Alexander Vorobok

Suicide by Retail Alexander Vorobok

Instant gratification or death is just part of the job for five million retail employees in a United States that has legalized murder to protect customer satisfaction. Assistant Manager Ridley is tired of hearing the customer is always right. She's tired of cleaning up the blood of her fired employees. She's tired of her disastrous personal life. She used to be happy, but now prefers the shadows of her local bar where she carves the names of her former employees into the furniture. Worse, her Boss has convinced the company to replace fired employees with the Soulless. How can you replace friends and family with something that might not even be human? Tasked with saving the company money, Boss Laurant believed the Soulless were the solution. These new workers are dependable and low cost. However the more time Boss Laurant spends around the Soulless, the more she questions her decision. Their mere existence in her store has brought revolt from her senior workers and concerns about her own position within the company. If the soulless could replace her employees, what's to stop them from replacing her?The future of retail is Soulless. They don't live in corporate housing. They don't socialize. They come to work on time, do their jobs and leave. They look human, but there's something hiding behind their eyes. While they deliver outstanding customer service, to other employees they speak in quotations from their little book. This is a life of labor and you will be judged by your labor. How will you be judged?