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(I used to read a blogger who insisted that “All right, I’ll go to Hell,” from Huckleberry Finn is the most pure and perfect prayer in the canon of American literature.  Meaning, as I understand it, that the decision to do the right thing in the face of eternal damnation is the most holy decision one can make, and if God Himself is not proud of the poor mixed-up kid, then God Himself is not worth much more than a “Get thee behind me,” and the rest of us should be lining up to go to Hell too.  Worth noting that this person identified as an evangelical Christian, not because he was in line with what current American evangelicals believe, but because “they can change their name, I’m not changing mine.”  Interesting guy.  Sorry for the long parenthetical.)

Anyway, the point of Huck Finn, as far as I can tell, is that you can still choose to do good in utter darkness, with no guidance and no help and none of the right words.

- As you lock up your register for the night, you spot customers across the walkway, holding some objects. "We're closed for the night," you say to them. They do not move. "We're closed for the night." They begin to flicker in and out rapidly. They're gone. They're gone now. You're unsure if you should file a stolen item report.

- You ring up an item wrong. Apologize and pick up the phone. Your manage says she'll be right down. You ring up an item wrong. Pick up the phone. You stare at it, confused. You ring up an item wrong, you're sure you've done this before. Why can't you remember? You ring up an item wrong.

- How long have you been here? Surely your shift must be over soon. Where are the clocks? There are no clocks on the floor. You check your watch, it reads 8:30 pm, Tuesday It reads 2:21pm, Monday. You've only been here 21 minutes.

- You hear your name over the PA, requesting you return to the front desk. You weave your way I and out of aisles to find yourself back where you started. You continue to try to get to the front while your name is called, increasingly louder over the system.

- "Excuse me, is there something I can help you with?" You ask the customer standing in the dairy section. You know you cannot help. They've been there for the last 5 days, looking for something that they will never find.

- You need to change your shifts, but you've only seen two coworkers go into the shift managers office. The office door creaks open slowly as you approach and you cannot remember if you ever saw those two people here again.

Found this gem on twitter.