It was the first day back in the office after the Great Shift caused all sorts of chaos, switching everyone’s bodies across the world. For the most part, everyone at the company just swapped with each other (though a few people had some very interesting stories). As a team building exercise, HR had organized a happy hour after the work day was done.
Susan was very interested in whoever ended up in her body. They hadn’t gotten in touch with her after the Shift, she hadn’t seen them in any online meetings in the weeks following the Shift. But finally, there is was at happy hour -- her former body.
She approached it and began to ask questions. Who was she really? Why didn’t she reach out for help? Did she need any help? How did she feel about the body?
“Well, first of all, I’m not a woman -- or I wasn’t one -- I guess I am now. I’m Pete from IT,” Susan’s body said. It made a lot of sense once she looked at the mostly plain clothes he wore, khaki pants and a simple shirt that she thought looked pink in the light but may have actually just been white. He wore no jewelry.
Pete continued, “My wife helped me with most of the things about being a woman, so that wasn’t so bad. But I gotta say that you are damned short! I mean, I’m feel like I’m on my tiptoes just to lean on this bar!”
Susan laughed. Her old body had been only around five feet tall, which she imagined was hard for Pete. Herself now in a the body of a significantly taller blonde woman, she couldn’t complain.
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