From Across The Hall – 2

The thing about working in a shopping centre in the very centre of town, is that it’s a job that’s rarely without some form of entertainment. Be it the screaming child who smears ice cream on the freshly-cleaned windows of every store they pass, the competition between stores to outdo each other for seasonal displays, or that general smile and nod between workers from various stores that says something along the lines of what are we doing here.

Not that Ruben doesn’t like his job, because he ...