sound observation 2

halloween & more, 4:55 pm

i sit by the slightly ajar door to the back room. the fridge hums lowly behind me, but the sounds being emitted from the front of the store are much more exciting. "red red wine" by ub40 chimes throughout the building. the lead singer's voice is higher pitched with a distinctive english accent; he draws out each word of the upbeat reggae song.

red reeed wiiiiiine--

the back room is directly behind the area which leads to the dressing room, and my coworker megan is helping a woman try on a costume. she opens the plastic costume bag with a snap! and removes the sequined flapper dress, the fabric rustling loudly as she hands it to the customer. "here you go!" megan chirps in her nasally but pleasant voice. the woman pulls the dressing room curtain closed and it sounds much like that of a shower curtain being yanked shut: a sudden wwwwrrrssshhh. 

stay close to meeeee--

suddenly my other coworker, callan, pushes open the door to the back room. it squeaks shrilly and thuds against the wall. callan smiles at me and walks to the other side of the room to search for a costume. her sneakers make a light clicking sound on the concrete floor as they walk. i hear her pulling a ladder out from the wall. the ladder makes a godawful screeeech as she opens it. she climbs four steps, her feet echoing on the metal rungs, clang clang clang clang. when she reaches the costume she is searching for, i hear the rustling and squeaking of plastic bags rubbing against one another as she looks for the correct size.

don't let me beee alone, it's tearing apart my blue blue heaaaart--