasn't a supervisor was

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taboo. As I walked by,
someone grabbed me and pulled me over to

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the line beside them. What the
hell are you doing here, Kenny hissed,

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looking for you. I said,
okay, you found me. Now

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get out of here, he said, going back to sorting. Not until

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you tell me what's going on,
I said, standing beside him and sorting

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pieces of meat. If I promised
to tell you everything later, will you

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leave? I hesitated. My curiosity
had been piqued. What the hell is

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going on here? I said,
tossing a piece of rotten looking meat into

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a bin. He sighed, later, we can't talk about it now,

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I grimaced, knowing that he wouldn't
let me in on the secret. I

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glared at him. When suddenly I
saw the supervisor come back. Look for

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me. Promise me we'll talk about
this tonight at work, he said,

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I promise. I turned around and
walked away from him. She saw me

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and made a bee line right for
me. What were you doing on the

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line when you haven't been properly trained? Deciding deciding what that this job isn't

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for me, I said, handing
her my hairnet and mask, I quit.

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She stared at me, jaw hanging
open as I stormed off. I

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glanced back to see her narrowing her
eyes in Kenny's direction. I made my

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way back out of the hallway and
followed the red line back to where I

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had come into the building. I
reached the exit door when I heard a

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familiar deep voice decided, it's not
for you, eh. I turned to

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see the security guard who had met
me on the way in. That job's

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not for anyone, I said,
Yeah, it's no tiptoe through the tulips.

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What it's an old saying never?
Why are you going out this way?

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I suddenly remembered I was on the
wrong side of the building. I

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figured i'd walk around to get some
fresh air. He narrowed his eyes at

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me. I went for broke and
bolted for the door. I could hear

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him running behind me. Stop,
he yelled, much closer than I liked.

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I didn't obey. Instead, I
hit the crash bar so hard I

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nearly knocked myself backward. The door
flung open and smashed against the outside wall.

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I hit the open air and was
around the corner before I knew it.

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I flew through the brush up to
the fence and panicked when I couldn't

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find the open section right away.
He was still in pursuit, but further

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behind. He must have lost sight
of me for a minute. I ran

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along the fence, pushing on it
as I went, and growing more desperate

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with every moment. If I was
stuck inside the fence, it would lead

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me right to the main entrance and
I'd be caught. I was sweating from

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running, but also from the thought
of going to jail. When a section

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of the fence gave way when I
pushed it, I breathed a quick eye

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of relief as I dove through the
open fence to freedom. I ran to

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my car, not even thinking about
the brush that had torn at my uniform

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and skin. I dove into the
car and took off home. Only once

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I was moving did I look back
and see Kenny's car sitting there, partially

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hidden. I wondered why he was
being so secretive. I wondered if I

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had compromised him by leading them so
close to his car. As I drove,

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my breathing returned to normal, followed
by an adrenaline crash. I barely

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made it home and fell into bed. When I woke, it was dark.

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I jumped up in a panic,
not sure where I was until I

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banged my foot off my nightstand and
screamed in pain. Once I could breathe

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again, I leaned over and turned
on the light. It bathed the room

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in an eerie glow that made me
think someone was here. I looked the

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clock and realized I was late for
work. I didn't have time to change

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shower or anything. I just ran
out the door and hopped in my car.

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The drive to work was a blur. I hoped I wouldn't get pulled

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over. When I got there half
an hour late, I got an earful

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from my supervisor about not calling in
to tell him. I apologized and went

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about my nightly routine. This isn't
the military, he said, as he

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headed out, But if you show
up looking like that again, I'll have

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to write you up. I wasn't
sure what he meant until I went to

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the bathroom and saw myself. My
uniform looked like it had been run through

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a shredder. There were tears all
over the shirt and pants. My narrow

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escape through the brush had not been
kind. I cringed at the thought of

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dealing with customers looking like I had
spent the night fighting off wild badgers.

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In the end, there was nothing
I could do. I'd have to get

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a new uniform to replace this one
and use one of my backups. I

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came out of the bathroom and nearly
ran over Kenny. Are you ready to

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spill your guts yet? What are
you talking about? He said, with

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a blank stare. That's not funny. I said, you promised you'd talk

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to me tonight. I am talking
to you. You're a real comedian.

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Now spill it. Spill what I'm
not laughing. Kenny, talk to me.

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He looked at me and his eyes
glazed over. It scared me.

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Are you okay, man? I
said, I'm fine, okay. What

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do you remember about this morning?
His eyes went a deeper glaze as he

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fell into a thousand yards stare.
He didn't say anything for a long moment,

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and then it was like he woke
up from a nap and looked at

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me. I went home and went
to bed. I took a step back

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from him. No, man,
no, you didn't. I didn't.

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You went to the distribution center.
Why would I do that. I tried

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my best to find any sign he
was joking, but I couldn't. And

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I knew him well enough to tell
when he was serious. He was dead

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serious and believed every word he was
saying. You told me you had found

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something out. I said, what, I don't know. You said you

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would tell me tonight. His eyes
lit up with curiosity. Did I tell

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you, no, I said slowly. I was waiting for you to tell

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me. I wonder what it was, he said, his eyes becoming unfocused.

