Personal Narrative: The Cubicle: A Modernization Of A & P

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The Cubicle: A Modernization of “A&P”-Written in subjective narrative
I look out the small window into the parking lot to see three girls wearing a causal garb, I notice they all have hands free segways something I thought I would only see on the internet. They have the nicest ones possible and I am amazed at how they are currently carrying themselves. As they roll closer to the office I see my boss, he looks to be upset, he is the type of guy if you see him on the street you envy but if you meet him he is someone you feel for. The girls finally roll into the office and I realize that the segways they have are the overpriced and underpowered machines. As I admire the girls I forget about the lady on my phone, and she begins to berate my ear,
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Its pretty hard to do, seeing that he's still daydreaming about Queenie. I try to talk to him for a while but to no avail, I’ve lost him, now all I have left is for the girls to come over and maybe ask me a question. I try to guess when they will come out of the bosses office. The office is pretty dirty and i'm sad that they have to be in there for so long. I see that they finally got what they needed, Queenie leading her pack like an alpha exit the office. Queenie is trying to pick between Jack and I, but with his luck some house slave stumbles onto his line with her five kids all yelling in the background, I can hear it from here. I hear her start to yell at them and realize she has finally cracked. You can tell all of these kids she has had is breaking her, she’s lost her will. I often ask myself how one could end up with this many kids on purpose. So Queenie arrives at my cubicle asking me all sorts of questions about the office and the company, most of which I have no answers, but she seems nice enough and interested in the company. She's also pretty rich, maybe she's gonna buy it... No, who would ever want a failing pen

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