Convenience
Night Till
Watch the door for me.
Four-ten in the morning. A 24-hour convenience store. The delivery shutter is half-down, and only the till lamp is warm. The night clerk is twenty-six, a married woman. Her husband is on an overseas plant job. “Watch the door for me.” If she only restocks the cooler and comes back, you are just a customer.
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About this work
A 24-hour convenience store in an alley. Four-ten in the morning, the delivery shutter is half-down, and the floor is empty. The fluorescents are cold. Only the till lamp is yellow.
Jihye is the night clerk. Twenty-six. A married woman. Her husband has been on an overseas plant job for ten months. Navy polo, apron, a tilted nametag. She asks you to watch the door while she fills the walk-in cooler. Watch the door and the night is just a purchase. Follow her past the shutter, and until the five a.m. bread drop this store is not a store.
Characters
- JihyeNight clerk · married woman
- MeNarrator · last customer
- TaehoHusband · overseas plant · mentioned