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Okay, man, you're scaring me. Just then there came a beep

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telling me someone had ordered food.
I gotta get that, I said,

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staring at him as he stood there
like a robot trying to figure out an

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equation. I ran to the kitchen
and started preparing the order. When it

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was nearly done, I saw Kenny
come to the register and ring up the

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customer number thirty eight, I called
out, setting the bag of food on

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the counter. I glanced up and
froze when I saw who came for the

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bag. It was the security guard
from the distribution center. So this is

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where you really work, he said, grabbing the bag. He shot me

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a sinister smile as he walked out. My fear melted, replaced with anger.

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I ran out the door after him. Hey, I yelled, as

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he reached for his car door.
Yeah, I approached slowly. What did

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you do to my friend? Who
the cashier? I said, pointing inside

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to Kenny standing there behind the counter
looking like a statue. Then got a

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scared look in his eye. I
have to go, he said, ripping

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his door open and diving inside.
What did you do to him? I

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said, grabbing his car door and
holding it open. Get away from me,

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he said, tell me first.
His eyes darted around. I can't

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talk to you, he said,
barely opening his lips and staring straight ahead.

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Why not? His eyes darted up
to one of the many security cameras,

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then back to staring straight ahead.
He ripped the door out of my

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hand, closed it, and roared
out of the parking lot. I watched

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him go, more confused now than
ever, I slowly looked around, and

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for the first time realized just how
many cameras were aimed at the parking lot.

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I went back inside and did my
job for the rest of the night,

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trying not to let my eyes drift
up to any of the cameras.

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I kept my eye on Kenny too, watching for any stray glances, out

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of character, anything that would tell
me he was joking. I didn't see

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one all night. The longer he
went, the more scared I became.

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When our shift was over, I
offered him a ride home, but he

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said he would be fine and drove
off, looking like a robot zombie.

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I wondered if you would make it. I tried to sleep that day,

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but I couldn't get my mind to
shut down. It hadn't been two weeks

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Kenny had found that ring and started
his quest for the truth. I got

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out of bed, having slept maybe
an hour, and dragged myself to the

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bathroom when there was a knock at
my door. I answered it, and

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there stood the security guard. What
are you doing here? I said,

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through bleary eyes. Can I come
in? I don't know. Are you

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going to arrest me for trespassing?
Should I? I started to close the

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door. No, I'm going to
tell you what happened to your friend.

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I stopped and reopened the door.
He stepped inside, giving the place a

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quick once over. Okay, so
what happened? He asked too many questions?

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What do you mean? He sighed, I've worked at that place for

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a while now, and one of
the things I've learned is you don't ask

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questions. I don't get it.
He showed up about a week or so

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ago. He just blended in and
started working the line. Next thing I

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know, I'm hearing workers talk about
someone causing trouble. I narrowed it down

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to your friend and tried to talk
some sense into him. But he wasn't

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having it. That day that you
pulled your escape act, they pulled him

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in and they had a discussion with
him, and that's what made him go

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all zombie on me. You don't
get it, the guard said. They

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drugged him. What they have This
drug they used that slowly eats away your

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brain until there's nothing left. Wait, they're killing him, that's the way

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it works. But why He looked
around the room as if searching for something

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specific. Do you have an Alexa
or any other stuff like that? No,

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just my phone, give it to
me. I hesitantly handed him my

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phone, and he proceeded to remove
the battery. If they find out I'm

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telling you this I'll be next telling
me what the chickens? What about them?

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They aren't chickens. What the hell
are you talking about? They have

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a system. They drive unmarked white
vans out into the streets, round up

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homeless people, and take them to
the distribution center. Once they have them

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there, they give them a much
more powerful dose of the drug your friend

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is on. It kills their brain
within hours. Then they process what's left.

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I stared at him for a long
time. So you're saying the chicken

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nuggets aren't chicken. I ran to
the bathroom and vomited into the toilet.

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When I came back out, he
hadn't moved. That can't be real,

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I said, that's horror movie stuff. You might be surprised how much stuff

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you see in movies is secretly real. So you're saying my friend was poisoned.

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He nodded, Because he asked too
many questions. He nodded again.

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Then why is he still alive?
I don't know. Maybe as a warning

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to you me you were there too. That's how they work. They can

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get to you anywhere. They can
slip it into your food or drink.

