僕はホモサピエンスと言う種であるけれど、アルバイトを通して他の人間が違う種だと実感せざるを得ない状況に何度も遭いました。僕以外の人類は人類であるかもしれないけどホモサピエンスでは無いと思います。
僕は意外とすんなりと面接に合格してアルバイト仕事を決めましたが、今回の応募は近所の店頭に募集が貼ってあったのを見かけて応募をしたら履歴書不要のアルバイトであったのでした。後に今年から幾つかの大手のアルバイトは履歴書不要を導入したのを僕は求人票を見て判断しました。その様なアルバイトは大手なのでほぼ全員が面接を組まれて呼ばれます。履歴書は不要ですが何処も面接で簡易履歴書は書かされる様でした。採用の判定は分からないのですが…僕の場合は守護霊の声なんて全く聞こえませんので肉体のみが簡易履歴書を記入するのです。多分、守護霊の助力無しで簡易履歴書を肉体が書き切ったら合格率はそれなりにあると思います。しかも守護霊の繋がりなんて分かりませんので僕は独力で面接に回答する訳なんですよね。それでアルバイトに採用されました。
仕事はレストランの裏方で最初は皿洗いなのですが僕はホモサピエンス種として違和感に気がつくのです。スタッフ達は会話はするのですが会話を全くしないで会話を成り立たせたり、日本人なのに韓国語を話したり、地球上にない様な変な発音で話したりして、地球外の存在を意識してしまうのでした。そんな彼らと仕事して1番思ったことが身体能力の差でした。筋力とか神経の動きは一見2、３倍ホモサピエンスより強いのではと思いました。油汚れを落とすのにお湯を使ったりするのですが、僕の神経が熱くて生命の危機すら覚える様な熱い温度ではスタッフ達は全く平気みたいなんです。この様な身体能力差を見せつけられると絶対に他のスタッフはホモサピエンスでは無いと感じました。しかし地球の全人類はホモサピエンスである事は僕の教養からは常識なのでコロナ禍で本当の人類が入れ替えられたのではと感じてしまうのです。しかし霊？は言いました。『ここは本当の地球から1万光年以上離れている』と言う事でした。これが本当なら僕らは本当の地球にはいない事になります。
今回のアルバイトで悟った事は、要するに僕はこの新世界では肉体労働に適性が無いと言う事でした。しかもよく分からない事にやる気のある無能な僕はいつまでも残って、体力のある他のバイトはどんどん辞めていって行く現実でした。つまり仕事が出来るのに仕事をしたくないみたいなんですよ。皮肉ですね。
Although I belong to the species Homo sapiens, I have repeatedly found myself in situations where, through my part-time jobs, I could not help but feel that the people around me belonged to an entirely different species. They may still be "human," but I do not believe they are Homo sapiens.
Surprisingly, I passed the interview without much difficulty and secured a part-time job. I applied after noticing a hiring sign posted outside a nearby restaurant. It turned out to be one of the new resume-free part-time positions. Later, after checking other job listings, I realized that several major companies had begun introducing resume-free applications this year. Since these employers are large companies, almost everyone who applies is invited for an interview. Although a formal resume is not required, applicants are usually asked to fill out a simplified application form during the interview.
I do not know exactly how they decide who gets hired. In my case, I cannot hear the voices of guardian spirits at all, so only my physical self fills out the application form. I believe that if my body alone can complete the form without any help from guardian spirits, there is a reasonable chance of being accepted. Since I cannot perceive any connection with guardian spirits, I answer all of the interview questions entirely on my own. In the end, I was hired.
My job was in the kitchen of a restaurant, and I started as a dishwasher. As a member of the Homo sapiens species, I immediately began noticing things that felt strange. The staff would somehow communicate without actually speaking. Even though they were Japanese, they sometimes seemed to speak Korean, or they used strange pronunciations unlike any language I had ever heard on Earth. It made me wonder if they were beings from somewhere beyond this planet.
The greatest difference I noticed while working with them was their physical ability. Their strength and reflexes appeared to be two or even three times greater than those of Homo sapiens. We used very hot water to remove grease from dishes. The water was so hot that my nervous system felt as if my life were in danger, yet the other staff members handled it as though it were nothing at all.
Seeing such overwhelming physical differences convinced me that the other employees could not possibly be Homo sapiens. However, according to everything I have learned, all humans on Earth are classified as Homo sapiens. This led me to wonder whether humanity had somehow been replaced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Then, what I perceived as a spirit said to me:
"This place is more than ten thousand light-years away from the real Earth."
If that statement is true, then none of us are living on the real Earth anymore.
What I ultimately realized from this part-time job was simple: in this new world, I am not suited for physical labor.
Strangely enough, despite being an unskilled worker who was eager to work, I remained employed, while many of the stronger and more physically capable part-time workers kept quitting. In other words, they seemed fully capable of doing the job—they simply did not want to.