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the overnight stock person varies with the place of imprisonment--- each retail or grocery store is its own bumbling chaotic center of amusement for anyone who understands the nature of minimum wage + an extra dollar for screwing up your sleep patterns in order to work from 9pm to 5am or further--- more than likely, this individual works another job in the day anyway, as in case you didn’t notice, things ain’t so perty in the job market--- they probably stuff themselves full of energy drinks on the way downtown on the train or buzzing in their prospective automobile, if they are fortunate enough to have one--- regardless, what happens at night after the supervisor has had their moment giving one the lowdown on what will go on during the shift, the “demons” come out--- people bring their substance of choice to ingest while keeping themselves occupied people who have come to the conclusion that they aren’t being treated well take it upon themselves to take from the company what is rightfully theirs, to sell on the street later or to simply treat themselves. the overnighter can see a lot of turnaround, as people just don’t have the required stamina to sacrifice their daytime lives to the need for sleep, so that they may slave away at night--- whether they are folding clothes in a retail store or unloading trucks and stocking grocery shelves, there is no avoiding the obvious truth that one can’t do this forever & like red says to andy in the shawshank redemption, “every man has a breaking point”--- for that matter, this is the 21st century after all, every woman has theirs & no doubt, the wrath is no less severe. while we are still hoping that our toil will somehow lead to a better life we churn away in the middle of the night, bottling up our fears that this is how it will end--- ready to snap at any instant, and yet, forcing ourselves to accept the most ridiculous of instructions in penetrating desperation, we march on into nothingness grateful that we are able to be working amidst the growing unemployed.
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