The Office

It wasn't until Hector sat down at his desk when he finally noticed something was wrong. He took a quick swivel, and he realized his feet didn't quite touch the floor like they should. The next moment he looked down to discover he was wearing a dress and high heels. He rushed to the bathroom, hesitating about which one to pick before reluctantly settling on the women's room. His jaw dropped when he looked in the mirror. He had seen her on the train a few times, but today for some reason he had swapped bodies with her. He couldn't believe he didn't notice it as he walked from the train to his office. Maybe there was a reason for that. Maybe whatever caused him to swap bodies with her didn't want him to notice right away, but why now?

Spark

Jeremy spoke uncomfortably, "We were riding in this elevator last week when we swapped bodies. There was a spark or something that I saw in here; I'm convinced that's what did it."

"...And that's why you insist on us riding on the elevator up and down to the office together every day like this?" Asked Diane.

"Yes, maybe it will happen again, and we will swap back to our own bodies."

"It hasn't swapped us back yet. And, oh, yeah, my body is scheduled to start it's period tomorrow."

"I hate being a woman so much...so, so much."

Human Resources

Emily reacted quickly when she heard shouting in the office from down the hall. As a relatively new hire in the HR department, she was sure she'd get a promotion quickly if she could show how well she could resolve conflicts. That's when she found Ben from sales and Joe from graphic design in a meeting room screaming at each other. Ben spoke first, explaining that he was actually Joe and that the two men had swapped bodies.

Emily looked at Ben and then over at Joe. She didn't have much to say, and they could both tell that she didn't believe them.

Ben, the real Ben, the one in Joe's body, spoke next. He explained about a strange tiki idol that he got on a sales trip to Hawaii had caused it, telling Emily that it turned out to actually be magic.

"Actually magic?" Emily asked, spying the tiki on a table nearby. "This thing?" She asked as she picked it up off a nearby table.

"No!" Joe screamed from Ben's body as he tried to grab it from her.

But it was too late. Before Emily could realize what was going on, she got caught up in the swapping too. She now found herself  in Ben's body while Joe found himself in her body. Ben was still in Joe's body. They each spent the next few minutes trying to exchange it between them, hoping to swap again to no avail.

Ben and Joe were about to start yelling again, but Emily urged them to quiet down. She didn't want an argument in the office, and she certainly didn't want her body to be seen as one of the ones arguing. She did manage to calm the situation, but she was at a loss for how to actually fix it!

Just Fix It

Everyone at the company liked their boss, John McGuinness. He was a pretty laid back CEO that generally just let people do their work and avoided micromanaging. Still, he often liked seeing what people were working on. When he showed up on the floor of the Advanced Research Department with his assistant, they were happy to show him what they were working on.

The team began to show John a body swapper. His interest was piqued as he asked if they could show him a test. It took about an hour to set everything up. John watched as two of the researchers stood in front of the machine, preparing to be swapped. But when they activated in, something went wrong. Instead of the beam shooting out the front, it spilled out the sides, hitting John and his assistant. The machine was smoking, circuits were black and burnt.

John quietly asked a few of the leads to return with him to his office. He stumbled a little as he calmly walked back to his office, not quite used to his assistant's body nor how to balance on her heels. They clicked on the floor as he made his way down the halls. He stood behind his desk as the leads sat in front of it. One of them closed the door. John took a deep breath in.

Suddenly, his mood shifted. Gone was the friendly boss they all loved, gone was his cool demeanor. He threw things off his desk and began to scream, "Just fix it!" He yelled at all of them. He didn't want to be in the body of his assistant. He didn't want to be a 20-year-old woman. He wanted his body back and he wanted it NOW.

Distractingly Sexy

Trevor had been working at the construction site with Joel long before the Great Shift. He didn't expect the massive worldwide body swapping to change anything about their relationship, but it did. Trevor became extremely uncomfortable working with Joel now that Joel had been swapped into the body of a woman. Joel's mannerisms in his new body were uncomfortably sexy. Trevor wasn't sure at first if Joel was doing it on purpose or his body just had that unique feminine swagger about it. As time went on, he became convinced of the former.

