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I wasn’t sure where to plug the headphones lead. I ran my hands along the table’s edges until I came to a series of holes on one side. I slipped the lead in but it was jammed with something someone had shoved into it. I tried the second one. That one worked.
The sound boomed in my ears as the advert on the wall began to play. Then they morphed into holograms, dancing on the tabletop.
“Do you have piles?” the voiceover said.
The entire ad paused and waited for me to respond.
“Uh, no,” I said.
“Piles can be very painful,” the voiceover continued. “That’s why we at Shlazzac Healing Ointments Ltd have devised a way to—”
“How do I skip the adverts?” I said.
The advert froze and the next one played.
“Josilandrix was doing her weekly food shopping when she slipped over and banged her head—” the voiceover said.
“Next,” I said. “No, wait. Can I search?”
A single empty bar popped up in front of me. The cursor blinked like on a computer back home.
“Search for local job listings,” I said.
The search ran and came back with 2,679 results.
“Okay… Filter by type job,” I said.
The system filed them into two dozen different categories—many I had never heard of before. But there was one that caught my eye.
“Open Teaching Positions,” I said.
The jobs opened into a long list. Right then, I would have taken just about any job I could get but I decided to aim high.
“Sort jobs by pay, highest to lowest,” I said.
The system performed the action. At the top was what looked to be the perfect job.
Feeling a little awkward, I reached out a hand and pressed at the floating job posting.
GOVERNESS WANTED
FULL-TIME POSITION
MUST LIVE-IN
WELL PAID
REPLY FOR AN INTERVIEW
I hit the button marked “Reply,” and expressed my interest in the job. I outlined my experience and said I could start right away. I was available any time for an interview.
The reply came immediately. No welcome, no introduction, just a time and an address.
I checked the clock. It was in two hours.
The town wasn’t that big. Surely I could get there in time?
“Find what you were looking for?” the waitress said as he slid my breakfast onto the table.
