Receiving by John Perovich

In the cramped corners of the receiving department, friendship is complicated. Is the staff truly looking out for each other, or just watching each other’s backs until it’s their turn to clock out? As quotas tighten and corporate metrics loom like an invisible manager breathing down their necks, a trio navigates the unspoken truth of retail: you can laugh with someone every day and still not know if they’d cover your shift — or have your back — when it really matters. RECEIVING is a slice-of-life dramedy that asks: Can you live honestly in a system built on selling things you don’t own, for money you can barely live on, with people you may — or may not — call friends? It’s about capitalism’s strange dance, the soft poetry in cardboard dust, and the stubborn, almost foolish hope that it’s not the work that matters — but the ones you…