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Get a job
As you walk into the gas station you grab the "Help Wanted" sign out of the window and tear it up into little pieces.
You walk up to the woman behind the counter. "I hear you're looking for some help," you say to her.
"Actually, yes," she says, "I need someone to make a new 'Help Wanted' sign."
"Sounds good." you say. You shake hands, then she hands you a shake cup full of crayons and a piece of paper.
You spend a solid 20 minutes doing it, and it's pretty darn good in your opinion. You managed to use every color at your disposal and every shape and pattern you could think of. It might be a bit busy, but the fact it spells "Help Wanted" really ties it together.
She whistles appreciatively when you hand her the finished product. "Yeah, this'll do" you say, which is odd because you'd think that's what she would say, but she didn't.
"Here's a check for $0.20," she says, "Now get out of my store. And put this in the window on the way out."
"I'm not putting this in the window for you," you say. There's steel behind your words, "Unless you make it worth my while."
"Ugh, fine," she says, and snatches back the check. She scribbles out the $0.20 and writes $0.25. "You strike a hard bargain," she admits. Then she physically ejects you from the shop, stopping briefly just long enough for you to put the paper in the window.
You sit in the dust outside the station for a moment to admire the new sign. It almost makes you want to go back inside and ask for a job again.
GAME OVER