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My life
Something interesting happened today!
I risked my
life for pyjama bottoms. I got them. I won. Victory.
I'm wearing them right now. They're comfortable.
I got them in at work last weekend but they weren't out on the floor yet. I decided to wait it out and buy them next time I worked. The only problem was that they were sold out of my size when I got there for my next shift
They couldn't bring any others out from the back store because there were pallets upon pallet and racks upon racks in the way.
I decided to come back and see during my next shift.
The piles were worse.
I decided that I was not going to allow them to sell the last pair in my size. I couldn't just have them reserve it. The store doesn't work that way. First come, first served. Employees are the lowest priority. I took it upon myself to retrieve the pants.
There was nowhere to move the pallets, racks and baskets in the way.
I had to climb.
I shuffled, I climbed, I pushed, I slid through awkward spaces that made me thankful for being small-ish. I found the rack with the pants.
I found them.
Now burdened with the pants, I had to make my way back without dying.
I had told the girl in the claims department to call an ambulance if I took longer than twenty minutes. She had chuckled.
I'd assured her that I was serious.
Time was running out. I had to make it back before there was a scene and before management found out that I'd put my safety at risk.
I saw her. I waved. She went back to work.
I made my way out of the Merchandise Amazon and into the store.
I held the pants tightly. I'd seen customers yank merch from other customers.
In a department store, everything is free game.
I rushed to the cash register swiftly but casually so as to not draw attention to myself.
I came. I paid. I conquered.
They're not that nice but they're hella warm and comfy and soft.