Haircut

When Eric swapped bodies with his co-worker, Angie, she kept threatening that she was going to do something weird to his body, like getting a face tattoo or an odd piercing. Eric kept warning her not to, but he couldn't seem any sort of equal threat on his end to keep her in line. That is, until he told her he'd cut off all of her hair. She finally agreed to behave until they could find a way back to normal. In fact, any time she got out of line or said something that would be uncharacteristic of him, Eric would reach down to the desk and pull up the scissors. He'd then give Angie a look; she'd quickly quiet down.

The Boss

Josh kicked his feet up on the desk and dialed into the conference call. He'd just been listening for the past hour as people discussed projections and earnings per share. It was all pretty boring stuff, but it wasn't particularly difficult to just sit there and listen. In fact, that'd pretty much all he's done since swapping bodies with his boss. It seemed like the easiest job in the world with much better pay than his own position on the factory floor.

Then in the final minutes of the call he heard his boss's name. He put the phone off mute to acknowledge. The person on the other end started rattling off names of those he was going to have to lay off by the end of the week. Among those on the list? His own.

It was going to be an awkward meeting when he called his boss in here, knowing he'd have to fire her in his body. He also knew she'd probably be angry and accuse him of being responsible for swapping bodies in the first place. He actually didn't know how or why they swapped, but he was beginning to be more and more glad they did!

Elevator

Mark knew it was going to happen eventually; he knew it was only a matter of time before he ran into Elizabeth after the two had swapped bodies. And to make matter worse, he was going to be stuck in an elevator with her, for what he was sure was going to be a long and uncomfortable ride down from the thirtieth floor. Except she didn't yell at him or blame him like he expected. She just sort of stood there and smirked while looking at him, like she knew something he didn't. He wanted to ask if she knew more about the body swap, but he couldn't seem to bring himself to do so.

Take It

Jack hadn't initially minded swapping bodies with his secretary, Kristen. He actually found being a woman sort of thrilling and invigorating. Of course, it didn't seem to take too long for the power of being in his body to go to Kristen's head. She made him do all manner of humiliating tasks, then one day she decided to spank him. He threatened to sue, but then she told him she'd just swap back, leaving him to deal with the lawsuit. He threatened to quit, then she said he'd never, ever get his body back and be stuck penniless and without a job in her body. He felt stuck, so for the time being, he just decided to take it.

Demotion

Douglas had worked at the company for over twenty years. He had put in a lot of hours to climb his way up the corporate ladder. It was all taken away from him in an instant when he switched bodies with his intern, Liz. Instead of being on his way to a rich vice presidency position at the company, he was back to being poor and underpaid. He grabbed a bottle of wine from his bottom drawer and his under his desk to cry. He didn't want to have to go through all that again, especially considering the sexual harassment of women at his company. Now that he was in Liz's body, he'd be sure to experience some of that.

Confidence

Paul walked through the halls of his work to his cubicle with the most confidence he had since...well, since ever. It was all due to the Great Shift. Before that, he was an awkward, overweight, and clumsy man. Now he was a fit, slim, and absolutely gorgeous woman. His office had given everyone a week off to deal with the changes to their bodies, but Paul knew he didn't need it. He was sure with a body like this, he'd command attention and respect. He was convinced he'd be noticed soon enough for a promotion. And it wouldn't take long for him to learn that he was absolutely right.

Demotion

Douglas had worked at the company for over twenty years. He had put in a lot of hours to climb his way up the corporate ladder. It was all taken away from him in an instant when he switched bodies with his intern, Liz. Instead of being on his way to a rich vice presidency position at the company, he was back to being poor and underpaid. He grabbed a bottle of wine from his bottom drawer and his under his desk to cry. He didn't want to have to go through all that again, especially considering the sexual harassment of women at his company. Now that he was in Liz's body, he'd be sure to experience some of that.