[短篇] 今天工作中出了点事情
来自: 削其骨为笛(一位普通的都市丽人)
Things came to a head at work today
翻译：豆瓣 @削其骨为笛
【仅发于豆瓣Reddit恐怖故事小组，yxh搬运必糊】
警报响起时，我微波炉里温着的东西还有一分钟才好。我翻了翻白眼，对于最近逐渐频繁的演习发表了一些不是很正面的评论。我现在甚至都想不起来我那时说了什么。我很讨厌这个地方。
休息室在几秒钟内久没人了，除了两个人：我和我隔壁桌的同事，吉迪恩。
“苔丝，我们得走了。” 他嘶吼道。
“我受够了这些演习。” 我看着我的通心粉在微波炉里打转，我眼下除了这个不想再关心别的了。
“你知道规定的。”
“我不知道，但我不在乎。”
“你会立即被解雇。”
“哦，天呐，解雇！” 我嘲讽道，“我都交了辞呈了，我才不在乎会不会在这两周内被解雇。”
“苔丝……”
“你就自己走吧。” 我没好气地说道。他像个被抽了骨头的无人机一样窜了出去。警报停了，微波炉继续嗡嗡作响。门咔嚓一声关上了，紧接着是低沉的脚步声。有时候，管理层会冲进来然后让大家排好队。说他们在检查大家有没有遵守规章制度。有一次他们进来的时候有一个人还在蹲马桶，就被铐着手铐带走了。我知道，是很极端，但是由于我们的工作涉及“敏感信息”，所以安全漏洞是个很严重的问题，就像我那没有骨头的同事提醒我的那样，不遵守规定的话会被立即解雇。
我伸手去拿通心粉的时候，听到了枪声响起。
妈的，事情开始变得严重了。一定是有人闯入了大楼。但这应该是不可能的。
我的大脑飞速地运转着。我们曾接受过关于网络黑客和信息泄露的培训——这就是“desk presence [1]”演习的目的——但我们从未接受过关于发生枪击时该如何应对的培训。而现在这事儿听起来似乎更加迫在眉睫。
然后是一片死寂。我感到十分不安，但过了一会儿才意识到原因。我没有听到尖叫，也没有奔跑声，没有此时应有的混乱声音。只有一波短暂的快速枪声，然后就是一片死寂。
然后能听到一队穿靴子的人走了出来，还有一个渐行渐远的声音在喊清理团队进来，以及雇佣新人。当所有的脚步声都消失后，我冒着生命危险，从休息室的窗户往外偷看了一下。
他们全都死了。每一个同事，都耷拉着脑袋趴在桌子上，脑袋炸成了花。管理层一直声称“不喜欢让大家各自在隔间里工作”，这也一直是他们雇新人时的卖点。现在我才知道他们把办公室弄成开放式的真正目的。
我们公司非常重视安全问题。也就是说如果他们怀疑有漏洞，他们会竭尽全力以确保没有任何信息可以被泄露。我今天终于知道了他们是怎么保证这一点的了，以及他们为什么总是在发布招/聘信息却把新人标签为“后备”。事后看来，这些点都能连得起来了，可是当初谁能想到真的去把这些点连上呢？
我今天本来是休假的，我来这儿是为了帮助我的下一任，让她能更顺利地接替我的工作。她现在正坐在我的办公桌前，她的脑浆洒满了整张桌子。他们迟早会意识到我今天自己来了办公室，只是时间早晚问题罢了。我得在他们发现我之前找到一条出路。
- 翻译 END -
[1] desk presence：不太确定这是什么意思…… 知道的uu欢迎说明，谢谢！
原文：
The microwave was a minute away from finishing when the alarms started. I rolled my eyes and made some offhand comment about the uptick in recent drills; I don’t even remember now what I said. I was so sick of this place.
The break room cleared out in seconds, with the exception of two: me and my desk neighbor, Gideon.
“Tess, we have to go,” he hissed.
“I am so over these drills.” My macaroni was turning circles and that’s all I cared about.
“You know the rules.”
“I know, but do I care?”
“Instant termination.”
“Oh no, termination!” I mocked. “I already gave notice, who cares if I finish my two weeks or not?”
“Tess...”
“Just go,” I snapped. He scurried out like the spineless drone he is. The alarm stopped and the microwave continued to hum. The door clicked shut, followed by the muffled stomping of boots. Sometimes Management filed in and lined the walls. Said they were checking compliance. They found a guy on the toilet once—led him away in handcuffs. Extreme, but whatever. With all the “sensitive information” we supposedly work with, security breaches were taken very seriously, and like Spineless McWeasel reminded me, noncompliance resulted in instant termination.
I was reaching for my macaroni when the gunfire started.
Shit, this is real. Someone must have breached the building. That’s supposed to be impossible.
My mind raced. We had been trained for cyber hacks and information leaks – that's what the ‘desk presence’ drills were for – but we had never been told what to do in the event of gunfire. And this sounded like a lot.
Then it went quiet. I was unnerved, but it took me a second to realize why. There had been no screaming, no running, no general chaos. Just one short wave of rapid fire, then silence.
Then the boots filed out. I heard a fading voice giving orders to call a cleanup crew, and something about new hires. When all the footsteps had receded, I took the chance of my life and peeked through the breakroom window.
They were all dead. Every coworker, slumped over their desks with their heads blown open. Management “didn’t believe in a cubicle mentality”, which had always been a selling point to new hires. Now I saw the real purpose of their open floorplans.
My company takes security very seriously. If a breach is suspected, they must ensure that no information can be leaked. I found out today how they achieve that, and why they’re always posting for new hires and putting them "on reserve”. In hindsight the pieces were all there, but who would have ever put that together?
I came in on my day off to help my replacement get settled. She was already sitting at my desk, which was now painted with her brains. It’s only a matter of time before they realize I was here unscheduled. I just have to find a way out before they do.
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