Dan stepped out of the break room dreading the day. It had been a long time since he'd worked retail of any kind and he certainly wasn't thrilled to deal with the kind of people who would pay to have the privilege to rewrite his genetic code in the name of convenience. But he and his wife were tight enough on money since he got laid off from his well paying job to need the "raise" that came with being a Product Demonstrator.
So here he was walking around the expansive store with QR code visible for whoever wanted to use it. Thankfully the store was pretty empty so he had a bit to familiarize himself with the store layout. It was the same basic floor plan of any number of department stores with areas for clothes, groceries, toys, pets, and so on.
The main indicator that this place was abnormal was how each department was laid out. There was floor space dedicated to accessible display models of bigger items and areas to take and leave open products to be restocked or thrown away after they were "demonstrated".
Dan was just about down with his first lap through the store when his first customer flagged him down. Grimacing internally he greeted the...