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They can mail you a letter with
the drug on it. They can slip

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it on your car doors handle.
It isn't just street people. They grab

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protesters, whistleblowers, anyone who threatens
their business. Do you know how many

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people disappear in this city every day? No, let's just say they process

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a lot of chicken. What about
all those workers. Wouldn't they know it

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wasn't chicken. They give them a
lower dose, just enough to keep them

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from asking questions. I looked around
the room. Okay, where's the hidden

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camera? His eyes darted around.
What camera? The one for the reality

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show or whatever? You and Kenny
are in to prank me. You don't

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believe me. I don't believe you. He hung his head. I stuck

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my neck out to come warn you. Well, I appreciate the warning,

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I said sarcastically. He turned and
walked to the door. Just keep an

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eye on your friend, he said, opening it, and watch out for

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white vans. He closed the door
behind him. It was nearly time to

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go to work. I shook off
the thought that was clinging to the back

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of my brain. What if he
was right? I showered and dressed and

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made it to work on time.
The shift was uneventful, except for my

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continual attempts to snap Kenny out of
it. He didn't respond. It was

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just before three am when I saw
a white van pull up. No one

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got out of it, and I
couldn't see inside because it had tinted glass.

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I shrugged it off and went back
to my job mopping the kitchen floor.

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The guard's words came to me as
I was doing my chores. I

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looked back out at the white van, but it was gone. I shrugged

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and went back to cleaning. A
few minutes later, I came out of

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the back room because someone was yelling, isn't anyone working around here? An

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angry man raged at the counter.
I'm sorry, I said. The cashier

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must be in the bathroom. I
took care of him, then went on

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a mission to find Kenny. In
his condition, he could have wandered off

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somewhere or gotten stuck in a closet. Twenty minutes later, I was frantic

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I hadn't seen hide nor hair of
Kenny. I was even tempted to check

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on the roof, but the access
ladder was still locked. It was starting

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to get busy and I didn't have
time to search for him anymore. Between

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cooking and running register, I was
falling behind By the second I had a

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lot of irate customers. By the
time day shift came in and bailed me

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out, I was so far behind
I stayed for an extra hour just to

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help them catch up. After my
shift, I went to the supervisor.

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I'm worried about Kenny, I said, It's not like him to just disappear

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like that. Maybe he got sick
and went home without telling you. Maybe,

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but then, why is his car
still here? He looked at the

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security monitors, and sure enough,
Kenny's car was still sitting in the employee's

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parking lot. That is weird.
Tell you what if he calls in,

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I'll give you a call, fair
enough, I said, yawning. I

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drove home and fell into a deep
sleep. When I woke, I felt

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more refreshed than I had in days
I went into work that night, expecting

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to find Kenny there, laughing at
me for falling for such an awesome prank.

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He wasn't there. Instead, I
had someone from dayshift who had volunteered

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to work overtime for three days.
Kenny didn't show up. On the fourth

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day. I got a surprise.
In the morning. I was making food

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orders when I called an order number
and the guard walked up to take his

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food. Hey, have you seen
Kenny at all? I said, I'm

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sorry? Do I know you?
He said, ha ha, very funny.

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Seriously, I leaned closer. Do
you think they did something to him?

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Who did what to who? I
looked into his eyes and let go

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of his bag of food. He
had the same vacant stare Kenny did just

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before he disappeared. You have a
good day now, he said with a

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smile, before walking out. I
suddenly felt surrounded and alone at the same

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time. I glanced up at one
of the cameras as its mechanical eye stared

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back at me. I stopped questioning
what happened to Kenny. Deep down,

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though I knew they towed his car
out of the lot, I don't know

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where it went to. Maybe there's
a corporate car crusher for the vehicles of

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their victims. The worst part is
they continue to get away with it.

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I wish there was some way I
could prove what I know, but I

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can't without going into the distribution center
and getting evidence. I've got nothing.

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I keep coming to work For some
reason, I've started looking for another job.

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I've written this all down in hopes
that some day someone might be able

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to use it, that they would
read this and look in the right place

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to discover this horrible truth. I've
been feeling more and more tired lately.

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Maybe it's just knowing about this horrible
thing that's happened and having no way to

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stop it. I wanted to write
more of what I remembered in my journal,

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but my thoughts seemed to slip away
so easily. It's been a few

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days since I've written anything, I
think, or has it been a few

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weeks. I keep getting thirstier for
soda. I'm glad the company lets us

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have free soda when we work.
I keep looking up at the cameras for

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some reason, but I can't remember
why. I read the words on these

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pages, but I don't remember writing
them. I see a white van pull

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up. It must be a customer. It's nearly three in the morning.

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I hope they come in before the
power search. Well. That was a

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chilling one and the big thank you
to author Michael Kelso for contributing his story

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to the show. If you want
to check out Michael Kelso's work, he's

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a busy boy on Reddit. Check
him out at Horror Underscore Writer Underscore seventeen

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seventeen. Now, pretty soon we're
going to be telling almost exclusively scary Halloween

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stories because that's how we roll in
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get there, we have some pre
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you didn't get a chance last week, make sure to check out our episode

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of Cutting Deep into Horror, where
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thousand and six Korean horror film with
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heart, but a heart Nonetheless,
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co host Rachel, and I think
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a month. But anyway, my
friends, I've got to get out of

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here. I just finished recording an
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over two hours of vampireic terror has
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free in October. And I have
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So for myself, for my executive
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Maddison, of course my producer Dan
Wilder. I will talk at you later

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and don't pick up any more graveyard
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Thank you for this face. Make
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week, but for now you are
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