Chapter 6: Death of a Salesman
On a peaceful afternoon, Miles and Stella were browsing through a store with a huge sale going on. It's been years since they actually went shopping, but now they can experience the joy of discovering new inventions and devices, or so they thought.
"Hey Miles, look at this thing." Stella brought Miles a gadget. "I bet the Green Eyes would go crazy if they see this." Miles examined the device as Stella looked around some phones. "Things sure did change a lot when we left."
"You can say that again." Miles took the device and examined it. "A beeper, haven't seen these in a while. I wonder if they're still good."
"Apparently NOT!"
Miles and Stella were interrupted by the store's manager, Big Bob Pataki. "Because for some reason, Beepers are now obsolete."
The two jungle explores were quite shocked and concern for the man, but not nearly enough as he drops to the ground, crying. "Beepers were my pride and joy, but now some genius nut-job thought they can make a portable phone with a beeper inside! Now no one will buy my beepers and I'm going out of business!"
"I thought the sales were too low." Miles rubbed his chin as Stella gave him a look.
"There's a huge sign outside that says 'Big Bob Beepers' Out of Business Sale'. How'd you miss that?" Stella looked down at the man rolling in a puddle of his own tears. "Have you ever thought of keeping up with the trends, or at least keep the name but advertise these cellular phones?"
Stella received no answer from the other line as Bob just lays there, waiting for the dark forces to swallow him up.
"Oh not again." Helga walked into the store to see her dad in this not very appealing state. "Daaaaaaad, this is embarrassing. You already have a buddy that want to open a pizza joint with you. Just move on with the future and stop embarrassing me."
Bob just continued to cry as Helga shakes her head in complete shame. "Well at least it can't get any more humiliating."
"Hey Helga."
Helga turned around to see her beloved's parents waving at her. Helga sighed in defeat and walked out of the store.
"I feel so sorry for her." Stella whispered to Miles as they slowly left the store to leave Big Bob to face reality alone.
End of Chapter