When Bryan stepped into the bathroom, he began to feel
dizzy. He looked into the mirror over the sink and noticed
the T-shirt of his uniform was becoming much, much larger on
his diminishing frame.
"What's going on?" Bryan wondered, before another wave of
dizziness overwhelmed him. He reached out to brace himself
against the wall, but his hand slipped and he fell.
He must have fainted.
When he began to regain consciousness, he found himself in a
dark tunnel. A strange fabric, like carpet, was beneath his
feet.
He saw light at the end of the tunnel. He began to walk
toward the light. A moment later he emerged, his feet
stepping onto a cold, damp tile floor.
He turned and looked back at the tunnel.
"Oh shit!" Bryan exclaimed.
The "tunnel" was one of the legs in his now emptied pants
that, along with his other clothes, were heaped on the
floor.
He had shrunk to a size of six inches tall.
He looked around the room. His eyes fastened on the toilet
bowl, which towered like a marble building almost twenty
feet tall! The tank behind the bowl towered higher still!
The floor was dank and smelly. Upkeep of the employee
restroom had never been a high priority.
He took a step and his bare foot landed in a puddle of what
he hoped was only stale water.
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"Where the hell is DeSoto?" screamed the manager of the Big
Burger.
At the grill, Bill, terrified of the restaurant's tyranical
manager, managed to blurt out that Bryan had gone to the
bathroom about ten minutes earlier.
"I've got orders piling up," the manager yelled. He looked
around for additional personnel to assist Bill at the grill.
At the same time, David, worried about his friend, turned to
another co-worker. "I need a break," he said. "Watch the
window for me."
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David entered the restroom. The crumpled uniform on the
floor attracted his attention. He reached down and picked up
Bryan's T-shirt. That's when he noticed the undershorts,
socks and shoes.
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Bryan was caught unprepared for the arrival of a giant,
particularly his friend. David now looked like he stood
seventy feet tall!
He had been standing in the shadow of the toilet when his
friend entered. Almost out of reflex, Bryan scurried to hide
behind the huge porcelain structure. He watched as David's
feet slammed down on the floor as he stepped into the
bathroom.
From his hiding place, Bryan watched as David examined the
pile of clothing on the floor.
Bryan stood frozen in place, uncertain of what he should do.
Well, he figured he could trust David. He rushed from hiding
and began shouting his friend's name.
Suddenly, his feet slipped on the slick tile, and he fell on
his back at the same time that David took a few steps back
from the pile of clothes.
"No!" Bryan shouted. "David! Don't step on me!"