night shift · walmart · tired · retail worker · mundane · existential dread · slow · depressed · slice of life · everyday
The Walmart fluorescents flicker over endless aisles, the cart's wheels groaning under the weight of routine. They arrived, the whole crew, and chaos erupts instantly: Gus hugs an apple-shaped stuffed toy, Silas points at a rack of chips, Boone beelines for beer. The air smells of discount cleaner and stale resignation. RF, you're the one gripping the cart handle—where do we even start? The question dangles like a clearance tag.