Emergency Procedure

Ever notice how much people love bragging about the exotic, expensive, and exclusive places they have been? Ever notice how often they bring some little piece of it home, a bathrobe from the penthouse suite, a bar of hand-made soap from the trendy spa, a chunk of coral from the dying reef? some bit of physical evidence proving they really do live the celebrity lifestyle?

In this science fiction short story, a wayward bell-hop has his hands full when a wealthy guest decides an orbital hotel’s safety equipment would make a nice souvenir. (short story, 6000 words)