There are four names at the top of the clipboard:
Supervisor:
_____
Trainees:
Denis
Emily
Freddie
Start time:
9.15 am
The listed activities include produce transport, produce handling, produce polishing, produce stacking, and so on.
I look at the cudgel in my other hand. Its dark brown surface is polished and smooth, and there are some dark stains on one side. There is a leather loop attached to the base of the handle that I can slip over my wrist to make it harder to lose or drop when cudgelling subordinates. There is a small orange sticker on the handle that says ‘SUPERMARKET PROPERTY’ in blue letters. I tap it against a stack of pallets. It makes a satisfying clonk on the wood. Raising the cudgel above my head, I take a swing. It feels balanced. It feels good. Placing an empty plastic bottle on the corner of the pallets, I take another swing.
Crack.
The bottle hurtles an impressive distance across the storeroom, and I strike myself on the back with the cudgel as I follow through.
Ow.
I rub my shoulder blade sheepishly. I put the cudgel in my pocket and head for the shop floor. Halfway there I take it out and use the loop to hang it from my wrist instead. Otherwise the replenishment assistants may think that I am more excited about their new jobs then they are.
Supervisor:
_____
Trainees:
Denis
Emily
Freddie
Start time:
9.15 am
The listed activities include produce transport, produce handling, produce polishing, produce stacking, and so on.
I look at the cudgel in my other hand. Its dark brown surface is polished and smooth, and there are some dark stains on one side. There is a leather loop attached to the base of the handle that I can slip over my wrist to make it harder to lose or drop when cudgelling subordinates. There is a small orange sticker on the handle that says ‘SUPERMARKET PROPERTY’ in blue letters. I tap it against a stack of pallets. It makes a satisfying clonk on the wood. Raising the cudgel above my head, I take a swing. It feels balanced. It feels good. Placing an empty plastic bottle on the corner of the pallets, I take another swing.
Crack.
The bottle hurtles an impressive distance across the storeroom, and I strike myself on the back with the cudgel as I follow through.
Ow.
I rub my shoulder blade sheepishly. I put the cudgel in my pocket and head for the shop floor. Halfway there I take it out and use the loop to hang it from my wrist instead. Otherwise the replenishment assistants may think that I am more excited about their new jobs then they are.
Hello, my name is Jack Sparrow. I'm a 50 year old self-employed Pirate from the Caribbean.
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