It’s a job that most people don’t even know exists, and a job that no one ever admits to working. It’s a job that requires an unseen workforce around the world to live outside any normal concept of time. It’s a job that demands each worker accept a selfless life working alone for the benefit of others who will never know of their existence. And despite all the requirements and demands of the job, every single person who works the job would tell you, if they could tell you, th

The brother sits at the table with his older sister, doing his best to eat as loudly as he can. It’s his way of proving to the world that he exists. His sister looks across the table at him, her eyes narrowed. “Do you really have to eat your pretzels like that?” “Like what?” he asks, not even looking up from his snack. She wrinkles her nose, her mouth twisting. She hates the crinkling of the bag almost as much as the sound of his chewing. “Like a freak,” she replies. He