Things That Go Bump In The Afternoon

I think that my store is getting ready for halloween.

No, I don't mean that the managers are setting up orange-and-black crepe paper over the doors, or that we have paper bats hanging of the cieling. I'm actually not even sure that they do anything like that. But the last couple of days, the store has been making noises of- well- settling in.

It was strange, yesterday- and I wonder about whether or not it will happen when I go in today. The air-pressure of the store, would force open the inside doors- and the wind outside would force open our outside doors... and the store would howl. I'm not talking about a coyote howl- none of the high-pitched barking. No- it was a low, meloncholy howl.

I wanted to tape it and mix it onto a haunted house CD. And my listening of it was nearly crystal clear. The store's music had been turned off that morning- and didn't come back until the next day. There was no music to offset the mournful sound.

(And then there was this one customer who locked onto my eyes for a second and made the hair stand up on the back of my neck- but I'm fairly certain that was just a personal freak-out. No, I'm completely certain; But I digress.)

I wonder, when I go in to work tonight, if it howls, will it still freak me the hell out?