Graveyard Shift Summary

Hall is a young man who has lived a transient life most of his adult years, going from being a respectable college student to a jack of all trades who moves on when he grows bored. At the moment, Hall is working the graveyard shift at a mill running the picker-machine. Shortly before the Fourth of July holiday, Hall's supervisor tells him he is getting volunteers to clean out the basement over the holiday. Since Hall does not have enough seniority to get holiday pay, he decides to volunteer. On the first day of the cleanup crew, the supervisor separates the men into two groups, one to move furniture and other abandoned items and the other to come up behind the first crew with a hose and wash the newly-cleared area. The first night goes well, with only one mishap when...