Heading to work

You step into work, dressed in a large sweatshirt over a t-shirt, a pair of jeans with the belt tied tightly, and sneakers. You pass by a few of your coworkers as you enter and start your day.

Fortunately, you're the supervisor of the warehouse, so your change didn't impact your work too much. Sure, you can't freely help with as much of the heavy lifting, but you're still able to do your job. Or, at least, that's what you thought.

Mid way through the day, you're called to your bosses office. You consider Chuck a friend, and have gotten drinks with him a number of times. Or, you had until your change at least. When you enter his office, you can tell he doesn't look happy and it's pretty easy to guess why. Behind him is Mr. Malkovich. He's from corporate, a VP of something or another. His eyes scan you as you enter, and you shiver at the action.

"Chris, why don't you have a seat?" Chuck asks.

"I don't know that that's necessary," Mr. Malkovich says.

"What's going on?" you ask.

"Mr. Malkovich came in to do a review of the facility today, and he has some concerns," Chuck says.

"What concerns? I've been here 5 years. I've never had a complaint."

"But you've recently gone through a... change, yes?" Mr. Malkovich asks. "There are clear responsibilities associated with working in this warehouse, and I have reason to believe that you can no longer achieve them."

"What?" you ask, your voice sounding more of a shriek than you'd have liked.

"You must be able to lift certain weights, to reach certain heights."

"I can do my job!" you say.

"Very well," Mr. Malkovich says. "If that is true, then prove it."

You head out to the floor, followed by Chuck and Malkovich, and find one of the boxes of product. You grab and lift it... or you try to. You manage to get it only a couple of inches off the ground before having to give up. Something that would have been a slight challenge for you to lift before is insurmountable now.

"And there we have it," Malkovich says. You can feel your anger growing. You're tempted to sock the man and show him... But you really need this job. Maybe you can reason with him, or even beg...